Charles Manson Releases Album Under Creative Commons

Marc · 04-08-2008, 03:58 PM

BoingBoing reports that Charles Manson of the Sharon Tate and LaBianca murders fame has release his album, "One Mind", under a Creative Commons license.

You can actually purchase and download it at the LimeWire store.

According to Wikipedia, "Manson is forever associated with "Helter Skelter", the term he took from the Beatles song of that name and construed as a race-based conflict that the crimes were intended to precipitate. This connection with rock music linked him, from the beginning of his notoriety, with pop culture, in which he became an emblem of transgression, rebellion, evil, ghoulishness, bloody violence, homicidal psychosis, and the macabre. Ultimately, the term was used as the title of the book that prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi wrote about the Manson murders."

"At the time the Family began to form, Manson was an unemployed ex-convict, who had spent half his life in correctional institutions for a variety of offenses. In the period before the murders, he was a distant fringe member of the Los Angeles music industry, chiefly via a chance association with Beach Boy Dennis Wilson. After Manson was charged with the crimes, recordings of songs written and performed by him were released commercially; a number of artists have covered his songs in the decades since."

Manson is also a former Scientologist...

Razz · 04-21-2008, 07:45 AM

Wow...

Penelope · 04-21-2008, 08:46 AM

Fuck him and Tom Cruise. I wish someone had killed him in prison. The little fuck actually has a fan club.

ambergirl · 04-22-2008, 09:42 PM

I wonder how many he will sell??

04-08-2008, 03:58 PM	#1 (permalink)
Marc Administrator GCB Senior Citizen Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The hearts of women everywhere. Age: 28 Posts: 3,387 Rep Power: 49	Charles Manson Releases Album Under Creative Commons BoingBoing reports that Charles Manson of the Sharon Tate and LaBianca murders fame has release his album, "One Mind", under a Creative Commons license. You can actually purchase and download it at the LimeWire store. According to Wikipedia, "Manson is forever associated with "Helter Skelter", the term he took from the Beatles song of that name and construed as a race-based conflict that the crimes were intended to precipitate. This connection with rock music linked him, from the beginning of his notoriety, with pop culture, in which he became an emblem of transgression, rebellion, evil, ghoulishness, bloody violence, homicidal psychosis, and the macabre. Ultimately, the term was used as the title of the book that prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi wrote about the Manson murders." "At the time the Family began to form, Manson was an unemployed ex-convict, who had spent half his life in correctional institutions for a variety of offenses. In the period before the murders, he was a distant fringe member of the Los Angeles music industry, chiefly via a chance association with Beach Boy Dennis Wilson. After Manson was charged with the crimes, recordings of songs written and performed by him were released commercially; a number of artists have covered his songs in the decades since." Manson is also a former Scientologist... __________________ GCB Myspace Need Guitar Tabs? Need Song Lyrics?

04-21-2008, 08:46 AM	#3 (permalink)
Penelope Band Whore Join Date: Jun 2005 Age: 3 Posts: 740 Rep Power: 42	Fuck him and Tom Cruise. I wish someone had killed him in prison. The little fuck actually has a fan club. __________________ The woods are lovely, dark, and deep, but I have promises to keep and miles to go before I sleep...

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ambergirl Band Member GCB Senior Citizen Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Escatawpa, MS Age: 29 Posts: 2,191 Rep Power: 46	I wonder how many he will sell?? __________________ You've Got Questions. We've Got Ambergirl. www.myspace.com/pajamasakapj

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