When it comes to music & surfing, he may very well be America's foremost scholar. His book, The Ocean Will Have Us All: Surf ...

A veritable library has been written about the Beach Boys. There are books focusing on their masterwork, 1966’s Pet Sounds, and tomes dedicated to the band’s mercurial magician, Brian Wilson. And ...

The Bee Gees — brothers Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb — were one of the biggest bands of the '70s, and their Saturday Night Fever soundtrack defined the disco era. The harmonizing brothers first ...

Just because a band sings “Surfing U.S.A.” and “California Girls” doesn’t mean it’s a surf band. Surf music has a long history, encompassing sounds as diverse as Dick Dale’s “Miserlou” and surf-punk ...

Pop vocal trio the Bee Gees performing at the Music for UNICEF Concert at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, January, 1979. The 1970s were an eclectic time for music and cultural ...

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The California Surf Museum is acknowledging those who helped launch what became a worldwide phenomenon – skateboarding. “At the dawn of the 1960s, when the waves were flat, surfers were skateboarding, ...