![]() ![]() ![]() “Another thing I found offensive was that Manson suddenly portrayed the long hair, beard and moustache kind of image, as well as that of a murderer. It was upsetting to be associated with something so sleazy as Charles Manson.” The Beatles were topical and they were the main thing that was written about in the world, so everybody attached themselves to us, whether it was our fault or not. The police and the promoters and the Lord Mayors – and murderers too. “Everybody was getting on the big Beatle bandwagon. But everyone in LA felt: ‘Oh, God, it can happen to anybody.’ Thank God they caught the bugger.” George Harrison was upset about the crime and how Manson used Beatles name And everyone got really insecure – not just us, not just the rockers. And it stopped everyone in their tracks because suddenly all this violence came out in the midst of all this love and peace and psychedelia. I mean, I knew Roman Polanski and Sharon Tate and – God! – it was a rough time. What The Beatles said about the crime being inspired by “Helter Skelter” Ringo Starr said the use of the song by Manson:
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