Brian Wilson


Brian Wilson
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Birth Name: Brian Douglas Wilson

Age: 70, born 20 June 1942

Country of origin: United States

Ethnicity: White / Caucasian


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Blender Magazine's Top 50 Craziest Musicians (50 items)
list by Danie
Published 4 years, 5 months ago
7 comments
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MOJO's Icons (100 items)
list by JxSxPx
Published 4 years, 4 months ago
1 comment
5 votes
Greatest People Ever (40 items)
list by m08221196
Published 8 months, 3 weeks ago
3 comments
4 votes
People named Brian. (335 items)
list by Sarah :]
Published 12 months ago
3 votes
RS: 100 Greatest Singers (100 items)
list by JxSxPx
Published 3 years, 6 months ago

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About: Brian Wilson is a Grammy Award-winning American musician best known as a member of the American rock and roll band, the Beach Boys. Within the band, Wilson played bass, and provided part-time lead vocals and, more often, backing vocals, harmonizing with the group.

Wilson was the primary songwriter in the Beach Boys, also functioning as the band's main producer, composer, and arranger. In 1988, Wilson, with his bandmates was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Fat (1), Depression (1), Born 1942 (1), Singer (1)

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2. Live 8 (2005)
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3. Live Aid (1985)
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4. Charlie Rose (1991)
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5. Imagine (2003)
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jeffpsychedelic added this to a list 6 days, 16 hours ago
Best Male Singers (100 person items)
m08221196 added this to a list 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Greatest People Ever (40 person items)
Sarah :] added this to a list 12 months ago
People named Brian. (335 person items)
m08221196 added this to a list 1 year, 3 months ago
Musical Geniuses (19 person items)
JxSxPx added this to a list 3 years, 6 months ago
RS: 100 Greatest Singers (100 person items)

"1. In My Room 2. Don't Worry Baby 3. Caroline, No 4. Surf's Up 5. Good Vibrations 6. Wouldn't It Be Nice 7. I Know There's An Answer 8. Heroes and Villains 9. Farmer's Daughter 10. Barbara Ann"


JxSxPx added this to a list 4 years, 4 months ago
MOJO's Icons (100 person items)

""I love him so much it's just horrible - I find it hard to live with." -- Pete Townshend Essential Recording: Pet Sounds"


Danie added this to a list 4 years, 5 months ago
Blender Magazine's Top 50 Craziest Musicians (50 person items)

""Good Vibrations"? Was he being ironic? Case History: In 1966, Wilson prepared for the Beach Boys' Smile sessions by packing $2,000 worth of hash, along with LSD and prescription amphetamines. He built a sandpit in his house, instructed his orchestra to wear toy fireman helmets — and then started hearing voices and feeling suicidal. After hospitalization, Wilson gorged on pills, steaks and cigarettes and ballooned to 300 pounds. Terrified of water, he stopped bathing. He spent three years in "