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? There are a few ...

Anticipation grows for The Beatles’ Anthology 4 as “Helter Skelter (Second Version – Take 17)” debuts as a top-selling track on iTunes, decades after it was first recorded. The Beatles (left to right) ...

The Beatles’ often-covered songs tended to be soft ballads like “Yesterday,” “Michelle,” and “Here Comes the Sun.” One of The Beatles’ rare rockers that became a standard was “Helter Skelter.” There ...

Curious from birth, Fiona is a music writer, researcher, and cultural theorist based in the UK. She studied her Bachelor of Music in London, specializing in audiovisual practices, and progressed to a ...

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 ...

Helter Skelter, often deemed The Beatles' most contentious song, has stirred controversy not due to its actual meaning but because of how Charles Manson manipulated it. Featured on the band's ...

Paul McCartney stopped performing Helter Skelter for years due to its dark association with the Charles Manson murders.

“I was there when Eric Clapton played the solo on While My Guitar Gently Weeps, but it was just another day at the office so it didn't mean anything at the time” In a lengthy interview with Headliner ...