The Beatles are one of the most essential classic rock bands, but they rarely made hard rock songs. This raises an interesting question: is “Helter Skelter” the heaviest Beatles song?

Patricia Krenwinkel, known to be a leader in the Charles Manson cult, is up for parole once more. Here's how she was almost ...

Paul wrote “Helter Skelter” after hearing The Who’s Pete Townshend say he’d written the “loudest, dirtiest, rockiest” song. The singer-songwriter loved that description, so he went ...

Songs are open to interpretation, but that can go fatally awry. Charles Manson, the infamous cult leader behind a grisly massacre in 1969, allegedly believed “Helter Skelter,” a song by The Beatles, a ...

After ceasing their hectic touring operations in 1966, it's clear that the raucous 'Helter Skelter' is the one song that should have been played live.

“Helter Skelter” is undoubtedly the Beatles’ most controversial song. However, the controversy is no fault of the group and all to do with the infamous Charles Manson co-opting the song for ...

Few songs can claim to be ground zero for heavy metal. Black Sabbath’s eponymous 1969 album opener is largely accepted as the genre’s starting point, but Blue Cheer's "Summertime Blues ...

QUESTION: Why was the Beatles song Helter Skelter linked with the Charles Manson murders? Two of the many themes which inspired the macabre vision of cult leader Charles Manson were music and ...

The session proceeded without problems as the Beatles worked on their rawest blast of primal rock 'n' roll, "Helter Skelter." An earlier take of the song had been attempted in mid-July.

“Helter Skelter” from the Beatles’ White Album is the song that often comes to mind in the context of murder. Members of Charles Manson’s cult committed mass murder to it, under the notion ...