Premise: The Beach Boys are an American rock band formed in Hawthorne , California , in 1961 . The Beach Boys began as a garage band managed by the Wilsons ' father Murry , with Brian 's increasingly sophisticated songwriting and recording abilities dominating their creative direction . The Beach Boys are one of the most critically acclaimed , commercially successful , and widely influential bands of all time . The core quintet of the three Wilsons , Love and Jardine were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988 .
Hypothesis: The Beach Boys are not a band.
Label: CONTRADICTION