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- The Beach Boys and the California Myth is a 1978 biography of the Beach Boys that was authored by American writer David Leaf, editor and creator of the Pet Sounds fanzine. It was the first full-length book written about the band, and an early piece of writing that revealed much of their internal conflicts and family history. The book was influential in cementing a popular narrative of the band – one that caricatured Brian Wilson as a tortured genius. Later biographies, including Heroes and Villains (1986) and Catch a Wave (2006), drew heavily from Leaf's book. Revised editions have been published in 1985, as The Beach Boys, and in 2022, as God Only Knows: The Story of Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys and the California Myth. (en)
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- I came to California to test the myth, to meet the Beach Boys, looking for symbols. It wasn't long before my journey went too far. My journalistic investigations and excavations discovered more human suffering than I really wanted to know. (en)
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- —Excerpt from the book's introduction (en)
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- The Beach Boys and the California Myth is a 1978 biography of the Beach Boys that was authored by American writer David Leaf, editor and creator of the Pet Sounds fanzine. It was the first full-length book written about the band, and an early piece of writing that revealed much of their internal conflicts and family history. (en)
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