Bruce is a real Beach Boy and has been one at least since "Pet Sounds."OK, but if since Pet Sounds, he wasn't there for most of their hits: 409, Be True to Your School, Help Me Rhonda, Fun, Fun, Fun, Dance, Dance, Dance, I Get Around, Barbara Ann, California Girls, etc.
I said "at least since
Pet Sounds," and I know he sang on "California Girls," which leads me to believe he was also on "The Little Girl I Once Knew," "Barbara Ann," "Sloop John B," "Wouldn't It Be Nice," Caroline No," "God Only Knows," "Heroes And Villains," "Darlin'" and everything else until the early 1970s. He was also on "Kokomo."
Saying he's not a real Beach Boy is like saying Ron Wood isn't a real Rolling Stone (although he's been with them for over 20 years and is in all their official group shots).