Re: Poll: Beatles or Beach Boys?

Carl Wilson singlehandedly brought a whole new eastern-influenced
vision to rock.  When he died, people such as Eric Clapton and Tom
Petty honored these priceless contributions with a concert in his
honor memorialized in film, and the covers of major magazines mourned
his passing.  We still hear his songs on the radio years after his
death.

Dennis Wilson changed the very nature of what it means to be a rock
drummer.  From his parallel grip to his perfectly-conceived fills, he
influenced a generation of rock drummers who succeeded him, despite
the fact that he is universally acknowledged not to have been a
stellar technician.  It is inconceivable that any Beach Boys record
could have been made without his spectacularly unique drumming.

Alan Jardine and Mike Love -- who could imagine the Beach Boys without
them? Their names are household names.