Culture / When the Beach Boys front man died, the obituaries described him as a genius. Which means what, exactly? Sid Holt Anyone who grew up the 1960s grew up with the Beach Boys. The first time I heard them was on a transistor radio owned by one of the seventh-grade girls who lived in the farm town (pop.

Brian Wilson’s passing at age 82 marks the end of an era defined not by postcard-perfect surf scenes, but by something deeper, louder, and chrome-plated. His music echoed the hum of a big block at idle,

Brian Wilson was one of the greatest musical minds in history, and the subject of the widely underappreciated 2015 biopic 'Love & Mercy.'