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Brian Wilson & Al Jardine Fight Back Against Mike Love Over Beach Boys Reunion

It’s never quite good vibrations with the Beach Boys, is it?

2012/09/25

The Beach Boys Reunion Coming To An End

While Brian Wilson has stated that he’d like to make another album and continue touring with the Beach Boys’ reunion lineup, it seems that’s not really in the cards for the family band.

2012/09/18

Brian Wilson Reveals Back Problems, Recovering From Surgery

It’s been a strenuous 2012 for Beach Boys mastermind Brian Wilson, and many have expressed concerns over the 70-year-old’s health as he’s toured the globe with his reunited band.

2012/09/14

From Beach Boys to Queen, 5 Bands With Too Many Greatest Hits Compilations

In recent years particularly, labels like Rhino and Sony Legacy have released more best-of collections and box sets than ever. But how many is too many? If nearly all the compilations are identical in tracklisting, what’s the point?

2012/08/13

Beach Boys Are ‘Doin’ It Again’ With New DVD, Greatest Hits Collections

No one could have guessed that the Beach Boys would make it 50 years, not even founding member, Brian Wilson. “If they’d told me back in the ‘60s that we’d be doing this in 2012 I would’ve said, ‘You’re crazy,’” Wilson said in a statement.

2012/08/08

Q&A: Brian Wilson On Beach Boys Tour & Next Album, Possible Frank Sinatra Tribute

Brian Wilson tips us off about what’s to come, if he has his way: Another new Beach Boys album that “gets the rock’n’roll going,” more tour dates, no more Grammy hullabaloo, and possibly even a Frank Sinatra tribute album.

2012/07/02

What’s the Future of the Beach Boys Reunion?

An Endless Summer may not be in store for the reunited Beach Boys. Amidst hopeful talk of adding tour dates and recording another album comes a report that frontman Mike Love has scheduled his own “Beach Boys” tour dates this October.

2012/06/27

The Beach Boys Debut Youthful ‘That’s Why God Made the Radio’ Video: Watch

Surfers, sunshine and sexy girls – that’s the trifecta of fun presented by the Beach Boys in their new video for “That’s Why God Made The Radio.” It’s not until the last minute of the video that the band actually makes an appearance, at which point its members high-five hip, beachy fans. Watch below.

2012/06/19

The Beach Boys Beat The Beatles’ Album Chart Record

This week, The Beach Boys returned to the Billboard 200 album chart with their highest debut ever, for their new album That’s Why God Made The Radio. The album came in at No. 3 and sold 61,000 copies in its debut week – enough to make it their highest-charting album since their greatest hits compilation, Endless Summer, reached No. 1 in 1974.

2012/06/15

Brian Wilson Talks ‘Pet Sounds’ In Beach Boys 50th Anniversary Interview

The Beach Boys’ surviving members – Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston and David Marks – joined L.A. sister station K-EARTH 101′s Morning Show with Gary Bryan last week on-air to talk about their new album, That’s Why God Made The Radio, their big reunion tour, and their evolution as a band after 50 years. In the second installment of this multi-part video interview, the Beach Boys address the early years of balancing both touring and recording some of its biggest albums, including 1966′s ground-breaking Pet Sounds.

2012/06/14

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