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Title: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: Newguy562 on January 23, 2012, 09:30:35 AM
I know they influenced The Ramones but that's like the only "well known" group i heard  that was influenced by them.
what else groups were influenced by them? :]


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: hypehat on January 23, 2012, 09:41:24 AM
The Olivia Tremor Control
The Apples In Stereo
90% of  'Elephant 6'
Foals
Harry Nilsson
Spiritualized
Big Star
Kraftwerk
Katy Perry
The Who
The Byrds
Bruce Springsteen
John Cale
The La's
The Jesus & Mary Chain
Television
Prince
Every boy band who has multipart harmony ever.
Sufjan Stevens
Feist
Kanye West
Daniel Johnston
Iron & Wine
10cc
Fleetwood Mac
Paul McCartney


I mean, c'mon. It's not like they are some underdiscovered gem amongst musicians.


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: Newguy562 on January 23, 2012, 09:49:28 AM
The Olivia Tremor Control
The Apples In Stereo
90% of  'Elephant 6'
Foals
Harry Nilsson
Spiritualized
Big Star
Kraftwerk
Katy Perry
The Who
The Byrds
Bruce Springsteen
John Cale
The La's
The Jesus & Mary Chain
Television
Prince
Every boy band who has multipart harmony ever.
Sufjan Stevens
Feist
Kanye West
Daniel Johnston
Iron & Wine
10cc
Fleetwood Mac
Paul McCartney


I mean, c'mon. It's not like they are some underdiscovered gem amongst musicians.
i'm sure they aren't lol but kanye west?(kanyeeeeeee) cmon..and prince? & kraftwerk?


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: Mike's Beard on January 23, 2012, 10:06:35 AM
Very obvious ones such as
Bruce and Terry
Jan & Dean
The Hondells (Actually everything Gary Usher ever wrote pretty much!!)
and The Sunrays from the 'surf era'.

From the Pet Sounds era,
The Sunrays (again!! If they'd ever got another lp out Rick Henn was moving into very PS style productions)
The Association
Mark Eric (only ever made one record - a very blatant PS homage)


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: hypehat on January 23, 2012, 10:11:39 AM
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Come on man, his last album at the time was bloody 808's & Heartbreaks, which so wants to be Pet Sounds, and there is he sitting next to Brian and Al just hanging out like a chill dude, which is as un-Kanye West as it gets. And I just love this picture.

I'm going to give you some time to think about how Katy Perry could possibly be influenced by The Beach Boys. There is one very obvious example.

As for Kraftwerk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-G28iyPtz0

Oh, forgot The Roots. Tweeted from the man ?uestlove himself...

“Irony of the day: gray haired gentleman in late 50s workin out to Carter 4, & me working out to The Smile Boxset next to him”

Funny how lots of people are influenced by one of the most popular bands in the world, somehow.

 



Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: SMiLE Brian on January 23, 2012, 10:16:27 AM
I know they influenced The Ramones but that's like the only "well known" group i heard  that was influenced by them.
what else groups were influenced by them? :]
I think Newguy is looking for new Lou-Pearlmen produced boy bands to listen to.


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: PongHit on January 23, 2012, 10:18:24 AM
kraftwerk?

"… Hütter has also listed The Beach Boys as a major influence, which is apparent in its 1975 chart smash, Autobahn."

"… An unexpected hit on both sides of the Atlantic, Autobahn's 'fahren, fahren, fahren' refrain echoes 'Fun, Fun, Fun' by the Beach Boys (just one of Kraftwerk's unlikely influences), while the entire concept recalls Brian Wilson's frustrated attempts at creating what he called 'a pocket symphony.'"

"… As soon as you hear the childlike refrain 'We are driving driving driving on the autobahn.' you realise that Kraftwerk have won and the song is as much a riposte to the previous generation as it is a nod of respect to The Beach Boys and American driving music. ... Speaking about The Beach Boys he said: 'In their songs they managed to concentrate a maximum of fundamental ideas. In a hundred years from now when people want to know what California was like in the 60s, they only have to listen to a single by the Beach Boys.'"

SOURCES: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraftwerk#Music (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraftwerk#Music)
http://www.amazon.com/Autobahn-Kraftwerk/dp/B000007U6V (http://www.amazon.com/Autobahn-Kraftwerk/dp/B000007U6V)
http://thequietus.com/articles/01282-karl-bartos-interviewed-kraftwerk-and-the-birth-of-the-modern (http://thequietus.com/articles/01282-karl-bartos-interviewed-kraftwerk-and-the-birth-of-the-modern)


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: PongHit on January 23, 2012, 10:23:10 AM

The BBoys influence is so wide-spread and pervasive, it would be nearly impossible to make a complete list of examples. They've permeated nearly every facet of pop culture during the past 1/2 century.

Sorry if this sounds rude, but this statement strikes me as silly:

I know they influenced The Ramones but that's like the only "well known" group i heard  that was influenced by them.

Pink Floyd, Alice Cooper, THE BEATLES, Beck, CSN&Y, …. the list would go on forever ….


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: cablegeddon on January 23, 2012, 10:24:24 AM
Fleet Foxes - I hear a lot of wannabe-BW stuff on their albums


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: Mike's Beard on January 23, 2012, 10:42:14 AM
The Cowsill's "Indian Lake" and "Poor Baby" are two of the better Beach Boy inspired tunes I have heard.
Also has anyone else noticed that the late 60's to mid 70's Brian Wilson look has become very 'hip' recently?


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: SMiLE Brian on January 23, 2012, 10:59:11 AM
The Cowsill's "Indian Lake" and "Poor Baby" are two of the better Beach Boy inspired tunes I have heard.
Also has anyone else noticed that the late 60's to mid 70's Brian Wilson look has become very 'hip' recently?
Same with the Moody Blues late 1960s look.


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: SBonilla on January 23, 2012, 11:05:29 AM
Roy Wood
Eric Carmen/Raspberries


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: SMiLE Brian on January 23, 2012, 11:08:42 AM
The Move with Jeff Lynne and Roy Wood


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: Newguy562 on January 23, 2012, 11:33:56 AM
(http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTk3ODU3NjIzN15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNzA2MjYxMw@@._V1._SX400_SY256_.jpg)

Come on man, his last album at the time was bloody 808's & Heartbreaks, which so wants to be Pet Sounds, and there is he sitting next to Brian and Al just hanging out like a chill dude, which is as un-Kanye West as it gets. And I just love this picture.

I'm going to give you some time to think about how Katy Perry could possibly be influenced by The Beach Boys. There is one very obvious example.

As for Kraftwerk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-G28iyPtz0

Oh, forgot The Roots. Tweeted from the man ?uestlove himself...

“Irony of the day: gray haired gentleman in late 50s workin out to Carter 4, & me working out to The Smile Boxset next to him”

Funny how lots of people are influenced by one of the most popular bands in the world, somehow.

 


wtf where is the picture of him sitting next to brian at?(do you mean the we are the world session)
and wow questlove ...i heard him mention the beatles before but him being a beach boys fan is such a suprise :)
ok pink floyd,the who, the zombies :)..i heard many people speak on brian wilson as a genius. but there is other people that think the beach boys is over-rated :/ like noel gallahgher from oasis (that bastard!)


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: PongHit on January 23, 2012, 11:54:13 AM

"Happy Together" by The Turtles seems like it was derived from "Wouldn't It Be Nice?"


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: Newguy562 on January 23, 2012, 11:58:19 AM

"Happy Together" by The Turtles seems like it was derived from "Wouldn't It Be Nice?"
happy together was a huge success but a complete rip-off from the beach boys sound especially (ba ba ba part) lol


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: Zach95 on January 23, 2012, 12:03:58 PM
Animal Collective...they sound almost identical to them, particularly Panda Bear, the group's creative force.

Also...Radiohead, specifically Thom Yorke.  He loves them.

I know the Fleet Foxes were already mentioned, but I wanted to point out in their first album's liner notes they list Brian Wilson in their "thank you" list.


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: Newguy562 on January 23, 2012, 12:07:55 PM
Animal Collective...they sound almost identical to them, particularly Panda Bear, the group's creative force.

Also...Radiohead, specifically Thom Yorke.  He loves them.
yes thom yorke said he wanted "ok computer" to be "pet sounds" level as far as being a masterpiece.


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: Newguy562 on January 23, 2012, 12:13:38 PM
many famous people said many great things about pet sounds these are a few examples.

Eric Clapton stated that "All of us, Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce and I consider Pet Sounds to be one of the greatest pop LPs to ever be released. It encompasses everything that's ever knocked me out and rolled it all into one."

Paul Mccartnety stated:
 "It was Pet Sounds that blew me out of the water. I love the album so much. I've just bought my kids each a copy of it for their education in life ... I figure no one is educated musically 'til they've heard that album ... I love the orchestra, the arrangements ... it may be going overboard to say it's the classic of the century ... but to me, it certainly is a total, classic record that is unbeatable in many ways ... I've often played Pet Sounds and cried. I played it to John [Lennon] so much that it would be difficult for him to escape the influence ... it was the record of the time. The thing that really made me sit up and take notice was the bass lines ... and also, putting melodies in the bass line. That I think was probably the big influence that set me thinking when we recorded Pepper, it set me off on a period I had then for a couple of years of nearly always writing quite melodic bass lines. "God Only Knows" is a big favourite of mine ... very emotional, always a bit of a choker for me, that one. On "You Still Believe in Me", I love that melody - that kills me ... that's my favourite, I think ... it's so beautiful right at the end ... comes surging back in these multi-coloured harmonies ... sends shivers up my spine."

Elton John has said of the album, "For me to say that I was enthralled would be an understatement. I had never heard such magical sounds, so amazingly recorded. It undoubtedly changed the way that I, and countless others, approached recording. It is a timeless and amazing recording of incredible genius and beauty."

Roger Waters(Pink Floyd) stated that Pet Sounds "completely changed everything about records for me."

Tom Petty stated "I think I would put him up there with any composer - especially Pet Sounds. I don't think there is anything better than that, necessarily. I don't think you'd be out of line comparing him to Beethoven - to any composer.



Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: Alan Smith on January 23, 2012, 01:17:56 PM

"Happy Together" by The Turtles seems like it was derived from "Wouldn't It Be Nice?"
The verse chord progression is (after the first 4 bars) is really similar to 'Good Vibrations' 1/2 verse.


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: GuyOnTheBeach on January 23, 2012, 02:15:25 PM

"Happy Together" by The Turtles seems like it was derived from "Wouldn't It Be Nice?"
The verse chord progression is (after the first 4 bars) is really similar to 'Good Vibrations' 1/2 verse.
And Elenore pretty much IS GV, it even has a theremin (or early moog, something going woo-woo)


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: Smilin Ed H on January 23, 2012, 02:18:04 PM
Dave Edmunds
Teenage Fanclub
Prefab Sprout
Pernice Brothers
Ron Sexsmith
The Thrills


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: hypehat on January 23, 2012, 02:39:46 PM
I honestly think our time might be better spent listing groups not influenced by the group instead. This is ridiculous


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: SMiLE Brian on January 23, 2012, 02:43:20 PM
I honestly think our time might be better spent listing groups not influenced by the group instead. This is ridiculous
Lets start a Four Freshmen thread or something..... :spin


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: PongHit on January 23, 2012, 08:06:28 PM
I honestly think our time might be better spent listing groups not influenced by the group instead. This is ridiculous

Agreed.


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: LetHimRun on January 23, 2012, 09:40:02 PM
Indie rock band Foster the People. Mark Foster (lead vocalist, main songwriter) has mentioned the Beach Boys, Brian, and Pet Sounds many times in interviews. He called Pet Sounds his favorite album of all time.


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: Alex on January 23, 2012, 10:32:07 PM
Flaming Lips
High Llamas
Wondermints
Explorers Club
Barenaked Ladies (That one is pretty damn obvious, seeing that they have a song called "Brian Wilson"!)
Weezer
My Bloody Valentine
The Thrills
Teenage Fanclub
Elvis Costello
Sean Lennon
Stereolab
Wilco
Tera Melos
Velvet Crush (made an album called Teenage Symphonies to God!!)
The Jayhawks
R.E.M.
Matthew Sweet


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: Quzi on January 23, 2012, 10:47:25 PM
http://www.youtube.com/embed/s-xD_wSSJ8U

Weezer's Holiday pins them as Beach Boys fans, besides the kickass melody and the three lyrical references to Beach Boys songs, that bridge has the kind of vibe that makes it sound like it could've been lifted from a Smiley Smile outtake.


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: MyGlove on January 23, 2012, 11:45:47 PM
There's this band i used to listen to a lot, but only listen to occasionally these days. Their main songwriter was influenced by the Beach Boys. They had a tribute song to Brian here:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3ApQtmwk-I



and he also released a cover of Warmth of the Sun here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMSHeCYg5N8


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: Newguy562 on January 23, 2012, 11:54:31 PM
Indie rock band Foster the People. Mark Foster (lead vocalist, main songwriter) has mentioned the Beach Boys, Brian, and Pet Sounds many times in interviews. He called Pet Sounds his favorite album of all time.
also a band called "blink 182" mark hoppus is a pet sounds fanatic :)


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: I. Spaceman on January 24, 2012, 08:23:27 AM
ABBA, Bee Gees and the Carpenters.


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: PongHit on January 24, 2012, 08:28:11 AM
I know they influenced The Ramones but that's like the only "well known" group i heard  that was influenced by them.

DO YOU FEEL SILLY YET??  ;D


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: The infamous Baldwin Organ on January 24, 2012, 10:07:38 AM
The Olivia Tremor Control
The Apples In Stereo
90% of  'Elephant 6'
Foals
Harry Nilsson
Spiritualized
Big Star
Kraftwerk
Katy Perry
The Who
The Byrds
Bruce Springsteen
John Cale
The La's
The Jesus & Mary Chain
Television
Prince
Every boy band who has multipart harmony ever.
Sufjan Stevens
Feist
Kanye West
Daniel Johnston
Iron & Wine
10cc
Fleetwood Mac
Paul McCartney


I mean, c'mon. It's not like they are some underdiscovered gem amongst musicians.

Not disagreeing with you, but I wondering what made you say Television? I'm a big fan of their work. Thanks!


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: hypehat on January 24, 2012, 10:48:39 AM
I was fairly sure I had read somewhere that Verlaine was repping for Pet Sounds, although now you mention it, I'm struggling to remember where.  :-\


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: Newguy562 on January 24, 2012, 11:58:56 AM
I know they influenced The Ramones but that's like the only "well known" group i heard  that was influenced by them.

DO YOU FEEL SILLY YET??  ;D
silly as a goose  ;D


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: Denny's Drums on January 24, 2012, 02:49:46 PM
Fleet Foxes - I hear a lot of wannabe-BW stuff on their albums

I think some of their stuff sounds like Smiley Smile. Also Daft Punk has said they were influenced by The Beach Boys and the members were even in a band called Darlin.


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: guitarfool2002 on January 24, 2012, 09:05:54 PM
When I heard Weezer's first songs getting airplay (Buddy Holly, The Sweater Song) I pegged them as influenced by the Beach Boys. The rising vocal harmony just after the guitar solo, just before the stop time guitar break on Buddy Holly...first time I heard that I remember thinking "Brian Wilson!!!" That influence has only been proven more and more over time.

I also really, really like blink-182. For pure melodic pop which is well played, full of hooks, and with lyrics that speak to what a lot of their fans are thinking and feeling, blink-182 had an incredible run which musically and lyrically reminds me of the Beach Boys from 63-64. They also had a Brian-Mike contrast in lead vocalists with Tom and Mark each bringing a unique voice to the melodies.

At the time I liked them, but now listening in retrospect I think they were one of the better bands of the 90's with some of the better songs and great pop melodies.


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: Mr. Wilson on January 24, 2012, 09:47:50 PM
Laugh if ya want..! CHICAGO..! They started as a Jazz pop rock band with lots of jams ..Political messages..Suites + concept albums.. They tour with BB 1975..From that point on they got more POP rock ..Still to this day..IMHO


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: Alex on January 25, 2012, 12:08:01 AM
When I heard Weezer's first songs getting airplay (Buddy Holly, The Sweater Song) I pegged them as influenced by the Beach Boys. The rising vocal harmony just after the guitar solo, just before the stop time guitar break on Buddy Holly...first time I heard that I remember thinking "Brian Wilson!!!" That influence has only been proven more and more over time.

I also really, really like blink-182. For pure melodic pop which is well played, full of hooks, and with lyrics that speak to what a lot of their fans are thinking and feeling, blink-182 had an incredible run which musically and lyrically reminds me of the Beach Boys from 63-64. They also had a Brian-Mike contrast in lead vocalists with Tom and Mark each bringing a unique voice to the melodies.

At the time I liked them, but now listening in retrospect I think they were one of the better bands of the 90's with some of the better songs and great pop melodies.

I loves me the Blink. Even the self-titled album!


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: Smilin Ed H on January 25, 2012, 04:33:57 AM
There Must Be Some Misunderstanding - Genesis: a Sail on Sailor vibe, to be sure


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: homeontherange on January 25, 2012, 08:29:02 AM
Tony Banks, the brilliant songwriter/pianist of Genesis said in Record Collector magazine that Brian was his biggest inspiration, and that he wished he wrote more music during the PS/Smile-period.

Of Montreal, Kevin Barnes has been mentioning BBs and BW in several interviews, especially Smile and Pet Sounds. I think some of his early songs have a very Smile-ish sound, songs like Go Call You Mine and Maple Licorice sound very much like something Brian could've written in late '66.

Elliott Smith, mentioned Pet Sounds as the biggest inspiration for his album X/O.

Grizzly Bear, besides the obvious BB sound, guitarist and songwriter Daniel Rossen is pretty much a perfect combination between Nick Drake and Brian Wilson, I'd say. And he has mentioned them in many interviews. He even made a list (great list) in Q magazine of his favourite BB songs, mentioning songs like Til I Die, Surf's Up and Old Master Painter (!).

MGMT, play BB covers, mention obscure BB songs in interviews etc.

Wilco, don't remember where I read it but Jeff Tweedy's a big fan.

Deerhoof, I hear the influence in a lot of their music, but I don't think they've mentioned them aside from a comment about Good Vibrations being a badass song.


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: Roger Ryan on January 25, 2012, 09:42:16 AM
There's also the Blood, Sweat and Tears album CHILD IS FATHER TO THE MAN (1968) - given that leader Al Kooper was present for some of the early SMiLE sessions suggests how he might have been influenced to choose that title!


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: Justin on January 25, 2012, 09:48:46 AM
Wilco, don't remember where I read it but Jeff Tweedy's a big fan.

Just saw them last night and you can totally hear Brian's modular and experimental approach in their songs.  Wilco started out very Stonesy but they've eventually become a band that sounds like the Rolling Stones, Beatles and The Beach Boys rolled into one.


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: cablegeddon on January 25, 2012, 11:26:56 AM
Fleet Foxes - I hear a lot of wannabe-BW stuff on their albums

I think some of their stuff sounds like Smiley Smile. Also Daft Punk has said they were influenced by The Beach Boys and the members were even in a band called Darlin.

BWPS, Good vibrations 2:52 - I know I've that stuff on one of their songs off the first album.


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: metal flake paint on January 25, 2012, 02:01:11 PM
Marc Bolan mentioned that Pet Sounds was a major influence around the time of 'Unicorn' although he admits that ultimately it didn't sound like it.

Labi Siffre has cited 'Surf''s Up' and 'God Only Knows' as influences.

From Stackridge, Michael Evans has Brian Wilson as one of his favourite songwriters, singers and musicians. Also from Stackridge, James Warren lists The Beach Boys as an influence including 'Heroes and Villains' and the 'Surf's Up' LP.

Steve Howe of Yes has mentioned 'Surf''s Up' and 'Holland' as influences.


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: Aegir on January 25, 2012, 02:11:01 PM
Marc Bolan mentioned that Pet Sounds was a major influence around the time of 'Unicorn' although he admits that ultimately it didn't sound like it.
This is interesting to learn, Unicorn is my favorite T. Rex album, it is very Pet Soundsy in the sense that the instrumentation is a lot more varied and dense compared to the earlier releases.


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: Newguy562 on January 25, 2012, 03:18:09 PM
Marc Bolan mentioned that Pet Sounds was a major influence around the time of 'Unicorn' although he admits that ultimately it didn't sound like it.

my father loves t. rex :) marc bolan is a glitter god!


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: Myk Luhv on January 25, 2012, 11:15:43 PM
Elliott Smith, mentioned Pet Sounds as the biggest inspiration for his album X/O.

That's funny because I also remember reading an interview he did -- I forget when it was conducted -- where he mentioned (rather much to my surprise) how he didn't really like The Beach Boys because he thought they were too happy-go-lucky or something. Guess he changed his mind at some point! Are there any interviews where he talks about the influence Pet Sounds had on him during the sessions for XO?


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: Paulos on January 25, 2012, 11:47:41 PM
When I heard Weezer's first songs getting airplay (Buddy Holly, The Sweater Song) I pegged them as influenced by the Beach Boys. The rising vocal harmony just after the guitar solo, just before the stop time guitar break on Buddy Holly...first time I heard that I remember thinking "Brian Wilson!!!" That influence has only been proven more and more over time.

I also really, really like blink-182. For pure melodic pop which is well played, full of hooks, and with lyrics that speak to what a lot of their fans are thinking and feeling, blink-182 had an incredible run which musically and lyrically reminds me of the Beach Boys from 63-64. They also had a Brian-Mike contrast in lead vocalists with Tom and Mark each bringing a unique voice to the melodies.

At the time I liked them, but now listening in retrospect I think they were one of the better bands of the 90's with some of the better songs and great pop melodies.

Rivers Cuomo has covered Don't Worry Baby and God Only Knows, the a capella rendition of Don't Worry Baby that he does is awesome, you can find it on Youtube. I never noticed the Beach Boys influence in Weezer until I became a Beach Boys fan and upon listening to Weezer again after my conversion the influence was blindingly obvious.


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: Mike's Beard on January 26, 2012, 12:47:09 AM
Marc Bolan mentioned that Pet Sounds was a major influence around the time of 'Unicorn' although he admits that ultimately it didn't sound like it.
This is interesting to learn, Unicorn is my favorite T. Rex album, it is very Pet Soundsy in the sense that the instrumentation is a lot more varied and dense compared to the earlier releases.

The Beach Boys were Marc's favourite band.


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: Newguy562 on January 26, 2012, 12:57:24 AM
Marc Bolan mentioned that Pet Sounds was a major influence around the time of 'Unicorn' although he admits that ultimately it didn't sound like it.
This is interesting to learn, Unicorn is my favorite T. Rex album, it is very Pet Soundsy in the sense that the instrumentation is a lot more varied and dense compared to the earlier releases.

The Beach Boys were Marc's favourite band.
:] proof?


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: Shady on January 26, 2012, 01:05:52 AM

MGMT, play BB covers, mention obscure BB songs in interviews etc.



I nearly fell out of my seat when I saw MGMT cover ADITLOAT live, was pretty crazy

They did it justice


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: Alex on January 26, 2012, 09:51:21 AM

MGMT, play BB covers, mention obscure BB songs in interviews etc.



I nearly fell out of my seat when I saw MGMT cover ADITLOAT live, was pretty crazy

They did it justice
WHATTT???!! I saw them in the summer of 2010 and they didn't do it. I would've sh*t myself if they had played it.


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: Mike's Beard on January 26, 2012, 10:27:30 AM
Marc Bolan mentioned that Pet Sounds was a major influence around the time of 'Unicorn' although he admits that ultimately it didn't sound like it.
This is interesting to learn, Unicorn is my favorite T. Rex album, it is very Pet Soundsy in the sense that the instrumentation is a lot more varied and dense compared to the earlier releases.

The Beach Boys were Marc's favourite band.
:] proof?
Read it in a book on Marc by Mark Paytress. In an issue of The Tyrannosaurus Rex fanclub letter, both members were asked to name their favourite band. Steve Took mentioned one of the hip freaky groups of the day, Marc said The Beach Boys. Of course for all I know it may have changed over time, but in 1969 it was The Beach Boys. No prizes for guessing who his favourite solo artist was!


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: Aegir on January 26, 2012, 11:52:54 AM
that's cool that Marc's favorite band is the Beach Boys, because T. Rex are probably my second or third favorite band after the Beach Boys.


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: aingevt on January 26, 2012, 12:39:34 PM
The Red Hot Chili Peppers former guitarist John Fruciante seemed to be influenced by them. They even covered I Get Around in concert (and did a decent/energetic job of it):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVYhhF7bRa0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVYhhF7bRa0)

Their By The Way album had a lot of wordless falsetto ohh and ahh type background harmonies that to me just screamed Beach Boys influence. Listen to the chorus on Tear and you'll get an earful of it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW0JjfqR1-s (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW0JjfqR1-s)


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: Aegir on January 26, 2012, 01:23:36 PM
my favorite part of that era RHCP is their harmonies and stuff.


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: Newguy562 on January 26, 2012, 01:59:58 PM
best t.rex song :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rs-L8VpUu0k


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: KokoNO on January 27, 2012, 02:22:24 AM
The Beach Boys totally influenced Brian Wilson. Brian Wilson Presents Smile is pretty similar to a lot of Beach Boys stuff I've heard, just a little cheesier and with grating vocals.


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: PongHit on January 27, 2012, 07:45:49 AM

Elton John.


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: guitarfool2002 on January 27, 2012, 07:57:51 AM
Has anyone mentioned Matthew Sweet? He tends to wear his influences on his sleeve. Besides the obvious act of hiring the Wrecking Crew and trying to recreate that sound for a project, and releasing pretty spot-on 60's cover albums with Susanna Hoffs, I'll never forget watching MTV and seeing this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z54A4aP4Luw (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z54A4aP4Luw)

"Come To California"...when I heard/saw this, I couldn't believe someone was paying tribute to *that* era of the Beach Boys....it definitely wasn't as hip in the mid 90's as it might be now to wear that influence on your sleeve (which is why I liked Matthew Sweet all the more), but I think Sweet did a cool thing with this song. Mixes in "Do It Again", elements of "Love You", and even parts of the early 70's live sound...IMO.


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: jmc on January 27, 2012, 08:24:21 AM
Yo La Tengo!!!


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: Alex on January 27, 2012, 09:29:01 AM
Yo La Tengo!!!

They covered Little Honda.


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: SBonilla on January 27, 2012, 11:10:15 AM
El Perro Del Mar & Sigur Ros


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: KokoNO on January 27, 2012, 12:28:09 PM
El Perro Del Mar & Sigur Ros


Love both. Proof? Although I can definitely hear it in the former.


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: donald on January 27, 2012, 12:39:50 PM
Anyone mention the Association or Spanky and Our Gang? 


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: GuyOnTheBeach on January 27, 2012, 12:44:24 PM
Raidohead without a doubt, listen to some of the stuff on the OK COMPUTER album such as the 3:34 mark in Paranoid Android, No Surprises and Exit Music For A Film. This album is a modernized version of what I think Dennis' vision of the band would have been if he had been in charge around the PoB era.


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: Denny's Drums on January 27, 2012, 02:44:48 PM
Has anyone mentioned Matthew Sweet?

I think Matthew Sweet and other power pop type performers were heavily influenced by the Beach Boys. Bands like Big Star, The Who, Cheap Trick and Todd Rundgren I'm sure were fans of Brian.


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: Alex on February 01, 2012, 06:46:54 PM
Raidohead without a doubt, listen to some of the stuff on the OK COMPUTER album such as the 3:34 mark in Paranoid Android, No Surprises and Exit Music For A Film. This album is a modernized version of what I think Dennis' vision of the band would have been if he had been in charge around the PoB era.
A soulless, roboticized version of Dennis.


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: Newguy562 on February 01, 2012, 06:50:32 PM
Raidohead without a doubt, listen to some of the stuff on the OK COMPUTER album such as the 3:34 mark in Paranoid Android, No Surprises and Exit Music For A Film. This album is a modernized version of what I think Dennis' vision of the band would have been if he had been in charge around the PoB era.
A soulless, roboticized version of Dennis.
hey those robots have soooooo much soul!  :afro


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: pixletwin on February 01, 2012, 06:59:54 PM
http://www.youtube.com/embed/s-xD_wSSJ8U

Weezer's Holiday pins them as Beach Boys fans, besides the kickass melody and the three lyrical references to Beach Boys songs, that bridge has the kind of vibe that makes it sound like it could've been lifted from a Smiley Smile outtake.

Man I think Weezer's most BB song is The Greatest Man That Ever Lived.

http://youtu.be/TYrz-M2Zc8E

Trust  me. Give the whole song a listen. :D


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: Paulos on February 01, 2012, 08:34:33 PM
http://www.youtube.com/embed/s-xD_wSSJ8U

Weezer's Holiday pins them as Beach Boys fans, besides the kickass melody and the three lyrical references to Beach Boys songs, that bridge has the kind of vibe that makes it sound like it could've been lifted from a Smiley Smile outtake.

Man I think Weezer's most BB song is The Greatest Man That Ever Lived.

http://youtu.be/TYrz-M2Zc8E

Trust  me. Give the whole song a listen. :D

One of my fave Weezer songs, I love the way it keeps changing styles.  :rock


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: Ziggy Stardust on April 05, 2017, 02:22:10 PM
I could update this thread permises with a massive long list but it would take a whole page haha

Steve Howe of Yes has mentioned 'Surf''s Up' and 'Holland' as influences.

I've found quotes of John Wetton, not Steve Howe, mentioning Surf's Up part of the albums he listened in the day, and i think he was talking regarding Asia (altho if he listened to it at its release time and how big of an impact it was on him, natrually it would apply on to the Yes albums and King Crimson too!) and also Jon Anderson saying he's a big Beach Boys fan while speaking of their album Closer To The Edge, but Steve Howe? Holland? where? any source on that?



Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: Peadar 'Big Dinner' O'Driscoll on April 06, 2017, 04:43:12 AM
Song called "Mike Love Fanclub" on this - https://vimeo.com/211171585/8717e486e1 (just a short clip round 2.58) - Album out next month. Francis MacDonald is/was in Teenage Fanclub, BMX Bandits & more.


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: joshferrell on April 06, 2017, 08:06:29 PM
I hear their influence all over the place, literally just as much as I hear the Beatles influence..heck most 60's, 70's and 80's pop and 90's and 00's underground sound like they were influenced by them...at least to my ears,,,


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: Amalgamate on April 07, 2017, 09:52:44 AM
I didn't realize how pervasive the Beach Boys' influence was until I started listening to them more seriously, and then I started hearing them everywhere!

ABBA is one that was profoundly influenced by the vocal harmonies of the Beach Boys. There's one song, "One Man One Woman," where during the second verse you can hear Benny Andersson imitate Brian Wilson's signature falsetto. ABBA was big on background harmonies juxtaposed against a lead vocal (which may itself be harmonixed), and that influence clearly comes from the BB.

Eagles is another one I didn't realize until I saw them in concert. One of the members said "the Beach Boys were pioneers. We were just settlers." And it made sense when I listened to, say, "New Kid In Town," the harmonies were certainly reminiscent of them.

For more modern artists, Lana Del Rey has gone on record as saying she's influenced by the Beach Boys. It doesn't show through on her official material much, but her laptop demos show an interest in these vocal tapestries and unusual harmonies. She's also interested in the Beach Boys as an example of Americana- she went through a phase where she was all about American flags and white trash kitsch and celebrating the South and the East and West Coasts (at separate times). Not saying she took Smile to heart or anything (though I think her desire to explore the Americana concept and the BW/VDP exploration of Americana on Smile are curious coincidences), but that they're just this Great American Band, and she self-consciously invokes a lot of that sort of imagery. Her latest single, Love, makes an explicit lyrical reference when she says "Don't worry, baby." If it were someone else, I would've written it off as just a common phrase, but coming from her, I definitely think it's on purpose.

And if you want to see how the pervasive Beach Boys harmonies are, I checked out this random track called "Eloise" by some Swedish band. Right before the final chorus, there's a section where they go "ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba" in this nasally voice, then counter it with another line, and then a Wilsonesque falsetto soaring above. You simply cannot escape their vocal influence!

I think this shows that really, it didn't matter whether they sang "it opens when I want with the cellunoid system" or "wouldn't it be nice if we were older" or "columnated ruins domino" - the magic was the vocal arrangement, and the lyrics were simply the thing you put on the vocals that gave them "meaning" because you can't have wordless tracks in this day and age. The surf and cars lyrics are a cute capsule from a prior time, and one that's not as relatable as it was then (surfing is no longer a fad, and "car culture" has changed significantly nowadays); the Tony Asher lyrics are universally relatable and cute but rather simplistic; the VDP lyrics exist outside of mortal concepts like "time" and "space" and "emotion" and are therefore both eternal and nigh-inaccessible. The music, and I mean the great vocal blend and the harmonic twists, not the surf guitar and 50s rock-and-roll chord progression - that's what's broke through all the barriers and that's their contribution to music and to popular art.


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: JK on April 07, 2017, 12:58:50 PM
And if you want to see how the pervasive Beach Boys harmonies are, I checked out this random track called "Eloise" by some Swedish band. Right before the final chorus, there's a section where they go "ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba" in this nasally voice, then counter it with another line, and then a Wilsonesque falsetto soaring above. You simply cannot escape their vocal influence!

Amalgamate, you must mean Arvingarna:
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLtGZVZs32s

The arrangement generally has Beach Boys written all over it.

Oddly, another "Eloise", by Barry Ryan, has a very Beach Boyish moment at 3:25:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WD9Wz7Mt160


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: pixletwin on April 07, 2017, 01:38:20 PM
David Gilmour (from Pink Floyd) has a singing style that was very much influenced by the Beach Boys.


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: The Cincinnati Kid on April 07, 2017, 02:27:59 PM
I can tell the band Colony House was influenced by The Beach Boys on their most recent album Only The Lonely.  The first thing I noticed was the album cover.  Does that font look familiar to you?
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51D3U4aIGTL._SS500.jpg)

There are a lot of moments on the album that sound influenced by the boys, but the song You Know It really stands out.  It sounds a lot like I Get Around if you ask me. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkfBxIH0g0k


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: Ziggy Stardust on April 07, 2017, 04:29:36 PM
Would be better if examples were brought up with actual quotes with a source instead of just saying "they said this".


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: Lee Marshall on April 08, 2017, 01:04:11 PM
I've been to see [and hear] Brian Wilson and his fantastic band quite a few times.  The Beach Boys seem to have had a degree of influence on them.  Some of the songs are dead-ringers for ones the Beach Boys recorded way back in the 60s and early 70s.  It's uncanny.   ;)

The Arbors version of The Letter.

Then ... ... ...we're off to Canada...

The 5 Man Electrical Band...back when they were known as the Staccatos.  [They even used to do excellent live medleys of the Beach Boys [and the 4 Seasons too...Ya I know...Surfer's Rule]
The Nylons.  Their God Only Knows is well worth a listen
Deja Vu.  THIS Canadian band perhaps out does the original.  It sure kicks ass.  Ray Charles did it exceptionally well too.
Another Canadian band obviously influenced by the Beach Boys?  The Heavy Blinkers.  [several albums]
Neil Young...Long May You Run.
Ian Thomas...who's had songs recorded by America, Santana, Manfred Mann just to name 3
Chilliwack  My Girl [Gone Gone Gone] and California Girl
The Guess Who......AND Randy, especially, who wrote tunes with Carl
Trooper

Then there's the Rip Chords with a couple of guys who really did the heavy lifting [and actual recording] Bruce and Terry.
There's some kind of a tribute band out there touring...what are they called?  My Glove and the Bleached Boys?  Something like that.

Yes...sometimes.  Queen sometimes.

The Beatles [BeKuz/Back in the You Ass Ass Are/Hear, Their 'n' Underwear] held sway over what bands did.  So too do the Beach Boys...right up 'til now.

But Chuck Berry has had more of an influence than our Boys and the Liverpudlian Quartet combined.  Without him?  We wouldn't be here.


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: clack on April 08, 2017, 01:27:18 PM
Haven't seen The Who mentioned yet. And then there's The Rolling Stones : a heavy Beach Boys influence in such cuts as 'We Love You' and Dandelion'.


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: feelsflow on April 08, 2017, 02:29:43 PM
And if you want to see how the pervasive Beach Boys harmonies are, I checked out this random track called "Eloise" by some Swedish band. Right before the final chorus, there's a section where they go "ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba" in this nasally voice, then counter it with another line, and then a Wilsonesque falsetto soaring above. You simply cannot escape their vocal influence!

Amalgamate, you must mean Arvingarna:
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLtGZVZs32s

The arrangement generally has Beach Boys written all over it.

Oddly, another "Eloise", by Barry Ryan, has a very Beach Boyish moment at 3:25:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WD9Wz7Mt160
Never heard of Barry Ryan, but did look him up.  Eric Carmen was influenced by the boys of course, and seemingly this, too!  I hear bits of "Eloise" in several of Eric's songs.


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: Ziggy Stardust on April 08, 2017, 02:46:21 PM
Haven't seen The Who mentioned yet.

Even Iggy Pop would agree so:

"The Beach Boys came and sang 'Fun, Fun, Fun' at Patrimonio. Is your 'No Fun' an answer to their song?

Iggy Pop: I have about three to four songs important in my life and Fun, Fun, Fun is one of them. Along with some Johnny Cash and Muddy Waters songs. The idea of fun itself is within the constitution of the United States: the pursuit of happiness. It sure was different in Detroit... but the drugs filled that! Anyway, i saw The Beach Boys in 1965 and they were genius, Listen to The Who: It's full on Beach Boys!"

(Translated this myself from an interview he did in France, July 2011)


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: the captain on April 08, 2017, 03:11:32 PM
Alas, smart a guy as he is--and he is! I've enjoyed his interviews.--Mr. Pop doesn't know his constitution. (It's in the Declaration of Independence.)


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: Ziggy Stardust on April 08, 2017, 05:16:40 PM
Oh by the way, this reminds me

Of course we know how The Who harmonies are Beach Boys influenced, how Pete loves and commented on Smiley Smile, the photo of him holding the vinyl of Surfin' Safari, same with Roger attending Smile 2004 and his comments on it, etc etc

But one thing that always stood out to me in their music is the instrumental piece Sparks from the album Tommy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ah66Jji74Tk
Don't you feel that the section at 2:14 there is strongly reminding a lot of that section in God Only Knows at 1:04
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkPy18xW1j8

Anyone??? this comparison has been stuck in my head for YEARS


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: JK on April 09, 2017, 02:11:16 AM
Oh by the way, this reminds me

Of course we know how The Who harmonies are Beach Boys influenced, how Pete loves and commented on Smiley Smile, the photo of him holding the vinyl of Surfin' Safari, same with Roger attending Smile 2004 and his comments on it, etc etc

But one thing that always stood out to me in their music is the instrumental piece Sparks from the album Tommy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ah66Jji74Tk
Don't you feel that the section at 2:14 there is strongly reminding a lot of that section in God Only Knows at 1:04
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkPy18xW1j8

Anyone??? this comparison has been stuck in my head for YEARS

That's fantastic! It positively leaps out at you----once you know... Thank you!

Though it doesn't detract a whit from "Sparks". It also occurs in the brilliant "Underture"... 


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: Ziggy Stardust on April 09, 2017, 11:28:39 AM
;) ;) Thanks! glad i'm not the only one hehe

By the way, not sure if this was mentioned here before, i could bring up an ENTIRE gigantic list of people influenced, inspired or that referenced the Beach Boys or Brian Wilson (or the Wilson brothers) as i have done some deep researchs into that over the last years, but one that is always cool is Daft Punk:

They started as a band under the name of Darlin', inspired by the Beach Boys song
along with guys behind the robots in this original formation there was Laurent Brancowitz who later formed the band Phoenix, who are the ones who ended up covering Alone On Christmas, altho in an interview where they get to select their own favorite songs in general, he picked a Dennis song "Sound of Free".

But yeah, so then the Daft Punk existed, and on their first album "Homework" if you don't own it physically, well in the booklet they quote a famous Brian line from the SMiLE era, something about music and god, i forgot what it is exactly out the top of my head, so forgive me... and then, there's this big picture in it:
http://oi55.tinypic.com/14y9y55.jpg

Correct, in the middle, right there, is the Beach Boys european exclusive CD from the Good Vibrations boxset!

On that same album, there's even a song titled "Teachers" where they just namedrops their heroes, of course Brian Wilson is in it, but you probably already heard that.

Much later on, during their recording of their album "RAM" or the 2013 Grammys, i think? Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo (the one behind the yellow helmet robot) said how he arrived at the parking lot right when Brian was parking, he didn't meet him or even see him, just his car, but said that he totally freaked out on it over the idea alone that Brian Wilson was in it, haha


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: RadiantRadish6 on April 10, 2017, 11:22:45 AM
There's an album by a fellow named Billy Nicholls called "Would You Believe". It came out in 1968 on the Immediate label and was hailed as "The British answer to Pet Sounds". Billy was just 18 when he composed the album.  It's a remarkable album filled with Beach Boys style harmonies. Bonus: The backing band used on the album -  The Small Faces!


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: JK on April 10, 2017, 12:52:46 PM
There's an album by a fellow named Billy Nicholls called "Would You Believe". It came out in 1968 on the Immediate label and was hailed as "The British answer to Pet Sounds". Billy was just 18 when he composed the album.  It's a remarkable album filled with Beach Boys style harmonies. Bonus: The backing band used on the album -  The Small Faces!

Here you go: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeN5eyf7VTI

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Would_You_Believe_(Billy_Nicholls_album) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Would_You_Believe_(Billy_Nicholls_album))

According to his wiki page, Nicholls was a "longtime acquaintance and occasional collaborator with Pete Townshend", just to compete the circle, so to speak...


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: Ziggy Stardust on April 13, 2017, 02:54:30 PM
Also Steven Tyler started as a drummer, it's only when he heard the first notes of In My Room he picked up the microphone sung it and decided to be the leader and singer.


Title: Re: Bands/Singers That The Beach Boys Influenced :)
Post by: RangeRoverA1 on April 13, 2017, 03:32:14 PM
You're right. Tyler, then Steven Tallarico, played drums & sang in obscure band Chain Reaction. Read this link (https://ironleg.wordpress.com/2013/12/29/chain-reaction-ever-lovin-man-bw-you-should-have-been-here-yesterday/)