Brian Wilson’s No Pier Pressure was almost a Beach Boys album: ‘I changed my mind’
Brian Wilson says he originally envisioned his forthcoming solo album ‘No Pier Pressure’ as a Beach Boys project. Then something happened.
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Meet ‘The Wrecking Crew’: Largely anonymous studio geniuses behind countless hits
‘The Wrecking Crew’ is an intriguing look at the typically anonymous musicians who helped complete so many hits of the Baby Boomer era.
Brian Wilson, “The Right Time” from No Pier Pressure (2015): One Track Mind
Brian Wilson’s collaboration with fellow Beach Boys alums Al Jardine and David Marks places ‘No Pier Pressure’ into a compelling new context.
On the Beatles’ first listen to the Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds: ‘John and Paul made me play it twice’
Their silent wonder at the Beach Boys’ as-yet-unreleased masterpiece was offset, however, by a much different reaction from Keith Moon.
‘We do look like the Beach Boys’: Brian Wilson and Al Jardine are still battling with Mike Love
“We wish him all the best,” Jardine says, “but doggonit …”
Odd Couples: The Beach Boys’ “Be True to Your School” vs. Alice Cooper’s “School’s Out”
With kids returning to class, it’s time to consider these two iconic songs.
‘Definitely a momentum killer’: Mike Love laments the lost Beach Boys classic SMiLE
“What would have happened,” Love muses, “had there not been drugs involved?”
‘They don’t talk about it much’: John Stamos on the Beach Boys’ Charles Manson connection
“Never Learn Not to Love,” from 1969’s ’20/20,’ grew out of an original song by Manson.
The Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson aims to compose alone: ‘I’ve had it with collaborators’
As for his old bandmates, Wilson says: “They were just not as good as writers.”
Mike Love still doesn’t get the Beach Boys’ SMiLE: ‘Such weirdness going on’
Several tracks were eventually released, but the bulk went unheard for decades.
