The Beach Boys

Early material from the band's foundational surf-rock phase — "Fun, Fun, Fun,""Surfin' Safari," the car-obsessed tunes they jammed together in a breakneck medley — sounded zippy and full of life Saturday, as though the players were determined to earn the mid-show intermission Love referred to wryly as a nap break. Read More

The Beach Boys opened their show Saturday night at the Hollywood Bowl with "Do It Again," and if that slow-rolling single oozed nostalgia upon its release in 1968, you can imagine the note it strikes today. Read More

The group is recording and performing together, after years of disputes and estrangement. Read More

The Beach Boys '1968 hit "Do It Again" unfolded gradually during an afternoon sound check before the group's evening performance here late last week. Read More

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Brian Wilson is God. If that sounds like the fiction of 1960s fan mags then I'm proudly strumming the right chord. Read More

The Beach Boys have watched a sizeable volume of water pass under the bridge since their last performance as a Brian Wilson-bolstered unit almost 16 years ago. Read More

The Beach Boys, one of the worlds most legendary and influential bands, have reunited for a global 50th Anniversary Tour. 2012. Read More

In case you hadn't heard, the original remaining members of The Beach Boys ( Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston and David Marks ) have marked the occasion of their 50th Anniversary as a band with a reunion tour and a new album. Read More

Next week, The Beach Boys will release That's Why God Made the Radio , their first original studio album in 20 years. Read More