Quintessential balladeers of surf, summer, sixties and California. Formed in 1961 by brothers Brian, Carl and Dennis Wilson, their cousin Mike Love and David Marks, they produced twenty albums by 1970, ranging from “California Girls” to the more complex concepts of Pet Sounds (1966, including “God Only Knows”), one of rock ’n’ roll’s finest albums, or the classic “Good Vibrations” (1966). The band lost its way thereafter as a group and through personal stories of some members, including Brian’s addictions and Dennis’ 1983 drowning, while new British, California and folk-music sounds competed for the market. The band experienced a popular revival in the 1980s.