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Charles Manson
è conosciuto in tutto il mondo come uno spietato serial killer, in pochi sanno che in realtà non ha mai ucciso nessuno. Simbolo del Male ed icona della malvagità, Manson è ormai diventato un mito contemporaneo e le verità della sua storia si perdono nella leggenda e nell'aneddotica.
Questo Blog non vuole in ogni caso occuparsi di violenza e di fatti di sangue, ma di musica, perchè Charles Manson prima ancora di essere implicato nel drammatico caso Tate-LaBianca è stato ed è tutt'oggi un musicista. Qui troverete una descrizione di tutti gli album di Manson e della sua comune, la Family. Quando possibile ci sarà anche un link per ascoltare o scaricare i pezzi.
Tutto questo per far conoscere anche in Italia la musica di un uomo che, date le circostanze, non ha avuto la possibilità di esprimere la sua arte.

Charles Manson Family unedited song

Thanks to Backporch Tapes here it is a short clip about Manson girls singing some words of a song I've never heard before. The song seems a little bit Always is always forever but it's not: it could be an alternative version but i'm really not sure. Does someone know more about this song?

Dome La Muerte: Garbage Dump



Dome La Muerte is a friend. He was a founding member of the Italian hardcore-punk precursors CCM (Cheetah Chrome Motherfucker), in the 80's he has been member of cult band Not Moving and in the 90's he played with The Hush and during his life he shared the stage with The Clash, Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds, Johnny Thunders Heartbreakers, The Fuzztones and Iggy Pop.
Dome loves and respects Charles Manson, and he his proud to share his music. Here you can listen to Garbage Dump by Dome from the 7" Sorry I'm a Digger edited by Area Pirata in 2007.
Few days ago the new album by Dome La Muerte E.X.P.: Lazy Sunny Day (Go Down & Cinedelic) with a surprise: Sick City in a beautiful and strong version... hope to share it soon with you!


Arkansas by Charles Manson

Have you ever heard about the song Arkansas by Charles Manson? You can find it on the Lie album. And surprise... here it is Charlie rapping it in the song Poor Man Blues (from The Lost Vacaville Tape's), then the original one. Have fun!




Di nuovo in prigione, back in prison

Gen. 07 2017. In prison again says L.A.Times. In the last three days various newspapers heavily underlines Manson has not been a model prisoner, breaking rules and stuff. Ask myself why.

Charles Manson all'ospedale. All The Way Alive

Martedi 3 dicembre (o domenica, le notizie sono ancora confuse) a tarda notte Charles Manson è stato trasferito dalla prigione di Corcoran al Mercy Hospital di Bakersfield, a quanto pare a causa di gravi problemi al colon (si parla di sanguinamento gastrointestinale). Attendiamo ulteriori notizie. All The Way Alive.

"Charles Manson has been taken from his California prison cell to a hospital, a state corrections official would confirm only that the 82-year-old killer and cult leader was still alive.
Sources told the Los Angeles Times that Manson was seriously ill and was taken to a hospital in Bakersfield, about 60 miles south of the Corcoran State Prison where he has been incarcerated." 
from CBSNews

11-11-2016 Charles Manson turns 82

Older than us, younger than us, with his infinite music mind. Happy Birthday Charlie!
Here a rare recording of Manson singing a parody version of the song Girl from Ipanema:


Unearthly Trance / Wooden Wand: People say I'm no good/ Get on home

Unearthly Trance / Wooden Wand: People say I'm no good/ Get on home. Released in 2010 on Chrome Peeler Records as a split 7". Happy listening!


Get on Home by Uncle Acid

Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats are an English rock band, formed in Cambridge, UK. In 2013 they released a 7" called Mind Crawler, with two songs. One is "Get on Home" by The Family Jams. I think they did a good work:


Charles Manson Monster of Rock



Valerio LEG is an italian artist that loves music. Last year he did a beautiful exposition in Pisa called Monsters of rock, and surprise! Charlie was one of the twenty one rock icons painted by Leg. It's not so common to find people that know Charles Manson is a music master. So Valerio and I have started to be friends and we decided to work together on a funny project: Monsters of rock the Book-LP.
It seems an LP but it's a book, it is a book but every page is a poster: 10 new Rock icons by Leg. Tracklist: Johnny Cash, Lemmy, Ozzy Osbourne, Bob Marley, Freddie Mercury, Lou Reed, Angus Young, Nico, Prince, Mick Jagger. As you can see no Charlie in the book, BUT it's a great project anyway...
You can purchase Monsters of rock on our crowfunding here: MONSTERS OF ROCK
And this is the promo:

The Way Of The Wolf remastered with Seges Findere


The way of the wolf by Charles Manson and Seges Findere has been released in the first months of 2016 by the german label Neue Aestethik. Side A of the lp contains some remastered songs from Charles Manson The way of the wolf by Pale Horse Incorporated, side B is dedicated to the black metal band Seges Findere playing some Manson songs taken from the session that Charlie recorded in 1967. A cd version of this album is produced by the american label Behold Barbarity with the same songs.
What should I say? The way of the wolf is a super beautiful and incredible album but the covers of Seges Findere... I must say I don't like Metal very much and to me it's very hard to conceive Manson songs sang that way.

Here Invisible Tears by Seges Findere:



And by Charles Manson:



11 11 15 Happy Birthday Charles

Yes, 11 11 15, I'm not wrong: wikipedia is.
And here's a present for all of you, Charles Manson words from Mansondirect:

"[...] It can’t start because people won’t even let the flies live.  God made nothing to die, he made life to live.  It’s the people who destroy it.  Give it to the bugs and realize bugs are not bad or good.  They are just for what God made them for, life, all living things, or whoever you want to call them."
Charles Manson



Aquarius and Manson music: Look at your game, girl?

Aquarius is an American television series starring David Duchovny and premiered on May 2015. The series is inspired by Charles Manson story and I decided to write some words about that because there is a lot of Manson music in it. In the first episode Gethin Anthony, the actor who plays Charlie Manson, sings with his own voice Look at your game, girl... not so cool, to say the truth. Well, actually I can't find clips with Gethin singing that song but I've found this on Aquarius Soundtrack 2015 Youtube Channel and I need some help. The song sounds like the original one, the guitar seems to be the same... but the voice... Is this Charlie? Listen to the original one here: Look at your game, girl and then you decide. 



The Bug is dead



Vincent Bugliosi, the Los Angeles County deputy district attorney who gained worldwide fame for his prosecutions of Charles Manson and his followers has died yesterday (06/08/2015). He was 80.
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08 giugno 2015. All'età di 80 anni è morto Vincent Bugliosi, pubblica accusa del processo Manson.

Charles Manson Musical

I really hate musicals... really. Of any kind. But the ones I despise more are those which talks about Manson story using horrible music and without knowing anything.
Well, I have to talk about Manson music and I should not concentrate on garbage... but this time I want to share it anyway.
The video you're going to watch is from the german musical Charles Manson: Summer of hate - Das Musical. Well, even if I appreciate they tried to use original Charlie's songs, I think the cover of  "People say I'm no good" is a little disturbing...




And this is the original song by Charlie... can you feel the difference??? 

Look at your game, girl.

Have you ever heard about Charles Manson song Look at your game, girl? Of course yes. Probably it's one of his most known song. And there are two reasons for Look at your game is so famous: First, it's beautiful... second, it's been covered in 1993 by Guns and Roses and published as ghost track in their album The spaghetti incident?. I don't know what Charlie thinks about this song, or about the cover by Guns...but I know he has recorded two versions of it. And I love both.


Charles Manson "How could I do" & "The irony of life"



Well, now I'm going to tell you about two very rare and beautiful songs by Charles Manson: "How could I do" and "The irony of life". These songs come from Ancient VVisdom's 12" Inner Earth Inferno, released in 2010 by the label Withdrawal Records. The brilliant artwork of the album is by Star, the girl that recently was going to marry Charlie.
"How could I do" and "The irony of life" are incredibly well recorded and edited, and surprise: Charlie's guitar seems to be electric or similar....
Listen and enjoy: 


Charles Manson sings Frankie Laine

Hello everybody. Today I want to introduce all of you to a beautiful song: Swamp girl.
The song was written by Michael Brown and skillfully sang by Frankie Laine in the 50's. Charles Manson music culture especially comes from those years and that's why he covered this song in 1967 during his famous first recording session.
Down here you can listen both the two versions. Needless to say, I really love Charlie's one... even if he can't remember all the words!




And then a small surprise... Charlie citing Swamp Girl during a prison call (found on Cisco Budge Youtube Channel):

Charlie plays guitar

I've found a video on Backporch Tapes Youtube Channel. It's an old pirate footage taken in Vacaville Prison many years ago and it's very special because it shows a small live session of Charles Manson playing guitar. And that's very, very, very rare... Unfortunately the full tape is impossible to find anywhere so this time you have to make do with this cut version...

I tell myself I am my own hell

That's a new and very rare Manson song found on HamburgerHobos Youtube Channel. It comes from a recording of a prison call. Very low-fi. The song looks more like a poem, no music, just chanting and I decided to title it "I tell myself I am my own hell" as Charlie sings in the last part of the recording.
Enjoy