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| Current members = [[Brian Wilson]]<br>[[Mike Love]]<br>[[Al Jardine]]<br>[[Bruce Johnston]] | | Current members = [[Brian Wilson]]<br>[[wikipedia:Mike Love|Mike Love]]<br>[[wikipedia:Al Jardine|Al Jardine]]<br>[[wikipedia:Bruce Johnston|Bruce Johnston]] | ||
| Former members = [[Carl Wilson]]<br>[[Dennis Wilson]]<br>[[David Marks]]<br>[[Ricky Fataar]]<br>[[Blondie Chaplin]] | | Former members = [[wikipedia:Carl Wilson|Carl Wilson]]<br>[[wikipedia:Dennis Wilson|Dennis Wilson]]<br>[[wikipedia:David Marks|David Marks]]<br>[[wikipedia:Ricky Fataar|Ricky Fataar]]<br>[[wikipedia:Blondie Chaplin|Blondie Chaplin]] | ||
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The Beach Boys are an American rock band formed in Hawthorne, California in 1961. | The Beach Boys are an American rock band formed in Hawthorne, California in 1961. Their first hit, "Surfin' USA" launched them into stardom in the early 1960's and had other major hits such as "I Get Around" and "Barbara Ann". In 1966, The Beach Boys released the album Pet Sounds which at first did not have major commercial success but is now considered one of the best albums of all time, ranking at number 1 in several lists of the greatest albums of all time. Rivers Cuomo has been heavily influenced by them, as far as basing the [[The Blue Album]]'s cover on an old Beach Boys cassette he owned when he was younger. The group's de facto leader [[Brian Wilson]] was included in the map in the disk tray for [[Pinkerton]], and the song [[Beach Boys]] in [[Pacific Daydream]] was made about them. | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
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The Beach Boys were founded by brothers [[Brian Wilson]], [[wikipedia:Carl Wilson|Carl Wilson]] and [[wikipedia:Dennis Wilson|Dennis Wilson]], at first managed by their father [[wikipedia:Murry Wilson|Murry Wilson]], although he ended up being fired in 1964. Afterwards, they were joined by [[wikipedia:Mike Love|Mike Love]] and [[wikipedia:Al Jardine|Al Jardine]]. After a relatively underlooked debut album, they recorded their first major hit, [[wikipedia:Surfin' USA|Surfin' USA]] and went into stardom. They released more and more hit singles, and with the release of 1965's [[wikipedia:The Beach Boys Today!|The Beach Boys Today!]] they abandoned the beach and surfing themes most of their hits were about, although they are still stereotyped as a surf band. In 1966, after hearing [[The Beatles]' Rubber Soul, Brian Wilson decided to make an album full of cohesive songs, with no filler. This album turned into [[wikipedia:Pet Sounds|Pet Sounds]], an album with ambitious production and rich and complex arragements and composition, influencing many acts such as Weezer. It is considered as one of the greatest and best albums of all time. Following this album, Wilson started working on a follow-up, [[wikipedia:SMiLE|SMiLE]] with lyricist [[wikipedia:Van Dyke Parks|Van Dyke Parks]]. Although, because of Wilson's decaying mental state the project was cancelled and a simplistic, stripped down lo-fi version called [[wikipedia:Smiley Smile|Smiley Smile]] was released instead. This release started a commercial downfall for the band, but after the release of 1974's [[wikipedia:Endless Summer|Endless Summer]] compilation, the group enjoyed more commercial success and became an oldies act. | |||
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