The Beach Boys’ story is one of contradictions: genius and triviality, harmony and disharmony, creativity and commodity, Dennis Wilson and Al Jardine, Brian Wilson and Mike Love. Endorsed by Ronald ...

Al Jardine’s endless summer officially began when he was 18 and co-founded The Beach Boys in 1961. It hasn’t stopped yet. “I’m still enjoying this too much to think of quitting,” said the 1988 Rock & ...

Back in the turbulent, game-changing 1960s, America celebrated, thanks to the pop songs of The Beach Boys, the wholesomeness and good vibrations of an idealized sunny Southern California with its ...

A Beach Boys fan released a version of the band’s abandoned album Smile, using artificial intelligence software to complete the tracks. You can hear the full album below. Creator Mike LeRoy fabricated ...