WI no "Pet Sounds"

Ok, time for another music what-if.. this time what if the Beach Boys don't complete & release Pet Sounds?

Perhaps the POD is that Brian Wilson has a bigger breakdown in 1964 & quits music then, or a different POD where he buckles under the pressure & shelves Pet Sounds part-way through the sessions (ala 'Smile').. but somehow, someway it never appears in stores.

Given that it was a huge landmark album in "progressive pop" & lush psychedelia, and a big influence on Sgt Pepper, how would pop and rock unfold over the next few years without that album?
 
First of all it means no SGT. PEPPER from The Beatles, one of the greatest albums of all time...:'(

The rivalry between The Beach Boys and The Beatles never happens, and without that music doesn't evolve. The 60's sound sticks around into the 70's. Somehow I see heavy metal either not evolving as quickly or possibly not evolving at all. I also don't see New Wave appearing, but then again we might avoid all those 'big hair' bands of the 80's. Interesting niche groups like Lush don't appear either, and it will definitely affect The Alan Parsons Project...
 

oberdada

Gone Fishin'
The Beach Boys instead release at least one Album using "THE FORMULA" per year untill the present day.

Nobody really cares
 
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