About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 304. Not illustrated. Chapters: The Beach Boys, Jan and Dean, the Chantays, Bruce & Terry, the Surfaris, Ronny & the Daytonas, Surf Music, the Delltones, Smash Mouth, Man or Astro-Man?, the Ventures, the Atlantics, Beachbuggy, Lo Presher, the Van Orsdels, Los Straitjackets, the Trashmen, Elbow Beach Surf Club, the Phantom Surfers, Blaster the Rocket Man, the Challengers, the 5.6.7.8's, the Sandals, Susan and the Surftones, Surf Punks, the Barracudas, Surf Coasters, the Trashwomen, California Guitar Trio, the Mermen, the Waikikis, the Tornadoes, Papa Doo Run Run, the Apemen, Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet, Jetpack, Surf Trio, Laika & the Cosmonauts, Royale Monarchs, the Hondells, the Ziggens, the Marketts, the Fantastic Baggys, Raybeats, the Tarantulas, Novacaine, Ghastly Ones, the Blue Hawaiians, Anachronauts, the Bel-Airs, the Saints, Monsters From Mars, Atomic 7, the Bambi Molesters, Vampire Beach Babes, the Cornells, the Bomboras, Eddie & the Showmen, the Rebels, Dead Man's Curve, the Pyramids, the Dead Rocks, the Centurions, Pollo Del Mar, the Lively Ones, Aqua Velvets, the Thurston Lava Tube, the Original Surfaris, Langhorns, Mulchmen, Fender Iv, the Blue Stingrays, the Sentinals. Excerpt: The Beach Boys are an American rock band, formed in 1961, who gained popularity for their close vocal harmonies and lyrics reflecting a Southern California youth culture of cars, surfing, and romance. Brian Wilson's growing creative ambitions later transformed them into a more artistically innovative group that earned critical praise and influenced many later musicians. The group was initially composed of singer-musician-composer Brian Wilson, his brothers, Carl and Dennis, their cousin Mike Love, and friend Al Jardine. This core quintet was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Class of 1988. The Beach Boys have often been called ...
