Before the Beach Boys began to work on Smile, Brian Wilson was already expanding his mind with the aid of LSD. The drug proved to be a point of contention with other band members, who bristled at Brian's newfound mind-altering methodology. Brian's LSD intake didn't just spark arguments between the Beach Boys. LSD made a black-and-white appear in Technicolor for the first time. It made water taste like it fell straight from heaven. It made musical notation come alive, notes and staffs just floating in the air. But LSD also brought with it a rising feeling of anxiety. The walls got bigger. Every room was suffocating. And before too long...the voices began to speak inside Brian's head.

SOURCES

Catch a Wave: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Beach Boys’ Brain Wilson, by Peter Ames Carlin

I Am Brian Wilson: A Memoir, by Brian Wilson with Ben Greenman

Wouldn’t It Be Nice: Brian Wilson and the Making of the Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds, by Charles L. Granata

The Beach Boys second place in the sonic space race: 'Smiley Smile' (Far Out)

The flight that changed Beach Boy Brian Wilson's life forever (Far Out)

The astonishing genius of Brian Wilson (The Guardian)

The Truth About The Beach Boys Album Smiley Smile (Grunge)

Discover the story behind The Beach Boys' 'SMiLE' (Goldmine)

A SMiLE In The Echo Chamber - The Beach Boys Lost Masterpiece (The Big Takeover)

The tragic story of how Brian Wilson's career was almost destroyed by a rogue doctor (Smooth Radio)

“Good Vibrations” and the Lost Studio Footage (YouTube)

The Making Of…the Beach Boys’ ‘Good Vibrations’ (Uncut)

Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of Smile

Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road (PBS)

Bad Vibrations: Brian Wilson Sues Collaborator (Rolling Stone)

Brian Wilson Talks Mental Illness, Drugs and Beach Boys (Rolling Stone)

ELTON JOHN & BRIAN WILSON - Wouldn't It Be Nice (Live, 2001)

Inside the twisted relationship between Eugene Landy and Brian Wilson (Far Out)

How one quack doctor almost destroyed Brian Wilson’s career (NY Post)

'One of Charles Manson's murderers gang babysat my two children' says Beach Boys star Mike Love (Daily Mail)

The Beach Boys battle: Why does Brian Wilson hate Mike Love? (Far Out)

The True Story Behind The Film 'Love And Mercy' (Ranker)

Smile: The Story of Brian Wilson’s Lost Masterpiece, by Domenic Priore

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Before the Beach Boys began to work on Smile, Brian Wilson was already expanding his mind with the aid of LSD. The drug proved to be a point of contention with other band members, who bristled at Brian's newfound mind-altering methodology. Brian's LSD intake didn't just spark arguments between the Beach Boys. LSD made a black-and-white appear in Technicolor for the first time. It made water taste like it fell straight from heaven. It made musical notation come alive, notes and staffs just floating in the air. But LSD also brought with it a rising feeling of anxiety. The walls got bigger. Every room was suffocating. And before too long...the voices began to speak inside Brian's head.
SOURCES
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Catch-Wave-Redemption-Beach-Wilson/dp/1594867496/">Catch a Wave: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Beach Boys’ Brain Wilson, by Peter Ames Carlin</a>
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/I-Am-Brian-Wilson-Memoir/dp/0306823063/">I Am Brian Wilson: A Memoir, by Brian Wilson with Ben Greenman</a>
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Wouldnt-Be-Nice-Wilson-Making/dp/1613738374/">Wouldn’t It Be Nice: Brian Wilson and the Making of the Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds, by Charles L. Granata</a>
<a href="https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-beach-boys-album-smiley-smile/">The Beach Boys second place in the sonic space race: 'Smiley Smile'</a> (Far Out)
<a href="https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/beach-boy-brian-wilson-flight-changed-his-life/">The flight that changed Beach Boy Brian Wilson's life forever</a> (Far Out)
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jun/24/brian-wilson-interview">The astonishing genius of Brian Wilson</a> (The Guardian)
<a href="https://www.grunge.com/715223/the-truth-about-the-beach-boys-album-smiley-smile/">The Truth About The Beach Boys Album Smiley Smile</a> (Grunge)
<a href="https://www.goldminemag.com/articles/discover-the-story-behind-the-beach-boys-smile">Discover the story behind The Beach Boys' 'SMiLE'</a> (Goldmine)
<a href="https://bigtakeover.com/essays/ASMiLEInTheEchoChamberTheBeachBoysLostMasterpiece">A SMiLE In The Echo Chamber - The Beach Boys Lost Masterpiece</a> (The Big Takeover)
<a href="https://amp.smoothradio.com/artists/beach-boys/brian-wilson-eugene-landy-doctor/">The tragic story of how Brian Wilson's career was almost destroyed by a rogue doctor</a> (Smooth Radio)
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVlSVkzbJDA">“Good Vibrations” and the Lost Studio Footage</a> (YouTube)
<a href="https://www.uncut.co.uk/features/the-making-of-the-beach-boys-good-vibrations-34867/">The Making Of…the Beach Boys’ ‘Good Vibrations’</a> (Uncut)
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JETqt5e5OQQ">Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of Smile</a>
<a href="https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/stream-brian-wilson-documentary/21858/">Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road</a> (PBS)
<a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/bad-vibrations-brian-wilson-sues-collaborator-100118/">Bad Vibrations: Brian Wilson Sues Collaborator</a> (Rolling Stone)
<a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/brian-wilson-talks-mental-illness-drugs-and-life-after-beach-boys-103541/">Brian Wilson Talks Mental Illness, Drugs and Beach Boys</a> (Rolling Stone)
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5N1B-gESSQ">ELTON JOHN &amp; BRIAN WILSON - Wouldn't It Be Nice (Live, 2001)</a>
<a href="https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/eugene-landy-brian-wilson-twisted-relationship/">Inside the twisted relationship between Eugene Landy and Brian Wilson</a> (Far Out)
<a href="https://nypost.com/2015/06/04/how-one-quack-doctor-almost-destroyed-brian-wilsons-career/">How one quack doctor almost destroyed Brian Wilson’s career</a> (NY Post)
<a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/event/article-3761744/One-Charles-Manson-s-murderers-gang-babysat-two-children-says-Beach-Boys-star-Mike-Love.html">'One of Charles Manson's murderers gang babysat my two children' says Beach Boys star Mike Love</a> (Daily Mail)
<a href="https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/why-does-brian-wilson-hate-mike-love-the-beach-boys/">The Beach Boys battle: Why does Brian Wilson hate Mike Love?</a> (Far Out)
<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/story-of-beach-boys-brian-wilson-and-therapist-eugene-landy/cleo-egnal">The True Story Behind The Film 'Love And Mercy'</a> (Ranker)
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Smile-Story-Brian-Wilsons-Masterpiece/dp/1860746276/">Smile: The Story of Brian Wilson’s Lost Masterpiece, by Domenic Priore</a>
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BLOOD ON THE TRACKS is part true crime, part historical fiction, and part spoken word lo-fi beat noir brought to you by Jake Brennan, host of the award-winning music and true crime podcast DISGRACELAND.   For more shows like Blood on the Tracks, check out <a href="http://www.doubleelvis.com">www.doubleelvis.com</a> 
 
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In 1966, Brian Wilson planned to follow up the Beach Boys' groundbreaking album Pet Sounds with an even bigger musical statement. He was writing a teenage symphony to God. That album, Smile, was never finished. Instead, Brian slowly unraveled, as the pressure to make something profound weighed heavy on him. He worried that he wasn’t good enough. He worried that he was a failure in the eyes of the record company, his band, his peers, and his own father. He thought his house was bugged. He thought the music he was making conjured some strange voodoo that had a disastrous impact on the real world. He became paranoid. He self-medicated with amphetamines, hash, and LSD. He held meetings in his swimming pool. He imagined people who weren’t there. And eventually, in 1967, he went off the proverbial deep end. Did the real Brian Wilson ever resurface? Part true crime, part historical fiction, part spoken word lo-fi beat noir brought to you by Jake Brennan, and featuring the fictionalized voice Brian Wilson, BLOOD ON THE TRACKS sounds like nothing you’ve heard before. Because you can’t push the needle into the red without leaving a little blood on the tracks.

In 1966, Brian Wilson planned to follow up the Beach Boys' groundbreaking album Pet Sounds with an even bigger musical statement. He was writing a teenage symphony to God. That album, Smile, was never finished. Instead, Brian slowly unraveled, as the pressure to make something profound weighed heavy on him. He worried that he wasn’t good enough. He worried that he was a failure in the eyes of the record company, his band, his peers, and his own father. He thought his house was bugged. He thought the music he was making conjured some strange voodoo that had a disastrous impact on the real world. He became paranoid. He self-medicated with amphetamines, hash, and LSD. He held meetings in his swimming pool. He imagined people who weren’t there. And eventually, in 1967, he went off the proverbial deep end. Did the real Brian Wilson ever resurface? Part true crime, part historical fiction, part spoken word lo-fi beat noir brought to you by Jake Brennan, and featuring the fictionalized voice Brian Wilson, BLOOD ON THE TRACKS sounds like nothing you’ve heard before. Because you can’t push the needle into the red without leaving a little blood on the tracks.

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