gam@tektronix.UUCP (Gregory Muth) (01/05/84)
I am not a Beach Boys fan, but saw a news story about Brian Wilson and his death. This is what I gathered from it. Brian Wilson was the original DRUMMER for the Beach Boys. He was the one who gave the band their name. He quit the band and made a solo album in '80 or '81. His reason for quitting was a lack of new material. He had recently rejoined the band, but I don't know if he played with them last summer or not...
ss@wivax.UUCP (Sid Shapiro) (01/06/84)
Where do you get your information? I thought it was Dennis (the drummer) Wilson who just died, not Brian. Although it was Brian who left the group for a while. As a bit of trivia, I understand the Dennis was the only Beach Boy who really surfed. -- Sid Shapiro -- Wang Institute of Graduate Studies [cadmus, decvax, linus, apollo, bbncca, sco]!wivax!ss ss.Wang-Inst@Csnet-Relay (617)649-9731
david@randvax.ARPA (David Shlapak) (01/09/84)
Hey folks, BRIAN Wilson was the creative force behind the Beach Boys during their greatest period (1963-68), after which he began drugging, vegging, and mantra-ing in and out of the real world. He is, as far as I know, alive and as well as can be expected. He is/was alos a KEYBOARD player. DENNIS Wilson, the drummer and Brian's brother, is the one who recently bought it in Marina Del Rey (which is a helluva place to die, if you ask me). Lost on a surfin' safari, I remain --- das