That one Brian Wilson masterwork that perfectly encapsulates the man’s elemental alchemy, technical prowess and musicological genius. The Beach Boys’ 1966 jewel, Good Vibrations.

Brian Wilson in Los Angeles in 1968. (Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images) Brian Wilson didn’t create the sun or the ocean or the sea-sprayed landmass we call Southern California.

In that respect, Brian [Wilson] was the Claude Monet of rock and roll. He was considered to be a genius, but I think it’s deeper and much more mystical than that.

Nearly two months after his passing on June 11, 2025, Brian Wilson, co-founder and creative heart of The Beach Boys, was laid to rest in a private ceremony on August 6, 2025.

Brian Wilson, an eclectic genius whose sunny Beach Boys songs helped define a revved-up era of American popular music, has died at age 82. Wilson's family announced his death on social media ...

Wilson wrote his best-known solo song, the gorgeous “Love and Mercy”, in 1988. The 90s brought acrimonious Beach Boys lawsuits, but in the 2000s came the unlikeliest of revivals.

The Dano sections are of the Brian Wilson that I know. What I mean is, as a huge fan of The Beach Boys of the ‘60s, this young, “genius” form of Wilson is the one that I’m most familiar with.

Plagued by mental health issues throughout his life, Wilson's creative output began to wane by the late 1960s. He remained sporadically active as a musician until 2022, until his passing on June ...

Sometimes there are strange symmetries in death, as in life. The twin passings of Sly Stone and Brian Wilson this week brought that into sharp relief. Both were musical geniuses who paid a high ...