The Musical Lives of Charles Manson: The Beatles, the Beach Boys, and the Invention of the Sixties --Or, No Sense Makes Sense

by Nicholas Tochka

Book Overview

Nicholas Tochka analyzes the role of rock music in the life of Charles Manson, the Family, and the August 1969 Tate-LaBianca killings, which also gives larger insight into Sixties counterculture.

Failed singer-songwriter. Devious cult leader, a rock Pied Piper. The product of a sick society. Just another dime-a-dozen singing hippy mystic. Did the guitar-playing guru personify the violence that the rock counterculture had inflicted...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501384554
• ISBN13: 9781501384554
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"