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Los Angeles, United States (1961 – present)

The Beach Boys are a pop and rock music group formed in Hawthorne, California in 1961, who are widely considered to be one of the most influential bands in rock and pop music history. They have recorded dozens of Top 40 hits (including four US #1 singles), many best-selling albums, and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988.

The original group comprised singer-musician-composer Brian Wilson, his brothers Carl Wilson and Dennis Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and friend Al Jardine. Many changes in both musical style and personnel have occurred in their sometimes-stormy career: Brian Wilson’s mental illness, drug addiction and eventual withdrawal from the group; the deaths of Dennis Wilson in 1983 and Carl Wilson in 1998; and continuing legal battles among surviving members of the group.

The Beach Boys officially broke up in 1998 shortly after Carl Wilson’s death, however Mike Love and Bruce Johnston maintain the rights to the name and continue to tour with their own band as The Beach Boys.

===History===

==Early years==

The group was formed in 1961 in Hawthorne, California under the leadership of Brian Wilson, and included his brothers Carl and Dennis, their cousin Mike Love and school friend Al Jardine.

The early inspirations of the group were the Wilsons’ musician father, Murry, and the close vocal harmonies of groups such as The Four Freshmen. The group performed initially as The Pendletones, after the Pendleton woolen shirts popular then. Although surfing motifs were very prominent in their early songs, Dennis was the sole actual surfer in the group.

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optimistic_tour wrote:
yesterday evening

thanks deacon! it's too bad he wasn't interviewed as well.. always nice to hear/see Brian talk :] He looked sorta sad though, but maybe that's just how he looks lately... (also it was nice to see Conan holding the LP up and not a dinky little cd cover)

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Sessions_please wrote:
yesterday evening

:) Are you still on that BW cloud? He's heady stuff!

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letmerunwild wrote:
yesterday evening

Amazing BW last night! And I ALMOST met him. I was soooooo close. I waitied outside and saw him leave, and waved goodbye. I don't think he saw us, but I was closer than I ever thought I'd be. =]

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ThunderBeard wrote:
Friday evening

Everyone should spin "Beach Boys Party!" Album today. Beach Boys dance party at my house tonight. BYOB

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DeaconBlues311 wrote:
Friday afternoon

Pick the Thurs Nov 20th episode.

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DeaconBlues311 wrote:
Friday afternoon

Brian on Conan last night. Go to the last tick before the end and sorry for the commercials.

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DeaconBlues311 wrote:
Friday afternoon

Dammit! When are we going to get Ding Dang in the top 15 tracks?

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ahayward wrote:
Friday morning

I've absolutely not heard Hard Times either. I hate feeling like I'm missing out on something.

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optimistic_tour wrote:
Friday morning

don't worry, baby

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Sessions_please wrote:
Friday morning

I read that Hard Times was recorded during the Holland sessions. Dont have much more info than that.

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young_wives wrote:
Thursday afternoon

another BB song I don't know, yet I have 90% of there stuff lol

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Jyroflux wrote:
Thursday morning

I've not heard Hard TImes (yet). So, it was recorded in Holland or was it later?

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pendletone wrote:
Wednesday evening

Yes, that would be interesting to know! "Hard Times" rocks, must be a Chaplin/Fataar tune? || @ahayward -- love that avatar with the Pet Sounds LP Thanks for the link, didn't know a site like this even exists!

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Sessions_please wrote:
Wednesday evening

Question. Why was "Hard Time/s" cut from the Holland album? I am loving this track today.

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zebow wrote:
Wednesday morning

Best band in the world.

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meanmrmustard wrote:
Tuesday morning

http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php/topic,5525.0.html That's the most accurate Beach Boys vocal credits list there is at this point. A lot of people who know what they're talking about went into compiling it. Sometimes they even asked one of the Beach Boys who was singing.

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Jyroflux wrote:
Monday evening

Thanks for that link Ashley. And that was an interesting review Alex.

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AxYoung wrote:
Monday afternoon

Review of Brian Wilson's concert in Chicago last night: http://consequenceofsound.net/2008/11/17/brian-wilson-brings-smiles-to-chicago-theatre-1116/

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ahayward wrote:
Monday morning

last.fm formatting sucksssss

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ahayward wrote:
Monday morning

Wikipedia used to have a great list of Beach Boys songs by singer, where they detailed who was singing each song. Granted, they could be totally wrong on a bunch of them, but it was still a good archive to have on hand. There's a slightly salvaged copy of it here: http://deletionpedia.dbatley.com/w/index.php?title=List_of_Beach_Boys_songs_by_singer_(deleted_04_Sep_2008_at_18:17) Still interesting to me.

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