Charles Manson: SINGS [1:42 PUNK HAIRCUT]
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Charles Manson: Sings (ESP-Disk, 2006)
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Before becoming the most notorious criminal in the 20th century, Charles Manson was known as just another hippie singer/songwriter. The original freak-folk – the Manson family – would sit around and listen to Charlie interpret Revelations, regale them with his philosophy of Helter Skelter, and play his psych-folk guitar music. Manson was taught by a gangster how to play a steel guitar during one of his many prison stints before the Tate-LaBianca murders. Once outside, he felt his playing and songwriting needed to be heard. He fell in with the Beach Boys and Neil Young and even convinced Young and Dennis Wilson to pitch his songs to their record executives. Repeatedly denied recording contracts, Manson unleashed his most vitriolic threats and hatred upon the producers who turned him down. It became clear during the trial that Manson chose the Polanski/Tate house as the primary target because he believed Terry Melcher, the last record exec to refuse to release Manson’s music and previous owner of the home, still lived there. Once the murders happened and the sensational trial began, the Performance label tried cashing in on the publicity, releasing a collection of Manson tunes called LIE: The Love And Terror Cult. Deemed tasteless and of poor quality, the album was not well received. Shortly after, Family Jams, another collection of Manson tunes was recorded and released by un-incarcerated "family" members, allegedly with the goal of using album sales to raise money for his defense.