Slash: Stuart, Axl's brother, had a copy of the Manson cassette, and that particular song had significant lyrical matter, especially since Manson was singing it. We were a little bit shy about doing it, because we didn't want anybody to pin us on a Manson thing.
Slash: I don't even play on "Look at your game girl", it's a guy named Carlos...
Axl: He's a pop cartoon icon of absolutely how far off the edge you can go, which I don't have any desire to go that far - o Mansonie
Slash: There's a rumor that he didn't write it. I got a phone call from someone who said it was written by Dennis Wilson and somebody else. To this day we still don't know who the fuck wrote it. We did it anyway, but we didn't want to put its title and Charlie Manson's name on the record. None of us are into that for a serial killer's sake. We didn't want to give him the credit.
From nigeldick.com (Director of Welcome To The Jungle Video):
PART FOUR (Of Welcome To The Jungle Preliminary concept 7/10/87)
Axel is in a seedy hotel bedroom with a girl. They are watching a number of TV sets. Once again the screens are filled with violent images. Amongst these images we must include Manson, the Nightstalker and other 'key' figures. I would suggest that this room is built on a set. (To be shot in a studio day 2).
"A word from your sponsor: I guess I didn't know how to spell Axl's name properly - I hadn't met the band when I wrote this! The treatment was basically handed to me by Alan Niven over the phone and I put it in order and typed it out, which is the way Alan and I would work, I guess that's why I typed the phrase 'key' figures the way I did. It's interesting to note Axl's early fascination with Manson even before the release of the first album"
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