No other band personifies the essence of California more than The Beach Boys, and if one member of the group was to be singled out as their heart and creative drive, it would undoubtedly be the late ...

The Beach Boys are synonymous with California; more specifically, the vibrant, sun-soaked, tanned-skin, carefree coast. And where there is a beach, there are probably cute girls. But California is ...

Brian Wilson, the founder and principal creative force of the Beach Boys, whose catalogue of early hits embodied the fantasy of California as a paradise of beautiful youth, fast cars and endless surf ...