Beach Boys legend, sadly passed at 82.

Thank you for the music.

Sad news - definitely not good vibrations

Wow, very sad news

Sad news.
Looked frail and unwell for a while now, but was still
playing.

Produced some great music with the rest of the band.
A music icon.

An incredibly talented, gifted man. Part of my life for 60+ years. Can join up once again with Denis and Carl. RIP Brian Wilson.

Sad news- great singer with an iconic band.

Have seen the Beach Boys live a couple of times and they were brilliant but never got to see Brian perform live.

Sad news but amazing he got to that age with what he put his body through.

He had a microphone specially placed near the floor when recording Pet Sounds because he was too intoxicated to stand and sing at the same time.

RIP Brian, thanks for the tunes.

Very sad news.

I’m lucky to have seen the Beach Boys on two occasions in the early 90s and they were bloody great.

Cheers Brian - now go and catch a new wave of your own!

https://youtu.be/apBWI6xrbLY?si=1Jrb2RGV3S_iOR0_

Very sad news extremely talented.

Pet Sounds will always be one of the very best albums ever recorded. A brilliant listen from start to finish. Thank you for the music!

RIP. At least he lasted the full course.

RIP Brian, just a few days short of his 83 birthday. Love the Beach Boys … Surfs Up being my favourite album of theirs.

Worked for Brian 1979 to 1981 a tormented genius. Love and Mercy. RIP Brian

Like the very best music….great driving music especially on a sunny day!

Les latcham fan club wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 11, 2025 7:06 pm

Worked for Brian 1979 to 1981 a tormented genius. Love and Mercy. RIP Brian

In what capacity?

Up there with Lennon and McCartney as brilliant composer of great music imo.
And a gifted innovator in the recording studio, as others have highlighted, Pet Sounds was ground breaking. RIP Brian.

A Beach Boy who apparently couldn't swim.

RIP Mr Brian Wilson

Saw him in (?)2016 at the Apollo in Manchester, and he looked quite frail even then. The word genius is used far too often, but he was undoubtedly a ground breaking visionary in the field of sound recording/production, and wrote some truly wonderful songs.
By all accounts he was a troubled soul, may he find the peace that often eluded him in life.
RIP

jlup1980 wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 11, 2025 6:38 pm

Pet Sounds will always be one of the very best albums ever recorded. A brilliant listen from start to finish. Thank you for the music!

Pet Sounds was one of those iconic albums that just about everyone owned a copy of

A second musical genius to leave this earth in a week after Sly Stone.

Very saddened by this. Saw the Beach Boys numerous times in the 90s, but thought I would never get to see the mastermind/genius behind their music. Until I then got to see him perform Pet Sounds in 2016, which was an incredible show. RIP Brian.

R.I.P. Brian ,thanks for some marvellous music.

God only knows what we’ll be without you. RIP to a true musical genius in Brian Wilson.

I worked in the NY Hilton when the Beach boys were on tour. I met the tour manager and was asked if I was interested in in essence look after Brian initially at night times as he rarely slept and needed someone with him when he decided to go for a 3am walk etc or wanted to go eat. He was not in a great place and couldn't be left. Things went well and I ended up staying for the whole US tour and beyond. We had many chats especially about the Beatles.

Surf’s Up is perhaps one of my all time favorite songs. Not the album, although that is still so good. But placed, and sung by Brian Wilson on the finally released Smile album.

Him and sly stone in 2 days. Bad few days for music. Both pioneers and legends in their own field.

dermotdermot wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 12, 2025 1:43 am

Surf’s Up is perhaps one of my all time favorite songs. Not the album, although that is still so good. But placed, and sung by Brian Wilson on the finally released Smile album.

What a musical journey and progression from Surfin' Safari to the otherworldly Surf's Up in just a few years

It would be hard to peg a personal favourite from all those great tracks. In My Room would be my choice, a beautiful mournful song that said a lot about Brian Wilson himself- Thanks Brian, safe journey

ClaretTony wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 11, 2025 8:09 pm

Pet Sounds was one of those iconic albums that just about everyone owned a copy of

Iconic is the word Tony. It's an album that spans generations and was one I fell in love with during my formative years in the mid-90's, a good 30 years after it's release. It still sounds impeccable today. I fully expect my boys will find it in there own time too.

God only knows what we'll be without him.