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How to watch the brand new Beach Boys documentary from anywhere

Upcoming film charting the history of The Beach Boys will feature previously unseen footage and interviews with band members

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Flo Rida, Donny Osmond Set For ‘Fox & Friends’ Summer Concert Series

John Stamos sits in with the Beach Boys at Fox HQ

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“The Beach Boys are massively important in the evolution of guitar sound”: Josh Scott, Robert Keeley and Chris Benson have built exclusive effects units inspired by the Beach Boys’ studio tones

The Sweetwater-exclusive line sees some of the biggest names in pedals attempt to recreate the Beach Boys' most iconic studio sounds

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Exploring The Top 10 Iconic American Album Covers

Explore iconic album covers from legendary musicians like The Beatles, Pink Floyd, and Nirvana, showcasing visual artistry and symbolism.

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Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys is being placed under a legal conservatorship

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge approved the conservatorship Thursday, noting that Brian Wilson suffers from "a major cognitive disorder." Wilson has agreed to the conservatorship.

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Beach Boys' Brian Wilson needs conservatorship due to mental decline, court finds

Two longtime representatives of Brian Wilson, publicist Jean Sievers and manager LeeAnn Hard, were appointed as his conservators

Evening Standard

"We got the job done, and we made a hell of a lot of money doing it": Words of wisdom from Wrecking Crew legend Hal Blaine, Neil Peart's "six favourite drummers"

Drum Heroes: "Doing a TV show in the morning, a Beach Boys track or a Phil Spector session in the afternoon, then working with Frank Sinatra or Simon & Garfunkel after that – that was normal to us"

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Beyoncé: Cowboy Carter review – from hoedown to full-blown genre throwdown

The musician’s eighth album straddles the Beatles, the Beach Boys, the blues – and Becky with the Good Hair via Dolly Parton’s Jolene

The Guardian - UK

“These guitars influenced generations of musicians and world-renowned artists”: Gibson has revived the Everly Brothers’ J-180 – an iconic acoustic used to inspire The Beach Boys, Beatles and beyond

The revered flattop, as used by the influential rock 'n' roll duo, returns more than 6 decades after the signature model was introduced

Guitar World

Beach Boys co-founder Brian Wilson's family files for conservatorship

The family of Brian Wilson, co-founder of The Beach Boys, has filed for a conservatorship due to his deteriorating health. Wilson's family aims to ensure h...

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All you need is love songs: 12 novelists pick their favourite romantic tracks

Writers who know a thing or two about matters of the heart on the love songs they adore – from Sondheim’s bittersweet portrait of a romance sceptic to Roberta Flack’s timeless expression of hope

The Guardian - UK

Lulu: ‘David Bowie got me. Part of me thinks: what if the relationship continued?’

The stentorian Scottish pop singer, actor and TV staple answers your queries about Eurovision glory, nibbling biscuits with the Who, and flying high with Take That

The Guardian - UK

30 incredible albums that didn’t win Album of the Year at the Grammys, including Beyoncé’s Lemonade

So many incredible albums didn't win Album of the Year at the Grammys.

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"He liked living on the edge, but over the line was even better": Dennis Wilson's wife shot his car with a 9mm pistol. He narrowly escaped the Manson Family. And he released a stunning solo album

Famously, Dennis Wilson was the only member of the Beach Boys who surfed - but on land, his life was chaos

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“I didn’t expect some of the backlash. But then you get the Neil fans, who were rabidly protective”: the story of America, the 70s soft rockers behind the greatest Neil Young song Neil Young never wrote

America evoked the wild romance of the West with timeless melodies and harmonies – and served up a 70s soft rock classic in the process

The Independent UK

Beloved Beach Boys member dies from cancer

Jeffrey Foskett died after a prolonged battle with anaplastic thyroid cancer

Guitar World

“Charles Manson actually stole one of my Martins years ago and I never, ever got it back”: The Beach Boys co-founder Al Jardine on his musical regrets, favorite guitars, and the acoustic that got away

Jardine on his custom-made Fender Strat, love of Super Reverbs and the joy of playing the late Carl Wilson’s solos on tour

Louder

Every The Jesus and Mary Chain album ranked from worst to best

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The Independent UK

Bad Vibrations: Noel Gallagher reveals his theory for why ‘overrated’ Beach Boys are so revered

Oasis star also listed guests for his dream dinner party, including Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan, and Mr Blobby

The Independent UK

‘He’s a control freak’: 12 bandmates who hate each other, from Pink Floyd to Oasis

Sometimes a petty disagreement can become a lifelong grudge. Louis Chilton picks 11 of the most notorious feuds between musical collaborators

Guitar World

“Charles Manson actually stole one of my D-45s years ago”: One of Al Jardine’s prized Martin acoustics was once swiped by the notorious cult leader – and he “never, ever got it back”

The Beach Boys’ history with the Manson Family is well-documented – and it turns out Jardine’s Martin was one of the many items stolen from the band

The Independent UK

Americans have long wanted the perfect endless summer. Jimmy Buffett offered them one

It seemed wistfully appropriate that news of Jimmy Buffett’s death emerged at the beginning of the Labor Day weekend, the point of every American summer’s symbolic end

Louder

In 1992 The Beach Boys released Summer In Paradise. It was so bad it took them 20 years to put out another album

It's not on streaming platforms. It's never been reissued. The critics hated it. Is Summer In Paradise by The Beach Boys the worst album ever released by a major band?

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"One of our group members unknowingly invited Satan into our midst": When The Beach Boys' Dennis Wilson became friends with The Manson family his life changed forever

Nude dinner parties, acid orgies and death threats: The life of The Beach Boys' co-founder Dennis Wilson was turned upside down after Charles Manson's murderous cult overtook his life, his home and his finances

Newcastle Herald

"Sugar Man" Rodriquez leaves sweet memories in Hunter

HUNTER Valley singer-songwriter Melody Pool has paid tribute to Sixto Rodriguez, who she described as, "a giant of truth through song". Rodriguez died on Tuesday after a short illness in the American singer-songwriter's hometown of Detroit. He was 81. Despite releasing his two studios Cold Fact and Coming From Reality…

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