Brian Wilson with an autographed copy of his album 'Smile' on Feb. 11, 2005. Credit - Ron Wolfson/WireImage—Getty Images In describing the followup to Pet Sounds, Wilson billed Smile as a "teenage ...

When you’re making music that no one else is making, you don’t have source material to reference. Musical experimentalists are left to hope the sound they are envisioning works out in the end. That ...

Even back in the 1960s, it became obvious that the late great Brian Wilson was more than just great, but a musical genius on a scale with a rare few - any time, any music. He was one of those musical ...

Former Beach Boy Brian Wilson performs "Pet Sounds" at the Morris Performing Arts Center on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017, in South Bend. Brian Wilson, who died June 11 at 82, made music history as a Beach ...

Brian Wilson's "smart Girls" was supposed to be the centerpiece and/or big closing number of his Sire Records album "Sweet Insanity." Instead it was one of the big reasons the album was shelved.

Brian Wilson's talent had no bounds; hence, it is no surprise that he contributed to these three fairly off-brand tracks.

The Beach Boys (clockwise from left Carl Wilson, Mike Love, Brian Wilson, Al Jardine and Dennis Wilson) in 1964. Brian Wilson, the chief architect behind surf-rock supernovas The Beach Boys, who ...

I made Brian Wilson sad once. I didn’t mean to. We were doing a radio interview, the first time I’d ever spoken to him, and I was so excited that I’d spent the entire morning organizing nearly every ...