Aaron Eckhart to Play Beach Boys' Drummer in New Biopic

By Ross Bonaime at 3:47 PM on October 17, 2011

Aaron Eckhart has just signed on to play Dennis Wilson, drummer for The Beach Boys, in a new biopic called _The Drummer_.  read more

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The 20 Best Beach Boys Songs

By Max Blau at 9:29 AM on May 16, 2011

To celebrate the anniversary of The Beach Boys’ greatest record Pet Sounds, we present our picks for the band’s best songs.  read more

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Beach Boy Dennis Wilson Gets Biopic Treatment

By Caroline Klibanoff at 12:20 PM on August 18, 2010

Historically, Brian Wilson has been the Beach Boy with the most intrigue and media attention, but now that a biopic is in the works on the life of brother Dennis Wilson, that may change. In Wilson’s short life—he drowned in a mysterious accident in 1983, at the age of 39—he married five times (including twice to Karen Lamm, Robert Lamm’s ex-wife), lived with the Mansons, seriously dated Christine McVie, and was the first Beach Boy to release a solo album....  read more

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Dennis Wilson: Pacific Ocean Blue (Legacy Edition)

By Stephen Deusner at 3:11 PM on June 16, 2008

After serving as drummer and...  read more

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Beach Boy Dennis Wilson's solo album finds re-release

By Rebecca Bowen at 12:00 AM on January 30, 2008

Late Beach Boys middle child Dennis Wilson’s 1977 solo album Pacific Ocean Blue is getting the expanded re-release by Caribou/Epic/Legacy (two-CD set) and Sundazed (double LP vinyl) on May 13. This is convenient, because it's just in time to carry it down to the pre-summer seashore and relax to the sound of crashing waves mixing with the music of the only Beach Boy who actually surfed. Wilson has always been a source of unusual trivia like this. He dated Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac. He befriended Charles Manson one year before the Tate/LaBianca murders. And he met a...  read more

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