December 15, 2025

THE BRUCE JOHNSTON INTERVIEW (Part 3, Ep. 237B)

8 minutes

Discograffiti is the deep-dive podcast for music obsessives. In this episode, we feature the next entry in The Chuck Granata Pet Sounds Interview Series. By now, Beach Boy Bruce Johnston has retired from being interviewed, so this epic, unheard 2001 interview for Chuck Granata’s Pet Sounds book is absolutely priceless…especially seeing as his fanboy love for Chuck’s Frank Sinatra book wound up contributing to a level of unvarnished honesty that’s super-rare for The Beach Boy universe.

Here’s just a few of the many things that Bruce discusses with Discograffiti in this podcast:

Bruce’s opinion of Smiley Smile;

What it’s like to be scolded in a session and to have it actually make the final mix;

Bruce’s efforts to promote Pet Sounds in England at the time;

Bruce’s advice to Chuck on how best to approach the various Beach Boys in order to get the most out of his interviews with them;

And the roles that the group members played, both in the vocal blend and in their importance to Brian.

There’ll be a short sneak peak running publicly for free, but the entirety of this podcast will only be accessible on the Major Tier of Discograffiti’s Patreon. Don’t miss it, or you’ll only be getting part of the story. Get it as a one-off, or better yet just subscribe…and then we’ll all have world peace.

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