I Am Brian Wilson

The genius behind the Beach Boys

Brian Wilson

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Hodder & Stoughton
31 October 2017

Music; Rock & Pop music; Individual composers & musicians, bands & groups; Autobiography: arts & entertainment

'My life has been written about over and over again, and that's mostly okay with me. Other people can talk about my life. Sometimes they'll get it right and sometimes they'll get it wrong. For me, when I think back across my own life, there are so many things that are painful. Sometimes I don't like discussing them. Sometimes I don't even like remembering them. But as I get older, the shape of that pain has changed. Sometimes memories come back to me when I least expect them. Maybe that's the only way it works when you've lived the life I've lived: starting a band with my brothers that was managed by my father, watching my father become difficult and then impossible, watching myself become difficult and then impossible, watching women I loved come and go, watching children come into the world, watching my brothers get older, watching them pass out of the world. Some of those things shaped me. Others scarred me. Sometimes it was hard to tell the difference. When I watched my father fly into a rage and take swings at me and my brothers, was that shaping or scarring? When we watched him grow frustrated with his day job and take solace in music, was that shaping or scarring? Those are all memories but I can't get to them all at once. I've had a whole lifetime to take them in. Now I have a whole book to put them out there.' Excerpt from I Am Brian Wilson

By: Brian Wilson
Imprint: Hodder & Stoughton
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 26mm
Weight: 260g
ISBN: 9781444781304
ISBN 10: 1444781308
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 31 October 2017
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Brian Wilson, best known for his work with the Beach Boys, is one of popular music's most revered figures. The main creative force behind some of the most cherished recordings in rock history and one of the most influential composers of the last century, Wilson became a Kennedy Center Honoree in 2007. A father of seven, he lives with his wife in Beverly Hills, California.

Reviews for I Am Brian Wilson: The genius behind the Beach Boys

All of it in Wilson's idiosyncratic voice...what a story! - Esquire Surprisingly revealing and insightful memoir from the Beach Boys mastermind...Nearly every page opens up new windows into the mind of Brian Wilson. 4* - Mojo Wilson and The Beach Boys' story has been told many times before and is one we may think we know, but it has never before been voiced with the clarity, honesty and insight on offer here. Surf's up. - Loud and Quiet Magazine Beach Boy Brian Wilson's unflinching new autobiography ... it's quite a ride. - Daily Record An accurate insight into the way his mind works - London Evening Standard