Scott's Metal Cover of the Day - Helter Skelter by Motley Crue (Beatles)

Today's Metal Cover is brought to you by Motley Crue. This Beatles cover comes off of their sophomore album Shout at the Devil which came out the year I was born, 1983.

The original was released in 1968 on the Beatles' famous White Album. It is just as throw down as this cover minus the heavy distortion. It is considered by music historians as a key influence in the early development of heavy metal.

This song was also famous because Charles Manson referenced the Beatles White Album as a prophecy of an apocalyptic war. A war between racist and non-racist whites over the treatment of black people where the whites would ultimately exterminate themselves and allow Manson and his followers to come out of hiding and rule America. He named this process "Helter Skelter".



Original