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The Beach Boys started out in 1961 with happy-go-lucky California-inspired tunes that led to the accumulation of several No. 1 hits such as “Surfin’” and “Kokomo.” But, things weren’t always as peachy as their songs suggested.
The upbeat tempos and easy-going lyrics didn’t tell the whole story. Brian, Carl, and Dennis’s father Murray — who managed the band early on — was allegedly so abusive, Wilson was quoted as saying, “He scared me so much I actually got scared into making good records.”
According to Wilson, the early abuse led to his deafness in one ear, the firing of his father, and his first mental breakdown.
“I was run down mentally and emotionally because I was running around, jumping on jets from one city to another on one-night stands, also producing, writing, arranging, singing, planning, teaching — to the point where I had no peace of mind and no chance to actually sit down and think or even rest,” he previously told Rolling Stone. “The rubber band had stretched as far as it would go.”
It wasn’t long before the partying caught up. Wilson began hearing voices after taking LSD, then was diagnosed with bipolar schizoaffective disorder. By 1976, he’d become all but non-existent.
“Meals happened without me,” said. “Kids went to school and came back and I might still be in a bathrobe up in the bedroom or downstairs, sitting at the piano, still in the bathrobe.”
This led to his wife Marilyn seeking outside help through psychologist Dr. Eugene Landy who, for the better part of 20 years, controlled the Beach Boy to the point of becoming his sole confidante.
Landy overtook Wilson’s finances, physical, and mental health
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Landy became Brian’s live-in psychologist and business partner. The two shared profits from two of Wilson’s albums as well as his autobiography, Wouldn’t It Be Nice — My Own Story. They formed a company and eventually a bond so tight, nothing could break it without legal intervention. A paranoid schizophrenic diagnosis came swiftly, to which Landy over-medicated in order to mold Wilson as he wanted, family members said.
The doctor was fired when his fees climbed to around $430,000 a year, Brian slipped back down the spiral. Landy was re-hired by the Beach Boys’ new manager to help gain some control. Despite the 24-hour care, Brian and Marilyn divorced and he quickly lost control of his health until Landy intervened.
“The first couple of years, he wasn’t very friendly with me,” Wilson previously told The Post. “He could be very stern — that was pretty rough. Gene taught me how to run and swim. He taught me how to eat rice and chicken instead of steaks. He helped me lose 130 pounds.”
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