The Musical Lives of Charles Manson
the beatles, the beach boys, and the invention of the sixties —or, no sense makes sense
$37.71
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
18 February 2026
Summary
Manson’s Melody: Rock Music and the Shadow of a Cult
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 cou…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781501384554 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1501384554 |
| Author: | Nicholas Tochka, Professor or Dr. Nicholas Tochka |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
| Imprint: | Bloomsbury Academic USA |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 18 February 2026 |
| Weight: | 454g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
About The Author
Nicholas Tochka
Nicholas Tochka is Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology at the University of Melbourne, Australia. He is the author of Audible States: Socialist Politics and Popular Music in Albania (2016), Rocking in the Free World: Popular Music and the Politics of Freedom in Postwar America (2023), and Ardit Gjebrea’s Projekt Jon (Bloomsbury, 2024). His work examines the politics of music-making in the postwar world.
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