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Brian Douglas Wilson (born June 20, 1942) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer who co-founded the Beach Boys. After signing with Capitol Records in 1962, Wilson wrote or co-wrote more than two dozen Top 40 hits for the group. In addition to his unorthodox approaches to pop composition and mastery of recording techniques, Wilson is known for his lifelong struggles with mental illness. He is often referred to as a “genius”and is widely acknowledged as one of the most innovative and significant songwriters of the late 20th century,More info:wiki
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#10 Brian Wilson’s Memoir Brings a Boomer Icon Down to Earth,More info:spin
Every classic rock act has its own mythology to be reverently cited by fans of the form decades later, held up as an example of what real music used to be like. The Rolling Stones shot heroin and holed up in French mansions; Led Zeppelin got into Aleister Crowley and may have engaged in bestiality with a groupie; Bob Dylan broke his neck in a motorcycle accident and reinvented himself in absentia; the Velvet Underground shot even more heroin and fucked around with Andy Warhol’s Factory; the Beatles were simply the Beatles.
But the Beach Boys are the most iconic band of their era whose story centers around mental illness—whose mythos has evolved in relation to how our culture has typically treated sickness without a physical manifestation. Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison drank themselves to death, and were held up as rock gods. Brian Wilson, on the other hand, lost his mind, and was a punchline for years.
#9 ‘Surfin’ USA’? Not for Beach Boy Brian Wilson: ‘I Tried Once and Got Conked on the Head’ ,More info:people
The Beach Boys co-founder Brian Wilson may have created some of the planet’s most enduring songs about surfing, but as a kid growing up in Southern California, Wilson was “scared” of the ocean, he reveals in his new autobiography I Am Brian Wilson.
“You wouldn’t think this,” Wilson, 74, writes, “but I almost never went to the beach as a kid, even though it was only a few miles away.”
Wilson, widely regarded as one of pop music’s most creative and innovative artists, formed the Beach Boys with his brothers Dennis and Carl Wilson, along with their cousin Mike Love and high school pal Al Jardine in 1962. Their songs, which were synonymous with sunshine, surfing and endless summer, have sold more than 100 million records.
Wilson’s new book, released Oct. 11, chronicles his battles with drug abuse, mental illness and his difficult childhood.
#8 Good Vibrations: Beach Boys co-founder Brian Wilson to perform in New Buffalo,More info:wndu
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#6 Brian Wilson Postpones Shows Due To Back Surgery,More info:ticketnews
Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys has been touring in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the band’s ’60s record, Pet Sounds, but due to a back injury and immediate surgery, he had to postpone several shows.
Wilson posted the announcement on Twitter, explaining that after seeing a doctor, he was told he needs back surgery immediately, which will hopefully alleviate the pain. Therefore, he cancelled the upcoming show dates in May, and apologized to fans who had already planned on coming to see him perform.
Currently, his agents are in the process of rescheduling the shows and the new dates will be announced shortly.
#5 Brian Wilson: By the numbers,More info:themahaffey
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#3 Brian Wilson, Al Jardine at the Oakdale with Beach Boys Christmas Album,More info:courant
Beach Boys genius Brian Wilson has already come around and performed the band’s 1966 masterpiece “Pet Sounds” in its entirety. Now Wilson, along with fellow founding Beach Boy Al Jardine and a crew of excellent side musicians and collaborators, will perform another gem from the band’s back catalog, the “Beach Boys’ Christmas Album” from 1964.
#2 TIFF: ‘Love & Mercy’ & The Tortured Genius of Brian Wilson,More info:biography
#1 Brian Wilson gets grade changed on failed school assignment that became first Beach Boys hit,More info:washingtontimes
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