Jack White's band became engrossed in a book about a serial killer while on tour.

The musician formed The Dead Weather with Alison Mosshart, Dean Fertita and Jack Lawrence. They all have similar tastes and between shows read Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders.

"This is a true crime book, written by the attorney who prosecuted [murderer] Charles Manson and his 'Manson Family' and it's just incredible," Alison recalled. "It's endlessly interesting, scary and crazy... I was on tour with The Dead Weather. We would all be in our bunks at night reading it and you could hear people down the hallway gasping, 'Oh f**k,' at the story."

Alison is best known for being in The Kills alongside Kate Moss' husband Jamie Hince. Literature is one of the things they bonded over too.

"I found Edie: An American Girl in a Salvation Army store in Florida it was my introduction to the whole Andy Warhol scene," she told Elle magazine. "At 18, I was in Jamie's room and the book was on his coffee table. That was when we started talking; 14 years later, we've never stopped."

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