The Beginning
The Beach Boys first manager was the Wilsons' father. What was his name?
Murry Wilson
The three trends that the early Beach Boys songs were about are:
Surf
Cars
Girls
The album that Brian Wilson made that started the PROGRESSIVE POP ROCK movement and included songs like "Wouldn't It Be Nice" and "God Only Knows" was called...
Pet Sounds
What is the name of Brian Wilson's crazy therapist?
Eugene Landy
What song did Brian play on repeat when he was mentally ill?
Be My Baby
What city in California are The Beach Boys from?
Hawthorne
Which song went to #1 in 1966 (after the release of Pet Sounds) and proved that Brian's new ideas worked?
Good Vibrations
What is the name of Brian's "lost" album from 1967?
SMiLE
In what city was Brian found before he was taken to a mental hospital?
San Diego
What is the name of the journalist who busted Eugene Landy on air?
Diane Sawyer
What was the original name of the band?
The Pendletones
What was The Beach Boys first #1 hit (in 1964)?
I Get Around
Name one of the strange sounds used in Pet Sounds:
(Not a horse! It wasn't allowed in the studio!)
orchestral instruments
bicycle bells,
his dogs (Banana & Louie) barking,
coke bottles,
plucked piano strings,
theremin,
a train whistle,
car keys,
jewelry,
In what year was the completed SMiLE album released with a new band?
2004
What was the name of Brian's health food store?
The Radiant Radish
Who was the only member of the band who actually surfed?
Dennis Wilson
What song was released in 1988 WITHOUT Brian but went to #1?
Kokomo
What did Dennis bribe Brian with to force him to write songs when he was mentally ill?
McDonald's Cheeseburgers (and drugs)
What is the name of the album released in 2011 that featured some of the original recordings from SMiLE?
SMiLE Sessions
Who did Dennis Wilson TRY to get Charles Manson set up with to produce a record?
Charles Manson would later order his wives to go to this house and commit murder...except this man had moved already.
Terry Melcher
By 1962, The Beach Boys were the first full surf group with __________________.
Vocals
Pet Sounds was inspired by the Beatles album, ____________________________________ and then Pet Sounds went on to inspire the Beatles album, _______________________________________.
Rubber Soul
Sgt. Pepper
Name one of Brian's strange delusions in the 1960s, BESIDES believing that Phil Spector had his house bugged.
-Meetings had to be in the pool so no one could overhear their ideas
-His song, Fire, was responsible for a shed that burned down
-Shower: possessed by the devil
-SMiLE tapes must be destroyed because they were evil
-The piano must be in the sand (indoors)
What is the name of Brian's wife (whom he met through Landy) that he stayed married to from 1995 to her death?
(She also helped free Brian)
Melinda Ledbetter
What is the name of the company that Landy founded with Brian?
Brains & Genius