Charles Manson and his "family" cult formed a strange and brief relationship with The Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson during the summer of 1968. The Manson "family" moved into Wilson's home that ...

The Beach Boys song "Never Learn Not to Love" was released in December 1968 and recorded in September 1968, only a few months after Dennis Wilson began his friendship with Charles Manson in April ...

The Beach Boys may be known for their feel-good tunes like "Good Vibrations" and "Surfin' U.S.A.," but in the 1960s they also had ties to cult leader Charles Manson. The story of Manson and his ...

Members of Charles Manson’s cult lived with Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys. The collaboration (and friendship) between Wilson and Manson remains a unique connection in music history.

The Beach Boys’ Mike Love met Charles Manson. One of Manson’s friendships that grew out of his obsession with the music industry was with Dennis Wilson. Back in 1968, ...

The Beach Boys on Lana Del Rey, Charles Manson and their wistful new Disney+ doc. The Beach Boys in 1964: Al Jardine, left, Mike Love, Dennis Wilson, Brian Wilson and Carl Wilson.

Charles Manson became involved with The Beach Boys through Dennis Wilson, as the two were roommates. In fact, Dennis Wilson tried to get the rest of The Beach Boys to join the Manson Family ...

The Night Charles Manson Confronted the Beach Boys' Mike Love in the Shower. In his new memoir, the band co-founder recalls a late-1960s brush with the murderous Manson. By Jeff Truesdell.

The Beach Boys have had many hits throughout their career. ... Never Learn Not To Love was actually an altered version of a song called 'Cease To Exist' by cult leader Charles Manson.

Ex-Home of Beach Boys’ Dennis Wilson, Where He Once Housed Manson Family, Survives Palisades Fire. 14400 Sunset Blvd., where in the late 1960s Wilson would regularly host cult leader Charles ...

Bill Scanlan Murphy, right, interviewed Charles Manson in prison in the early ‘90s and produced a radio show about the cult leader’s connection to the Beach Boys.