Culture / When the Beach Boys front man died, the obituaries described him as a genius. Which means what, exactly? Sid Holt ...

The Beach Boys' co-founder Brian Wilson has died at the age of 82, leaving behind a storied legacy as one of pop music's ...

The Beach Boys' co-founder Brian Wilson has died at the age of 82, leaving behind a storied legacy as one of pop music's ...

Paul McCartney has paid tribute to the late Brian Wilson, 82, whose death was announced on Wednesday (June 11), calling his ...

"I thought he was going to get better," says Beach Boys co-founder Jardine, who had been hoping to have Wilson make a guest ...

Brian Wilson, the musical savant who scripted a defining Southern California soundtrack with the Beach Boys before being pulled down by despair and depression in full public view, has died.

Paul McCartney is paying tribute to music icon Brian Wilson following the death Wednesday of the Beach Boys co-founder.

For Brian Wilson’s lengthy contributions to the tarnished monolith of 20th-century rock culture, neither he nor his work has ever sat easily within it. Wilson grew up an all-American jock in the ...

And it only added to his tortured-genius lore when after his breakdown, in 1966, the Beach Boys released Brian Wilson's masterpiece, the first concept album, “Pet Sounds.” But his downward ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. To understand the genius of Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys mastermind whose family announced his death yesterday at age 82, go listen to “Surfer Girl.” ...

Brian Wilson, the musical visionary who co-founded The Beach Boys and revolutionized pop and rock production, has died at age ...

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