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For much of the rest of the time, the surviving Beach Boys splintered into three units: The Beach Boys, which is essentially Mike Love, Bruce Johnston, and an assortment of session musicians milking every ounce of copper they can get from the udders of the past; Brian Wilson, who tours with a different assortment of session musicians and continues to record excellent music with them, including, at long last, his dream project ''Smile'' in 2004; and Al Jardine, who left the splintered remains of the original group after Carl's death and now tours with his son and an assortment of session musicians known as Al Jardine's Endless Summer Band.
In 2012, on the 50th anniversary of the band's first album, ''Surfin' Safari'', the unexpected happened: [https://web.archive.org/web/20131013091238/http://www.brianwilson.com/tour
Numerous artists have cited them as a major influence, including [[Animal Collective]], [[The Ramones]], [[Alice Cooper]], [[Elton John]], [[Weezer]], [[The Flaming Lips]], basically the entire indie rock genre, and [[The Beatles]] themselves.
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