Uncut's Deluxe Ultimate Music Guide to The Beach Boys is out now – purchase a copy ... I consider that to be one of the greatest.” Mike Love: “It was influenced by some of the vernacular ...

The Beach Boys and The Monkees will forever be remembered as two of the best pop bands ever — even if they constantly get compared to The Beatles. During their peak era, The Beach Boys and The ...

As Beach Boys fans gear up for an orchestral reimagining ... Jardine and Johnston told PEOPLE the tales behind some of their greatest songs. Mike Love: “Be True to Your School” was a hit ...

But there was one song, more than any other, that obsessed Brian Wilson in the 1970s and for decades after...' ...

Curiously, only one of the original Beach Boys knew how to surf ... Influenced by Chuck Berry, Phil Spector and the Beatles, Wilson’s songs grew increasingly more complex, peaking with 1966 ...