FIVE FUN FACTS: The Beach Boys
- The Beach Boys took their name after a prison break and chase by the police led to them falling into an experimental particle accelerator. The accident molecularly bonded them with sand and granted them shape-shifting sand abilities and powerful vocal harmonies.
- Early records such as Surfin’ Uncle, Surfin’ Surfin’ Surfin’ Surfin’ Surfin’, and Literally Everybody Is Surfin’ Right Now were recorded in a surfin’ powered recording studio off the coast of California. Twelve sound engineers died in surfin’ related accidents.
- During the 1960s band leader Brian Wilson suffered from a debilitating addiction to trifle that inspired him to create songs with delicately layered harmonies.
- It would be nice if we were older.
- The album cover for Pet Sounds features the band members dressed as goats, being fed by goats dressed as Beach Boys.