The Beach Boys was a rock band.
The Beach Boys are an American rock band , formed in Hawthorne , California in 1961 . Garage rock ( sometimes called 60s punk or garage punk ) is a raw and energetic style of rock and roll that flourished in the mid-1960s , most notably in the United States and Canada . The Beach Boys . The Beach Boys began as a garage band managed by the Wilsons ' father Murry , with Brian 's increasingly sophisticated songwriting and recording abilities dominating their creative direction .