The Beatles’ self-titled 1968 record (commonly known as the White Album) had everything except the kitchen sink. Twisted blues/surf-rock/R&B hybrid on “Back in the U.S.S.R.” The Jamaican ...

Recording engineer Chris Thomas received a note on Sept. 9, 1968 from producer George Martin saying: "Chris, hope you had a nice holiday. I'm off on mine now. Make yourself available to the Beatles." ...

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 ...

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Few songs can claim to be ground zero for heavy metal. Black Sabbath’s eponymous 1969 album opener is largely accepted as the genre’s starting point, but Blue Cheer's "Summertime Blues," released in ...

In 1968, The Beatles were working on one of their most groundbreaking records, their self-titled album, better known as the White Album. They were coming off a psychedelic trend with Sgt. Pepper's ...

If you are familiar with “Helter Skelter”, then you surely know the significant and dark context surrounding it. However, if you don’t, then it would behoove you to know that the famous cult leader, ...

A 50th-anniversary re-release of "The White Album" contains a trance-like, 13-minute version of the Beatles' "Helter Skelter." Even longtime fans of the band, which broke up in 1970, will have their ...

You'll want to turn this up ... way up. Warish are hear to get your pulse racing with their distortion-infused new single "Healter Skelter" from their upcoming Down in Flames album. For those ...

The term helter-skelter can be defined as either disorderly confusion or a slide that spirals around a tower at an amusement park. McCartney highlighted both meanings of the term through his opening ...