Wilson’s struggles with mental health issues played a role in the followup to Pet Sounds —the unfinished album Smile, which the Beach Boys began recording in 1966.

Wilson’s ambition, however, was undercut by intensifying, untreated mental illness as well as by drug use (including hashish and amphetamines) and pressure from the other Beach Boys and the ...

The family of Brian Wilson, the co-founder of the Beach Boys, announced on June 11 that he passed away at the age of 82. Wilson shaped the Beach Boys ’ timeless sound as the band’s songwriter and ...

When the Beach Boys started back in 1961, they seemed like little more than a novelty surf band that would vanish from memory ...

Those with a love for American popular music would immediately add "Smile" -- the legendary, lost Beach Boys album, begun and abandoned in the mid-1960s -- to this list.

LOS ANGELES – 1968: Band leader Brian Wilson of the rock and roll band “The Beach Boys” poses for a portrait in 1968 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) ...

Last week I traveled to Los Angeles to spend time with Brian Wilson at his home in Beverly Hills. My interview with Brian is in today's Wall Street Journal (pick up a copy or go here if you're a ...

Wisely, and this is what “Beautiful Dreamer” is good at bringing out, the Brian Wilson Band has made a 2004 interpretation of a 1967 work, knowing they aren’t the Beach Boys and that the ...

FILE - Bruce Johnston, from left, David Marks, Brian Wilson, Mike Love and Al Jardine of The Beach Boys pose backstage at the 54th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Feb. 12, 2012.

The Beach Boys co-founder revealed that he wasn’t impressed by his bandmate’s speech at Brian Wilson’s funeral on Aug. 6.

Al Jardine called out Mike Love for his eulogy during Brian Wilson's funeral, reigniting decades-old Beach Boys tensions.