Editing The Beach Boys (section)

===Punk, alternative, and indie===
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 |quote  = For the artier branches of [[post-punk]], Wilson's pained vulnerability, his uses of offbeat instruments and his intricate harmonies, not to mention the ''Smile'' saga itself, became a touchstone, from [[Pere Ubu]] and [[XTC]] to {{sic|[[R.E.M.|REM]]}} and the [[Pixies (band)|Pixies]] to [[U2]] and My Bloody Valentine.
 |source = — Music critic [[Carl Wilson (writer)|Carl Wilson]] (no relation to Beach Boys member Carl Wilson)<ref name=BBCMozart>{{cite web|last1=Wilson|first1=Carl|title=The Beach Boys' Brian Wilson: America's Mozart?|url=http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20150608-is-this-americas-mozart|publisher=[[BBC]]|date=June 9, 2015|access-date=May 13, 2018|archive-date=June 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180617010214/http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20150608-is-this-americas-mozart|url-status=live}}</ref> 
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In the 1970s, the Beach Boys served a "totemic influence" on [[punk rock]] that later gave way to [[indie rock]]. Brad Shoup of [[Stereogum]] surmised that, thanks to the [[Ramones]]' praise for the group, many punk, [[pop punk]], or "punk-adjacent" artists showed influence from the Beach Boys, noting cover versions of the band's songs recorded by [[Slickee Boys]], [[Agent Orange (band)|Agent Orange]], [[Bad Religion]], [[Shonen Knife]], [[the Queers]], [[Hi-Standard]], [[the Descendents]], [[the Donnas]], [[M.O.D.]], and [[the Vandals]]. ''The Beach Boys Love You'' is sometimes considered the group's "punk album",<ref name=Shoup2015>{{cite web|last1=Shoup|first1=Brad|title=How Brian Wilson Helped Spawn Punk|url=https://www.stereogum.com/1793955/how-brian-wilson-helped-spawn-punk/franchises/essay/|publisher=[[Stereogum]]|date=April 14, 2015|access-date=April 21, 2020|archive-date=March 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200307184909/https://www.stereogum.com/1793955/how-brian-wilson-helped-spawn-punk/franchises/essay/|url-status=live}}</ref>{{refn|group=nb|In 2015, Wilson was asked about punk rock and responded: "I don't know what that is. Punk rock? Punk? What is that?&nbsp;... Oh yeah. I never went for that. I never went for the fast kind of music. I go for the more medium tempo. [[Spencer Davis]], I liked that."<ref>{{cite news|last1=Deevoy|first1=Adrian|title=Beach Boy Brian Wilson: 'Punk rock? I don't know what that is'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/apr/09/beach-boy-brian-wilson-punk-rock-love-and-mercy|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=April 9, 2015|access-date=December 13, 2016|archive-date=December 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161229103611/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/apr/09/beach-boy-brian-wilson-punk-rock-love-and-mercy|url-status=live}}</ref>}} and ''Pet Sounds'' is sometimes advanced as the first [[emo]] album.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1tM7yZdRsNn2qZth0WMCRBs/emo-never-dies-how-the-genre-influenced-an-entire-new-generation |title=Emo never dies: How the genre influenced an entire new generation |work=[[BBC Online]] |last=Britton |first=Luke Morgan |date=May 30, 2018 |access-date=August 9, 2018 |archive-date=August 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180813010046/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1tM7yZdRsNn2qZth0WMCRBs/emo-never-dies-how-the-genre-influenced-an-entire-new-generation |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the 1990s, the Beach Boys experienced a resurgence of popularity with the [[alternative rock]] generation.{{sfn|Priore|2005|p=155}} According to [[Sean O'Hagan]], leader of [[the High Llamas]] and former member of [[Stereolab]], a younger generation of record-buyers "stopped listening to indie records" in favor of the Beach Boys.{{sfn|Dillon|2012|pp=104–105}}{{refn|group=nb|When asked how he felt about "reintroducing Brian Wilson as an alternative music hero and getting people back into ''Pet Sounds'' and ''SMiLE''", O'Hagan mentioned that a "few of the touring American bands have told me that we did have such an impact, especially in LA".<ref name="Clay">{{cite web|last1=Woullard|first1=Clayton|title=The Goat Looks In: Interview with Sean O'Hagan of the High Llamas|url=http://claythescribe.com:80/2016/03/04/interview-with-sean-ohagan-of-the-high-llamas/|website=Clay the Scribe|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305111207/http://claythescribe.com/2016/03/04/interview-with-sean-ohagan-of-the-high-llamas/|archive-date=March 5, 2017|date=March 4, 2016}}</ref>}} Bands who advocated for the Beach Boys included founding members of [[the Elephant 6 Collective]] ([[Neutral Milk Hotel]], [[the Olivia Tremor Control]], [[the Apples in Stereo]], and [[of Montreal]]). United by a shared love of the group's music, they named [[Pet Sounds Studio]] in honor of the band.{{sfn|Dillon|2012|pp=136–137}}{{sfn|Priore|2005|p=155–156}} ''Rolling Stone'' writer Barry Walters wrote in 2000 that albums such as ''Surf's Up'' and ''Love You'' "are becoming sonic blueprints, akin to what early Velvet Underground LPs meant to the previous indie peer group".<ref name="CN00"/> The High Llamas, [[Eric Matthews (musician)|Eric Matthews]] and [[Saint Etienne (band)|Saint Etienne]] are among the "alt heroes" who contributed cover versions of "unreleased, overlooked or underappreciated Wilson/Beach Boys obscurities" on the tribute album ''[[Caroline Now!]]'' (2000).<ref name="CN00">{{cite magazine|last=Walters|first=Barry|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thebeachboys/albums/album/175726/review/5945258/surfs_up |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015120402/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thebeachboys/albums/album/175726/review/5945258/surfs_up |archive-date=October 15, 2007|title=Surf's Up|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=September 14, 2000 |url-status=dead|access-date=March 6, 2019}}</ref>

The Beach Boys remained among the most significant influences on indie rock into the late 2000s.{{sfn|Dillon|2012|p=292}} ''Smile'' became a touchstone for many bands who were labelled "[[chamber pop]]",<ref name=BBCMozart/> a term used for artists influenced by the lush orchestrations of Brian Wilson, [[Lee Hazlewood]], and Burt Bacharach.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chamber pop|url=https://www.allmusic.com/style/chamber-pop-ma0000012300|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=April 21, 2020|archive-date=June 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607142312/https://www.allmusic.com/style/chamber-pop-ma0000012300|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Pitchfork'' writer Mark Richardson cited ''Smiley Smile'' as the origin point of "the kind of [[Lo-fi music|lo-fi]] [[bedroom pop]] that would later propel [[Sebadoh]], [[Animal Collective]], and other characters".<ref>{{cite web|title=The 200 Best Albums of the 1960s|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-200-best-albums-of-the-1960s/|website=[[Pitchfork (site)|Pitchfork]]|date=August 22, 2017|access-date=April 21, 2020|archive-date=April 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418120228/https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-200-best-albums-of-the-1960s/|url-status=live}}</ref> The ''Sunflower'' track "[[All I Wanna Do (The Beach Boys song)|All I Wanna Do]]" is also cited as one of the earliest precursors to [[chillwave]], a [[microgenre]] that emerged in 2009.<ref name="Relix">{{cite web|title=Song Premiere: The Bright Light Social Hour "All I Wanna Do" (The Beach Boys Cover)|url=https://www.relix.com/blogs/detail/song_premiere_the_bright_light_social_hour_all_i_wanna_do_beach_boys_cover|website=Relix|date=March 14, 2016|access-date=May 13, 2018|archive-date=July 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180704063557/https://www.relix.com/blogs/detail/song_premiere_the_bright_light_social_hour_all_i_wanna_do_beach_boys_cover|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Polinice">{{cite web|author1=Polinice|title=Gli Uomini del Capitano: pezzi scritti dai membri secondari di una band|url=http://polinice.org/2013/11/25/gli-uomini-del-capitano-pezzi-scritti-dai-membri-secondari-di-una-band/|website=Polinice|date=November 25, 2013|access-date=May 13, 2018|archive-date=April 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417211441/http://polinice.org/2013/11/25/gli-uomini-del-capitano-pezzi-scritti-dai-membri-secondari-di-una-band/|url-status=live}}</ref>