1. The Beach Boys

2. The Beach Boys are a very well known American Rock Band They are widely known for: -writing songs with close vocal harmony -writing songs about life in California (surfing, girls, cars)

3. Quick Facts about The Beach Boys The Beach Boys have 36 songs that have made the Top 40 They have had four #1 singles 2007 marked the 40 th anniversary of the critically acclaimed album: Pet Sounds

4. Members of The Beach Boys Brian Wilson Carl Wilson Dennis Wilson Mike Love Al Jardine

5. The Beach Boys: The Beginning The Beach Boys all started with Brian Wilson. He became increasingly interested in music, and began watching his father play the piano and listening to the radio. Eventually, Brian began to teach his brothers the vocal harmonies to some songs they knew. Much time was spent sitting around a piano and singing.

6. Active Performing Years : 1961 - Present The Beach Boys: The Beginning Brian Wilson has always been known to be the primary creative force behind The Beach Boys, even when they became more artistic in their style of music.

7. The Wilson Residence The father of the Wilson boys, Murry Wilson, was a musician. he was psychologically and physically abusive to the Wilson boys and was quick to offer criticism and discontent with the boys.

9. The Beach Boys eventually ceased any production of new material. This was mostly in part because of Brian Wilson’s desire to produce more complicated artistic music. Brian wanted to push the limits that the band could go to, and the band didn’t like this because it was TOO different from their own style. The album : Pet Sounds was the peak of The Beach Boys Creativity. It is a critically acclaimed album about which is noted That the complicated harmonies and rhythms are brilliantly crafted

10. The Beach Boys

11. Resources www.wikipedia.org www.beachboys.com