In 2018, Classic Rock spoke to the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson and Mike Love about the creation of Pet Sounds, the revolutionary album considered by many to be the greatest ever recorded.

"He's always there with us," Al Jardine says as he leads the Pet Sounds Band in revisiting "The Beach Boys Love You" in ...

These simple, cloven beasts—petted by countless tiny hands of 1960s children—lived out their years and died. But they are not forgotten. As the humble goat once stood by at the birth of Jesus Himself, ...

If you enjoy most any kind of pop music, you’re a cork in Brian Wilson’s ocean. The principal songwriter and sonic architect of the Beach Boys, he bottled the vibes of Southern California — and really ...

Brian Wilson kindly signed a copy of 'Pet Sounds' for Don Henley, but an edit to the autograph might have changed the meaning of the moment.

Following the death of Wilson last month, Love and his version of the band returns to Long Beach, where they played their ...

Pop music innovator Brian Wilson is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Beach Boys’ groundbreaking 1966 album Pet Sounds with an extensive North American tour. That outing will make its way to New ...

Rhiannon Adsit has a really unique connection to that song, too. But she never expected that Bruce Johnston, one of The Beach ...

“Brian Wilson with ‘Pet Sounds’ changed everything about the Beach Boys,” Spike said. “This isn’t ‘Surfin’ U.S.A.,’ and when [‘Pet Sounds’] comes out, it’s this beautiful ...

In January, Beach Boys founder and massively influential songwriter Brian Wilson announced a world tour to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the landmark album Pet Sounds.

Nearly two months after his passing on June 11, 2025, Brian Wilson, co-founder and creative heart of The Beach Boys, was laid to rest in a private ceremony on August 6, 2025.

A full-band version, completed by Brian and Carl Wilson, can be found on the 1971 album of the same title, but buried in the wreckage of the 1966 “Smile” sessions that finally saw release in ...