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They were formed in Hawthorne,
California in 1961. Their manager was
their father Murry Wilson who was allegedly difficult to work with and
caused problems such that two of the brothers did not attend his
funeral. They started out as
The Pendletons, named after Pendleton woolen shirts. The single "God
Only Knows" was refused airplays on many US
stations because of the use of "God" in the title, which was
the first time it had happened.
Paul McCartney named the album Pet
Sounds as one of his favourite albums of all time with "God Only
Knows" as his favorite song and said that was a major influence on
the writing of the Sgt. Pepper
album. In 1997 Mojo magazine
named "Good Vibrations" the "Greatest Single of all Time". Due to problems that occurred within
the group, their album Smile
became the most famous unreleased album of all time. The band was forced to apologise
publicly after a performance in Sydney
where some of the members appeared drunk. Their 4th of July
concerts on the National Mall in Washington
DC were banned by the politician James
Watt after a few years as he claimed they brought an "undesirable
element". Their biggest
selling hit was "Kokomo" and they were indicted into the Rock
and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988 and the Vocal Hall of Fame in 1998. They
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.
Members
Brian Douglas Wilson (1961-1998)
(songwriter, vocals, keyboard, bass)
Carl Dean Wilson (1961-1998) (lead guitar,
vocals)
Dennis Wilson (1961-1972, 1976-1983)(drums,
piano, guitar, vocals)
Al Jardine (1961-1996)(bass, guitar, vocals)
David Lee Marks (1962-1963, 1996-1998) (rhythm
guitar, vocals)
Ricky Fataar (1972-1976) (drums)
Blondie Chaplin (1972-1974) (bass, vocals)
Glen Campbell (1964-1965) (bass, keyboard,
vocals)
Mike Love (1961-Present) (lead vocals)
Bruce Johnston (1965-1968, 1978-Present) (bass,
keyboards, vocals)
Mike Kowalski (1968-Present) (drums, vocals)
Chris Farmer (1995-Present) (bass/vocals)
Tim Bonhomme (1996-Present) (keyboards/vocals)
John Cowsill (2001-Present) (keyboards/vocals)
Scott Totten (2001-Present) (guitar)
Adrian Baker (1981-1983, 1989-1993,
1998-2004)(vocals)
Randell Kirsch (2004-Present) (guitar)
Mike Meros (1998-2001) (keyboards)
Phil Bardowell (1995?-2001) (guitar)
The Beach Boys Recordings
Wendy (Brian Wilson)
Livin' With a Heartache (Carl
Wilson/Randy Bachman)
Little Honda (Brian Wilson/Mike Love)
Sources:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beach_boys
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