In 2021, the surviving members of the band sold a controlling interest in the band's intellectual property, which included master recordings, a portion of their publishing, the Beach Boys brand and m...

“Everything Brian created is worth hearing and it all has a kind of historical value in terms of understanding his life,” said David Leaf, the Beach Boys historian who published “Smile: The Rise, Fall...

During his high school years, Wilson formed a group known as The Pendeltones, which would later become The Beach Boys, alongside his brothers, their cousin, Mike Love, and a classmate, Al Jardine.