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The Beach Boys

1961 to today · on Surf rock and Rock

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Active years

192019401960198020002020

The journey

1960196519701975Surf rockRock19631966
  1. 1963Surf rock · Surf and hot rods
  2. 1966Rock · Pet Sounds and after
  3. 1967Monterey Pop Festival · Landmark on the line
  4. 1969Woodstock · Landmark on the line
  5. 1969Altamont · Landmark on the line
  6. 1971The Concert for Bangladesh · Landmark on the line

2 platforms, 4 moments and landmarks along the way. Lines the journey does not ride are dimmed, as they are on the map while a journey plays.

Platforms

  1. Surf rock1963 to 1965

    Surf and hot rods

    "Surfin' USA" (1963) and the Brian Wilson harmony sound defined vocal surf music, alongside the instrumental surf of Dick Dale.

    Key album: Surfin' USA, 1963

    Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, The Beach Boys (opens in a new tab)

  2. Rock1966 to 1973

    Pet Sounds and after

    Pet Sounds (1966) left the beach behind for orchestrated studio pop and set the bar the Beatles answered with Sgt. Pepper. The group changes here from the surf branch to the trunk.

    Key album: Pet Sounds, 1966

    Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, The Beach Boys (opens in a new tab)

Connections

Influenced byChuck Berry

The lines

Surf rock (Rock family)Rock (Rock family)

Sources

  1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, The Beach Boys (opens in a new tab)
  2. Holly George-Warren and Patricia Romanowski (editors), The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll, Fireside, 2001

Cite this page

The Metro Map of Music, ‘The Beach Boys: station’, /stations/the-beach-boys.