The Beach Boys sell the rights to their intellectual property

The Beach Boys have sold the rights to their intellectual property.

The I Get Around hitmakers have landed a deal with music mogul Irving Azoff’s Iconic Artists Group, which means the company owns their entire brand, including their master recordings, the rights to their band name and a share of their publishing rights and memorabilia.

Fans could see Beach Boys appear in different forms in the future, thanks to technologies such as VR and CGI.

The firm’s CEO Olivier Chastan told Rolling Stone: ‘The Beach Boys, in a sense, are not just a band. They’re a lifestyle. They’re a consumer brand. And they’ve never really exploited that.

‘That includes VR, AR, 3D, CGI, natural language processing, et cetera.

‘That, to me, is probably the most interesting aspect of what’s going to transform our business. In five years, I could send you a text and say, “At 2 p.m., let’s put our Oculus Rift glasses on, and let’s go see the Beach Boys record Good Vibrations at Western Recorders.”‘

It’s not known how much the rights were sold for.

The Beach Boys are an American pop and rock band formed in a garage in Hawthorne, California in 1961. The group’s original lineup consisted of brothers Brian, Dennis, and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and friend Al Jardine.

Their first hit song was 1963’s Surfin’ USA which created a ‘California sound.’ Then came I Get Around and Little Surfer Girl that same year.

They also came out with Wouldn’t It Be Nice in 1966 and California Girls as well as Good Vibrations in 1970.

Their popularity dimmed in the Seventies but they stayed in the limelight by becoming an ‘oldies’ touring band.

Band members who have passed away include Carl and Dennis Wilson. 

It comes as a number of artists have sold various percentages of their back catalogs to the popular firm Hipgnosis Songs Fund.

Neil Young recently sold 50 percent of his catalog, which is said to be worth an estimated $150 million (£110 million).

The 75-year-old music legend inked a lucrative deal with Hipgnosis, following their recent acquisition of 100 percent of former Fleetwood Mac musician Lindsey Buckingham’s entire music collection and producer Jimmy Iovine’s producer royalties.

Half of Neil’s music collection amounts to 1,180 songs.

The firm’s founder, Merck Mercuriadis, said: ‘This is a deal that changes Hipgnosis forever.

‘I bought my first Neil Young album aged seven. Harvest was my companion and I know every note, every word, every pause and silence intimately.

‘Neil Young, or at least his music, has been my friend and constant ever since.’

Hipgnosis ensures their client’s music is heard across radio and TV and that they earn a tidy profit in royalties.