[Answer] 8. Epitome of California's sun, sand and surfing ideology, this group was by far the best known, and successful, of its era and, indeed, subsequent ones. Dennis Wilson was the drummer and the band was, of course, -------

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...1. Jan and Dean 2. The Ventures 3. The Surfaris 4. The Beach Boys Dennis was the middle of the three Wilson brothers, the others being Brian and Carl, who along with a friend, Al Jardine and a cousin, Mike Love were in the forefront of the "Surfing Revolution" of the sixties. Sadly Dennis drowned in 1983.