Surfs Up: Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys
Celebrating the life of Brian Wilson with the definitive mosaic biography of the legendary west coast pop group. The Beach Boys soap opera is one so outlandish that it can be scarcely believed. Family feuding, egotism, mental illness, drug addiction, serial killer friendship, only one member who could actually surf – and subsequently drowned – the loneliness of survival and some of the greatest, most beautiful music of all time.
And yet their labyrinthine history has never been satisfyingly documented. Acclaimed music writer Peter Doggett aims to tell the story of the most complicated musical family in pop through a mosaic lens, drawing on a lifetime of fandom and his own personal encounters with the Wilsons, their cousin Mike Love and neighbor Al Jardine.
“Surf's Up” - two years in the making - will be the first book published since the death of Brian Wilson in June and will feature a new epilogue written since Wilson’s passing. Peter Doggett is a veteran, award-winning music writer, journalist, consultant, and biographer of the Beatles, David Bowie, CSNY, and many more.
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Celebrating the life of Brian Wilson with the definitive mosaic biography of the legendary west coast pop group. The Beach Boys soap opera is one so outlandish that it can be scarcely believed. Family feuding, egotism, mental illness, drug addiction, serial killer friendship, only one member who could actually surf – and subsequently drowned – the loneliness of survival and some of the greatest, most beautiful music of all time.
And yet their labyrinthine history has never been satisfyingly documented. Acclaimed music writer Peter Doggett aims to tell the story of the most complicated musical family in pop through a mosaic lens, drawing on a lifetime of fandom and his own personal encounters with the Wilsons, their cousin Mike Love and neighbor Al Jardine.
“Surf's Up” - two years in the making - will be the first book published since the death of Brian Wilson in June and will feature a new epilogue written since Wilson’s passing. Peter Doggett is a veteran, award-winning music writer, journalist, consultant, and biographer of the Beatles, David Bowie, CSNY, and many more.
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Celebrating the life of Brian Wilson with the definitive mosaic biography of the legendary west coast pop group. The Beach Boys soap opera is one so outlandish that it can be scarcely believed. Family feuding, egotism, mental illness, drug addiction, serial killer friendship, only one member who could actually surf – and subsequently drowned – the loneliness of survival and some of the greatest, most beautiful music of all time.
And yet their labyrinthine history has never been satisfyingly documented. Acclaimed music writer Peter Doggett aims to tell the story of the most complicated musical family in pop through a mosaic lens, drawing on a lifetime of fandom and his own personal encounters with the Wilsons, their cousin Mike Love and neighbor Al Jardine.
“Surf's Up” - two years in the making - will be the first book published since the death of Brian Wilson in June and will feature a new epilogue written since Wilson’s passing. Peter Doggett is a veteran, award-winning music writer, journalist, consultant, and biographer of the Beatles, David Bowie, CSNY, and many more.
