BY GYPSY RAOUL
(with a few comments thrown in by the author!)
The first book I read on one percent motorcycle clubs was Hunter Thompson’s Hells Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs. I wasn’t the only one. An entire generation—or two—had their senses pierced by a power and a back-patched underworld that had come into the light with an emotional weaponry and a societal-slapping panache unlike any other. This stuff was different. This stuff was the true answer to “how to never get sand kicked in your face.” It was real, and a lot of us wanted to be a part of it—some in the bloody-muddy trenches; others just in the daydreams of the safe and unfulfilled.
Then there was a gap. Thompson’s magic—and the Angel’s magic—would be strong enough to float over, under, around, and through the POS movies and the tabloid trash of a variety of “men’s magazines” and other newsstand hits. But then things got serious again.
The next book I read on one percenters was Yves Lavigne’s Three Can Keep a Secret If Two Are Dead. I then read Lavigne’s follow-up, Hell’s Angels: Into the Abyss, in 1996.
Something was happening. Both of these books were exploitations that showed MCs in the worst possible light. Where was someone to defend the one percenters with a book that portrayed the other side of this lifestyle—the side that I’d seen while living in the San Francisco Bay Area for nearly twenty years?
The scales began to tip in 2001, when Sonny Barger published Hell’s Angel: The Life and Times of Sonny Barger and the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club. People also began to revisit earlier publications that were released a bit under the reading-riding radar, but were still a part of the written and lived history of this lifestyle—for good or ill.
Books written about MC life tend to fall into two basic categories. The first are those written by investigative reporters, professional snitches, and ex-members who’ve turned state’s evidence and depict club members as brazen criminals. The second are those written by unbiased authors and members in good standing that offer a balanced perspective of what club life is all about.
A couple of minutes standing in line at the grocery store will tell you which category prevails. People love the sensational. It’s human nature. They’ll buy the rag with the headlines about their favorite star’s latest Botox-in-the-cheeks exposé before they’ll buy the newest issue of TIME. And club members have a tendency to be tight-lipped about their world, which has given police reporters an advantage in their effort to sway public opinion against motorcyclists in general and one percenters specifically.
In all honesty, when clubs shun any kind of publicity—“We just want to be left alone!”—like the occasional biker magazine article or interview, they may be guarding their privacy, of course, but they really are missing a chance for some preemptive shots at unwanted heat and negative attention. And that’s the stuff that will really put a dent in that “just leave us alone” wish. Because the sensation-driven—and often money-driven—authors and producers are always ready to come up with something. And if they can’t get a voice from the “inside” to substantiate that something, they’ll make something up.
With that said, finding books on one percent MCs is not the real dilemma; the challenge is how to separate the wild wheat from the cheap-suited chaff.
This bibliography lists over a hundred thirty titles. Reviews of all of the books referenced here aren’t included, but many are—more than enough to offer an overview of the genre and a good sample of what’s out there.
Literature for this review was divided into the following subcategories:
AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL - The author actually lived the story and wrote the book.
OBSERVATIONAL - The author witnessed the story or researched it, but may not have lived it him- or herself.
PHOTOGRAPHY AND ART - The author or artist tells the story through their photos and art.
INVESTIGATIVE AND POLICE REPORTING - The author uses law enforcement resources to tell the story.
FICTION - The author tells a story in which one or more MCs play a major role.
MISCELLANEOUS - Entries that don’t fit into any of the above categories.
WIKIPEDIA BOOKS - Available print-on-demand summaries of entries in the Internet Wikipedia dictionary.
Barger, Sonny, with Keith and Kent Zimmerman. Hell’s Angel: The Life and Times of Sonny Barger and the Hell’s Angels Motorcycle Club. Harper Paperbacks, 2001.
Barger, Sonny. Freedom: Credos from the Road. William Morrow, 2005.
Barger, Sonny, and Darwin Holmstrom. Let’s Ride: Sonny Barger’s Guide to Motorcycling. New York: William Morrow, 2010.
Cavazos, Ruben. Honor Few, Fear None: The Life and Times of a Mongol. It Books, 2009.
DeLeone, Arturo Rossenaldo Romero (Alias ‘‘Cat Daddy’’). Motorcycle Gangster ‘‘PURO VIDA’’: Stories & Poetry of Life, True Love, Champagne and Rock & Roll. Red Lead Press, 2010.
Desolate, Angelina and Jimmy Trotta (authors) Elizabeth Plastina and Nicole Plastina (editors). Ice Cream Man From Hell You’re Next. D.T.W. Press, 2006.
Hall, John. Riding on the Edge: A Motorcycle Outlaw’s Tale. Motorbooks, 2008.
Hayes, Bill, and Jim Quattlebaum, with a foreword by Dave Nichols. The Original Wild Ones: Tales of the Boozefighters Motorcycle Club. Motorbooks, 2009.
Hayes, Richard. Outlaw Biker: My Life at Full Throttle. John Blake, 2009.
Levingston, Tobie Gene, and Keith & Kent Zimmerman. Soul on Bikes: The East Bay Dragons MC and the Black Biker Set. Motorbooks, 2004.
Martineau, Pierre, and Jean-Paul Murray. I Was a Killer for the Hells Angels: The Story of Serge Quesnal. McClelland & Stewart, 2003.
McCusker, Michael Patrick, A.K.A.: Irish Mike. A Road Without End: The JUS BROTHERS Motorcycle Club, 1990–2007. PublishAmerica, 2008.
Menginie, Anthony “LT,” and Kerrie Droban. Prodigal Father, Pagan Son: Growing Up Inside the Dangerous World of the Pagans Motorcycle Club. Thomas Dunne Books, 2011.
Reynolds, Frank, as told to Michael McClure. Freewheelin Frank: Secretary of the Angels. Grove Press, 1967. Out of Print.
DeLeone, Arturo Rossenaldo Romero (Alias ‘‘Cat Daddy’’). Motorcycle Gangster ‘‘PURO VIDA’’: Stories & Poetry of Life, True Love, Champagne and Rock & Roll. Red Lead Press, 2010.
Sadgirl, The Other Side of the Fence: Love, Loyalty, Respect, Betrayal: A Woman in the Motorcycle Club World. Outskirts Press, 2010.
Saxon, Kurt. Wheels of Rage: The True Story of the Iron Cross Motorcycle Club. Atlan Formularies, 1974.
Senia, Parco. Blessed with Evil: A Story of the Hells Angels and the Evil Spirits Motorcycle Clubs. iUniverse, Inc., 2007.
Wethern, George, and Vincent Colnett. A Wayward Angel: The Full Story of the Hells Angels. 1978. 2nd edition, The Lyons Press, 2008.
Winterhalder, Edward. Out in Bad Standings: Inside the Bandidos Motorcycle Club—The Making of a Worldwide Dynasty. Blockhead City Press/Seven Locks, 2005.
Winterhalder, Edward, and Wil De Clercq. The Assimilation: Rock Machine Become Bandidos—Bikers United Against the Hells Angels. ECW Press, 2008.
Wolf, Daniel R. The Rebels: A Brotherhood of Outlaw Bikers. University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division, 1991.
Zito, Chuck, and Joe Layden. Street Justice. St. Martin’s Griffin, 2003.
The earliest story in this category is George Wethern’s A Wayward Angel, written by a former Oakland Hells Angels vice president. Wethern’s story begins as he joins the club shortly after the Oakland chapter was established in 1957 and concludes with events following his arrest and incarceration in 1972. What began with a young man’s interest in motorcycles, adventure, and the lure of brotherhood offered in MC life transitioned into major drug trafficking and a murder that finally forced Wethern to choose between a life behind bars or betraying his club. He chose betrayal: he went into a witness protection program and wrote his story—the first, but certainly not the last, in a long series of “befriend and betray” scenarios.
Frank Reynolds told his more positive story in Freewheelin Frank: Secretary of the Angels. Reynolds became a member of the ’Frisco Hells Angels in 1961. His story gives the reader a realistic account of what it was like to have been a one percenter during the early years of the Hells Angels. Reynolds captures the essence of the lifestyle that has lured young men and women away from stable and boring society into the devil-may-care world of bikes, booze, and broads.
One of the best autobiographies written on MC life is Sonny Barger’s Hell’s Angel: The Life and Times of Sonny Barger and the Hell’s Angels Motorcycle Club. Barger may not have been the first to use the term “1%er,” but he certainly solidified the mark as applied to outlaw motorcycle clubs. In contrast to Thompson’s Hell’s Angels, which offers only a thin chronological slice of the long HAMC history, Barger’s book spans several decades and provides a perspective of how this one percent MC evolved. Reviews of this book are a mixed bag, not so much about the story that’s told, but as to whether the club’s members are choir boys or villains. As Sonny has explained on several occasions, the HAMC is not a criminal organization. Even though every member wears the same patch, each member has his own life and makes his own choices. At least Barger’s Life and Times offers a counterpoint to the investigative and police reporting titles of authors like Yves Lavigne.
Sonny has written several other books that may not have the impact of his autobiography but are still worthwhile reads. Freedom: Credos from the Road and Let’s Ride are more philosophy than autobiography. The charm in these books is their liberal doses of Barger’s views on life and riding. My favorite credos from Freedom are: “Early is on time; on time is late,” “If you want to travel fast, travel light,” and the best, “Treat me good, I’ll treat you better. Treat me bad, I’ll treat you worse.” Let’s Ride contains Sonny’s philosophy on motorcycles and safety. This book should be required reading for a novice rider serious about learning to survive the kamikaze sorties that cagers continually direct toward motorcyclists.
Many other clubs are represented in the autobiographical section by its members: John Hall’s Riding on the Edge, chronicling Hall’s life with the Pagans MC in the 1960s, is well written and paints an excellent picture of the early rough-and-tumble lives of one percenters. Bill Hayes’ The Original Wild Ones: Tales of the Boozefighters Motorcycle Club; Tobie Gene Levingston’s Soul on Bikes; Kurt Saxon’s Wheels of Rage: The Story of the Iron Cross Motorcycle Club; and Michael Patrick McCusker’s A Road Without End: The Jus Brothers Motorcycle Club are all books that present a good cross-section of club life in very different eras.
And we can throw Street Justice, an autobiography from Chuck Zito, a former very high-profile member of the Hells Angels, in there, too. Hayes’ Tales of the Boozefighters MC has been routinely well-reviewed and has become very popular. This book is not so much a history of the Boozefighters MC as a compilation of stories about the early days of this legendary club. The early days, in this case, are 1946 through the early 1950s. The Boozefighters’ book focuses on the members and their motorcycle adventures and provides an excellent accounting of the 1947 Hollister “riot” that got the whole biker thing started.
Tobie Gene’s Soul on Bikes describes his life as President of the East Bay Dragons, a Black MC with the same geographic roots as the Oakland Hells Angels. The Dragons built and rode chopped Harleys alongside the Oakland Hells Angels; they rode the same “mean streets” and always seemed to maintain good relationships with other clubs.
For a glimpse at Hells Angels club life on the East Coast, Zito’s book comes well recommended. Originally a member of the Ching-a-Ling MC, Zito joined the HAMC, fought in the New York Golden Gloves, and was a bodyguard to Liza Minnelli and Mickey Rourke. Zito left the Angels after twenty-five years to focus on his acting career. He had a continuing role in the HBO prison drama Oz.
Daniel Wolf’s The Rebels: A Brotherhood of Outlaw Bikers is a Thompson-esque approach at doing a study from more-or-less the inside. But Thompson was up-front with the Angels back in the 1960s—he was writing a book about them. Wolf was doing the same, but he tried to come in “undercover,” by prospecting for the Canadian Rebels (or “striking” as they say way up north). He eventually told the truth and interestingly enough was allowed to stay and actually finish the book.
Two final authors listed in the autobiographical section are Ruben “Doc” Cavazos with Honor Few, Fear None: The Life and Times of a Mongol and Edward “Connecticut Ed” Winterhalder with two books: the first, Out in Bad Standings: Inside the Bandidos Motorcycle Club—The Making of a Worldwide Dynasty; and the second, The Assimilation: Rock Machine Becomes Bandidos—Bikers United Against the Hells Angels. These authors have at least one thing in common: They were both high-ranking officers within their respective clubs and they both left their clubs in bad standing.
Cavazos’ story describes his rise to power in the Mongols MC following the Laughlin River Run incident in April 2002. As the International President of the Mongols MC, Doc was responsible for recruiting “street gang members” into the Mongols. He was voted out of the club in 2008 with allegations that he was stealing from the club and provoking a war with the Mexican Mafia. Less than two months later, Doc was arrested and convicted of racketeering charges. He currently faces up to twenty years in federal prison.
Winterhalder was a member of the Rogues MC before he joined the Bandidos and established a chapter in Oklahoma. He quickly rose through the ranks of the Bandidos and was heavily involved in the assimilation of the Rock Machine MC into the Bandidos in 2001. The two books cited in this section focus on his time with the Bandidos and his involvement with the Canadian Bandidos chapters. After leaving the Bandidos in bad standing, Winterhalder wrote several books about life in one percent MCs and is credited with being the executive producer of a television series, Biker Chicz. The series began shooting in June 2010 and, according to Winterhalder, will offer a far different perspective than shows like Sons of Anarchy and Gangland. Biker Chicz is intended “to capture the true nature of bikers, their spirit, and the Harley lifestyle” (yeah, right!).
Barker, Thomas. Biker Gangs and Organized Crime. Anderson, 2007.
Bowe, Barry, Born to Be Wild. Grand Central Publishing, 1994.
Detroit, Michael. Chain of Evidence: A True Story of Law Enforcement and One Woman’s Bravery. Dutton Books, 1994.
Dicks, Shirley. Road Angels: Women Who Ride Motorcycles. Writers Club Press, 2002.
Gauss, James F. Bond Slaves: Confessions of Hard Core Bikers. CreateSpace, 2010.
Hamma, Doug. The Motorcycle Mamas—uncensored first-person stories of the outlaw cycle-club chicks and their wild, wild ride along the razor’s edge of unbridled sex and savagery! Venice Publishing Company, 1967.
Hayes, Bill. American Biker: The History, The Clubs, The Lifestyle, The Truth. Flash Productions, LLC, 2010.
Klancher, Lee, Kevin Cameron, Jack Lewis, and Hunter S. Thompson. The Devil Can Ride: The World’s Best Motorcycle Writing. Motorbooks, 2010.
Langton, Jerry. Showdown: How the Outlaws, Hells Angels and Cops Fought for Control of the Streets. Wiley, 2010.
Major, Zephyros. The Shovel Revival: A Motorcycle Manifesto. iUniverse, Inc., 2007.
McDonald-Walker, Suzanne. Bikers: Culture, Politics & Power. Berg Publishers, 2000.
Nichols, Dave, and Kim Peterson. One Percenter: The Legend of the Outlaw Biker. Motorbooks, 2007.
Remsberg, Rich. Riders for God: The Story of a Christian Motorcycle Gang. University of Illinois, 2000.
Reynolds, Tom. Wild Ride. TV Books, 2001.
Thompson, Hunter S. Hell’s Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga. 1966. Revised edition, Modern Library, 1999.
Veno, Arthur. The Brotherhoods: Inside the Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs. 2002. Revised edition, Allen & Unwin, 2010.
Veno, Arthur. The Mammoth Book of Bikers. Running Press, 2007.
Winterhalder, Edward, and Arthur Veno. Biker Chicks: The Magnetic Attraction of Women to Bad Boys and Motorbikes. Allen & Unwin, 2009.
Zanetti, Geno. She’s a Bad Motorcycle: Writers on Riding. 2001. Reprint, Da Capo Press, 2002.
The earliest book on this list is still one of the most epic and well known. Thompson’s Hell’s Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga, first published in 1966, was preceded by an article he wrote, published in The Nation magazine in May 1965, entitled “Motorcycle Clubs: Losers and Outsiders.” These two pieces not only helped launch Thompson’s career, but set the bar for sensationalism that would define the world of one percent MCs for all eternity. With some arguable exceptions and his special brand of literary license thrown in, Thompson presented a fairly accurate account of the social climate—including the Angels—in the 1960s. The Bay Area pioneers of the Red and White were portrayed as quick-tempered but fun-loving, freeloading men whose central focus was building motorcycles and riding to the next big party. As strange as it might sound, this was the age of innocence for one percent MCs. The international heaviness to come was still a ways off.
One Percenter: The Legend of the Outlaw Biker by Dave Nichols focuses on the variety of roots in outlaw genealogy.
Arthur Veno’s The Mammoth Book of Bikers is a compilation of over forty stories contributed by nearly an equal number of writers. This book would be an excellent starting place for a study of the biker culture with a focus on bike clubs. Most of the legitimate authors listed in this chapter’s bibliography have contributed a chapter to the book, and Dr. Veno has done a nice job of selecting material for the book and arranging the chapters to create continuity for the reader. This author should be applauded for his attempt to portray the biker lifestyle in an unbiased manner. The Mammoth Book begins with chapters on the Birth of the Outlaw Biker and the Outlaw Biker Lifestyle and transitions to Old Ladies, Mammas, and Broads, before dealing with Bikers and Crime, Infamous Biker Wars and Rats, Snitches, Dogs, and Undercover Cops. Dr. Veno’s Mammoth Book of Bikers is a volume you can keep on your nightstand and dredge out for that end-of-the-day read before you nod off for the night.
A second compilation, The Devil Can Ride: The World’s Best Motorcycle Writing by Lee Klancher, et. al., contains several stories intended to offer the reader the very best motorcycle-related stories ever written. Although this book shouldn’t be advertised as a study of one percent MCs, it does contain several chapters that describe the genre. Authors whose work is contained in the review bibliography as well as in Veno’s Mammoth Book include: Hunter S. Thompson, Dave Nichols, John Hall, and Bill Hayes. Adele Kubin’s contribution, “Grease Under the Angel’s Wings,” previously published in the International Journal of Motorcycle Studies, contains her personal account of scenes from Thompson’s Hells Angels in which her recollection is at odds with the great Dr. Gonzo. Kubin’s parting statement, made in 1979, to the one percenter family that took her in when she was eleven and treated her like their own proved to be true: “Times were changing. On the margins, the club was being pulled down into organized crime, to drug dealing and violence directed by outsiders. Money was replacing loyalty; fear was replacing respect.” The Devil Can Ride is a book that will remain in my permanent collection.
The final title in this review section is Bill Hayes’ American Biker: The History, The Clubs, The Lifestyle, The Truth. Hayes provides an intelligent and insightful look into a phenomenon that’s been over a hundred years in the making. The American biker—the species not the book—wouldn’t have been possible without the American motorcycle, and that’s where Bill’s story begins. The focus of this book is not the motorcycle itself, but how the biker lifestyle evolved out of a primordial ooze of fifty-weight oil, leaded gasoline, and the men who tinkered incessantly to maintain these mechanical beasts. This story tracks the American biker from his birth in the 1940s to where he is today. Make no mistake, being a biker in the 1940s required a much greater commitment and a lot less money than it does now.
Bill describes the evolution of the American biker using a forester’s metaphor, dendrochronology, the scientific method of determining a tree’s age and evaluating the good years and the bad based on the analysis of tree-ring patterns. He uses the growth ring analogy to describe four distinct periods and the influences that impacted each one. He tells the truth (again and quickly; the “one beer version”) about the 1947 Hollister “riot” and credits the motorcycle clubs that first drew attention to the difference between bikers and motorcycle enthusiasts. He acknowledges the role that media, Hollywood, and law enforcement have had in propagating what might have been a passing fad into an American legend.
From the American biker’s creation following World War II through the 1950s and 1960s, the Vietnam era, and into the twenty-first century, the reader is taken on a ride that took the original bikers a lifetime to complete.
Lyon, Danny. The Bikeriders. Chronicle Books, 2003.
Dixon, Martin, and Greg Tate. Brooklyn Kings: New York City’s Black Bikers. PowerHouse Books, 2000.
Mann, David. 50 Magnificent Works of Motorcycle Art from Easyriders. Paisano Publications, 1987. (Out of Print)
Mann, David. The Artist’s Choice Collection of David Mann’s Motorcycle Art, Paisano Publications, 1993. (Out of Print)
Mann, David. David Mann’s Motorcycle Masterpieces. 2009. Available at www.davidmannart.com, limited supply.
Roberts, Beverly V. Portraits of American Bikers: Life in the 1960s. Flash Productions, LLC, 2008.
Roberts, Beverly V. Portraits of American Bikers: Inside Looking Out. Flash Productions, LLC, 2010.
Shaylor, Andrew, with a foreword by Sonny Barger. Hells Angels Motorcycle Club. 2005. Revised edition, Merrell, 2007.
Upright, Michael H. One Percent. Action Publishing, LLC, 1999.
This section provides a true change of pace, represented by a group of books that portray one percenter MCs and biker culture in its most romantic and idyllic setting.
Danny Lyon was a photographer before he joined the Outlaws MC in 1965. The Bikeriders is the story of his time with the Outlaws between 1965 and 1967. The book was first published in 1968 and was reissued in 2003. The majority of photographs are black and white, and a portion of the book contains interviews with several of Lyon’s club brothers. Photographs presented in The Bikeriders accurately reflect the 1960s style in much the same way as the narrative; for example: “Anyhow, while he’s sniveling down there, I’m salty, see, and I injected a shell into the chamber; I got one in the chamber now. And I said, ‘You move, you dirty motherfucker, and I’ll blow your cap off. . .’”
Photo documentaries of the Outlaws MC continue with Beverly V. Roberts’ Portraits of American Bikers: Life in the 1960s and Portraits of American Bikers: Inside Looking Out (the first two of an eventual three-book series called The Flash Collection), as well as Michael H. Upright’s One Percent. Both books contain only black-and-white photos.
Upright’s photos were all taken between 1992 and 1995.
Robert’s photos, like Lyon’s, are from the 1960s. Photos in Roberts’ book were shot by her father, Outlaw MC member Jim “Flash “1%” Miteff. The photo collection was kept private until after Miteff’s death; a promise he made to his Outlaw club brothers. Therefore, the book contains never-before-seen images taken from original negatives that had been in storage for over forty years. . . a virtual time capsule preserved for this generation.
Martin Dixon (photos) and Greg Tate’s (essay) book, Brooklyn Kings: New York City’s Black Bikers is the only selection in this section that focuses on Black MCs. The title doesn’t reflect a specific club, but refers to a group of clubs. This photoessay provides a true-life, what-you-see-is-what-you-get view of Black bike clubs in and around New York City.
Hells Angels Motorcycle Club by Andrew Shaylor contains photos of members from Great Britain and European chapters. Sonny Barger offers the foreword; the book contains over three hundred photographs; and, as you’d expect, is a quality publication. The book is truly impressive, but you may be a little disappointed that it doesn’t focus on members of the U.S. HAMC chapters. To my knowledge, no such book currently exists, leaving those of us looking for high-quality photos of Hells Angels to collect yearly calendars containing the work of New York member Steve Bonge.
No review of photography and biker art would be complete without a reference to the contributions of David Mann. Mann spent the majority of his life producing paintings that reflect scenes that bikers can relate to in their own lives. Rides, parties, breakdowns, women, and how custom bike styles changed through the years—Dave Mann captured it all. Three books containing his art are included in this review. The two out-of-print books by Paisano Publications were large-format coffee table books with a paper cover that contained the centerfold art published in Easyriders magazine beginning in about 1972. Dave’s monthly contributions to Easyriders continued through the decades until his death in 2004. A third collection of his work is still available, although in limited supply, through the David Mann Art website. Dave was inducted into the Motorcycle Hall of Fame in Pickering, Ohio, the same year as his death.
Anonymous. An Inside Look At Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs. Paladin Press, 1992.
BackgroundNow Staff. USA V The Mongols Outlaw Motorcycle Gang: Two Federal Indictments And Dozens Arrested, The USA’s Efforts To Dismantle The Mongols. CreateSpace, 2008.
Caine, Alex. Befriend and Betray: Infiltrating the Hells Angels, Bandidos, and Other Criminal Brotherhoods. Thomas Dunne Books, 2009.
Caine, Alex. The Fat Mexican: The Bloody Rise of the Bandidos Motorcycle Club. 2009. Reprint edition, Vintage Canada, 2010.
Coulthart, Ross, and Duncan McNab. Dead Man Running: An Insider’s Story on One of the World’s Most Feared Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs. . .The Bandidos. Allen & Unwin, 2008.
Dobyns, Jay, and Nils Johnson-Shelton. No Angel: My Harrowing Undercover Journey to the Inner Circle of the Hells Angels. Crown, 2009.
Droban, Kerrie, Running with the Devil: The True Story of the ATF’s Infiltration of the Hells Angels. The Lyons Press, 2008.
Langton, Jerry. Fallen Angel: The Unlikely Rise of Walter Stadnick and the Canadian Hells Angels. Wiley, 2006.
Lavigne, Yves. Hell’s Angels: Three Can Keep a Secret If Two Are Dead. 1987. Carol Publishing Group Edition, Lyle Stuart, 2000.
Lavigne, Yves. Good Guy, Bad Guy. 1991. 11th edition, Ballantine Books, 1993.
Lavigne, Yves. Hell’s Angels: Into the Abyss. HarperTorch, 1996.
Lavigne, Yves. Death Dealers: A Witness to the Drug Wars That Are Bleeding America. HarperCollins Publishers, 1999.
Lavigne, Yves. Hell’s Angels: Taking Care of Business. Seal Books, 2000.
Lavigne, Yves. Hells Angels at War. HarperCollins, 2004.
Mallory, Stephen L. Understanding Organized Crime (Criminal Justice Illuminated). Jones & Bartlett Publishers, 2007.
Miller, Frederic P., Agnes F. Vandome, and John McBrewster. Highwaymen Motorcycle Club. Alphascript Publishing, 2011.
Miller, Frederic P., Agnes F. Vandome, and John McBrewster, Mongols Motorcycle Club. Alphascript Publishing, 2011.
Miller, Frederic P., Agnes F. Vandome, and John McBrewster, Rebels Motorcycle Club. Alphascript Publishing, 2011.
Miller, Frederic P., Agnes F. Vandome, and John McBrewster, The Breed Motorcycle Club. Alphascript Publishing, 2011.
O’Deanne, Matthew. Gang Investigator’s Handbook: A Law-Enforcement Guide to Identifying and Combating Violent Street Gangs. Paladin Press, 2008.
Queen, William. Under and Alone: The True Story of the Undercover Agent Who Infiltrated America’s Most Violent Outlaw Motorcycle Gang. Ballantine Books, 2007.
Sher, Julian, and William Marsden. Angels of Death: Inside the Biker Gangs’ Crime Empire. 2006. Illustrated edition, Da Capo Press, 2007.
Sher, Julian, and William Marsden. The Road to Hell: How the Biker Gangs Are Conquering Canada. Seal Books, 2005.
Timpledon, Lambert M., Miriam T. Markseken, and Susan F. Surhone. Outlaws Motorcycle Club. Betascript Publishing, 2010.
Timpledon, Lambert M., Miriam T. Markseken, and Susan F. Surhone. Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club. Betascript Publishing, 2010.
Timpledon, Lambert M., Miriam T. Markseken, and Susan F. Surhone. Warlocks Motorcycle Club. Alphascript Publishing, 2010.
Valentine, Bill. Gang Intelligence Manual: Identifying and Understanding Modern-Day Violent Gangs in the United States. Paladin Press, 1995.
Vandome, Frederic P., Agnes F. McBrewster, and John Miller. List of Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs. Alphascript Publishing, 2010.
Law enforcement’s view of one percent MCs comprise the largest number of entries in this review. These books are contained in two bibliography sections: the first, Investigative and Police Reporting and the second, Wikipedia Summaries.
The Investigative and Police Reporting section contains the real meat of law enforcements view of one percent MCs. These titles run the gamut from the ridiculous “manual,” An Inside Look at Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs by Paladin Press to Yves Lavigne’s early exposé directed primarily towards the Hells Angels; William Queen’s infiltration of the Mongols; Alex Caine’s infiltration of organizations ranging from the Ku Klux Klan to the Russian Mafia to the Hells Angels and the Bandidos; and Jay Dobyns infiltration of the Arizona Hells Angels.
And there’s a lot of commonality within so many of the plot lines. It’s almost template-like, as the stories begin with supposedly upstanding cops or citizens who befriend a group of alleged bad guys with the intentions of single-handedly bringing their entire organization down. In the course of the investigation, millions in taxpayer dollars are spent, and the infiltrators live underground long enough for their allegiances to shift toward who they’re trying to bust. Generally, the case handlers pull the plug on the investigation when they suspect they’re losing control of the infiltrators and bust as many members as they can. The media makes a big to-do over the busts, lawyers bail out the bad guys, and sooner or later, the bad guys go to trial. Most of the cases are thrown out because law enforcement has bungled the evidence or has entrapped the bad guys. The cops or rats or professional snitches lose their families, move to B.F. Egypt, and sleep with a pistol under their pillow, knowing it’s just a matter of time before the bad guys hunt them down and exact their revenge. That’s the theme.
But each does possess its own unique twists.
And some are very well written from a purely technical standpoint.
But then again, some aren’t. . .
An Inside Look at Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs is a law-enforcement training manual used in a course called Dangerous Motorcycle Gangs. It contains an opening statement by the late Republican Senator Strom Thurmond, made before the committee on the judiciary referencing organized crime hearings. The Honorable Senator from South Carolina concluded that outlaw gangs were using a portion of their profits from criminal activities to invest in legal businesses that included ice cream shops. Ice cream shops, indeed—my reaction exactly. No wonder an old Hells Angel told me the feds always seemed to him like they were fifty-one cards short of a deck.
The most prolific contributor to the investigative and police reporting genre is Canadian author Yves Lavigne. Hell’s Angels: Into the Abyss is probably Lavigne’s best work. He tells Anthony Tait’s story, from his childhood (he was definitely a product of poor parenting) through his voluntary decision to become an FBI informant.
Tait stumbles onto the Anchorage chapter of the Hells Angels and is recruited into the club, even though he’s never ridden a motorcycle. Shortly after earning his patch in 1982, following what must have been a cake-walk prospect period, he decides to become an informant. His handlers finance his activities and he begins traveling on taxpayer dollars doing things for the club that ingratiate him and enhance his standing.
He gains the trust of the West Coast Hells Angels and turns that trust into entrapment. His efforts continue through 1987 when the feds finally issue warrants and arrest members in several states. Charges ranged from conspiracy to commit murder to drug manufacturing and sales to possession of illegal weapons.
Sonny Barger did fifty-nine months in federal correction facilities for his alleged murder conspiracy. Kenny Owens was sentenced to forty-one years in custody and fined over two million bucks. But if the intent was to break the back of the Hells Angels, it didn’t work. Sonny was released from prison in 1993 to a hero’s homecoming, and even during his absence life went on within the Hells Angels. Tait disappeared with a quarter-million dollars in bonus money (again from U.S. taxpayers) but still shows up occasionally as an expert on the TV series Gangland.
None of the remaining titles written by Lavigne come near to the story of Tony Tait, so buyer beware.
Alex Caine has two titles in the investigative reporting category: Befriend and Betray and The Fat Mexican. Alex Caine, if that’s his real name, must be one of the best professional rats of all time. He successfully worked his way into several organizations and lived to tell about it.
Now that his career as an infiltrator has come to an end, he’s transitioned to a writer. In Befriend and Betray, Alex offers a first-person account of an ambush orchestrated by the feds just before the 2002 Laughlin River Run. He describes a gun battle between the feds, who are disguised as members of the Mongols MC, and a pack of Hells Angels. If this account is true, it suggests that the feds were actually responsible for stirring the pot between the two clubs just prior to the late-night melee in Harrah’s Casino.
It’s quite an interesting suspicion.
Alex Caine’s writing can only be recommended to readers who have a particular interest in the organizations he claims to have infiltrated.
William Queen’s story, Under and Alone, describes events beginning in 1998 that unfolded during a two-year infiltration and investigation of the Mongols MC.
Queen, an ATF agent, used a local snitch to gain an introduction to the Mongols and parlayed that introduction into a long hangaround and prospect process before gaining membership in the club. Throughout the investigation, the club’s Sergeant at Arms, Red Dog, had strong suspicions that Queen was a cop. The undercover agent held his ground every time Red Dog confronted him and, eventually, against Red Dog’s counsel, earned his patch.
Once inside the club, Queen was privy to the criminal comings and goings of not only his chapter but the entire Mongols Nation. Unlike the work of Yves Lavigne and Alex Caine, Queen avoids over-dramatizing the actual events or making moral judgments about the men he was investigating. He maintained his professionalism and seldom wavered from his duty as an ATF agent, even though he had become friends with many of his club “brothers.”
A total of fifty Mongols were prosecuted as a result of Queen’s infiltration. He became an immediate hero within the law enforcement community and was awarded, among other honors, the 2001 Federal Bar Association’s Medal of Valor.
The consequences of Queen’s life undercover included loss of the friendships he’d established with Mongols members who weren’t associated with criminal activities, separation from his children, and retirement from the ATF.
He relocated from California in an effort to protect his identity from Mongol retaliation. Although the Mongol organization was damaged by these arrests and subsequent convictions, the club remained much the same as it had been before the investigation. Two years following these arrests was the Mongols’ clash with the Hells Angels at the annual Laughlin River Run. Soon after Laughlin, under the leadership of the now-deposed Doc Cavazos, the Mongols expanded once again.
At least two books have been written about the 2001–2002 investigation/infiltration of the Arizona Hells Angels. The first-person account of this investigation is Jay “Bird” Dobyns’ story, No Angel. The second book, by former federal prosecutor now criminal defense attorney and author Kerrie Droban called Running with the Devil, is her account of the same investigation conducted by Jay Dobyns. Of the two books, Dobyns’ is definitely the strongest, probably because it was written from an insider’s perspective. Droban is a legitimate “true crime” author whose current day job is defending the alleged criminals she writes about at night.
Dobyns’ story offers a chronology of how he successfully infiltrated the Hells Angels by fabricating membership in the legitimate Tijuana, Mexico-based Solo Angeles, a club established in 1959. It’s amazing that Dobyns’ cover wasn’t blown by a cautious Hells Angel who could easily have gone to the Solo Angeles to check Dobyns’ bona fides. But that didn’t happen, and the investigation went forward.
After two years involvement with the HAMC, the ATF finally made their busts; most of the subsequent prosecutions fell apart. The majority of the charges levied against members were minor (possession of body armor, felons in possession of firearms, or firearm sales without a license) and several of them were dismissed with prejudice and cannot be re-filed. Two Hells Angels were convicted of drug trafficking and one turned state’s evidence to avoid prosecution on a murder charge. He’s alleged to currently be in the witness protection program. The member who vouched for Dobyns is no longer in the club. Two members were connected with a 2001 murder charge that occurred before Dobyns and his team gained momentum in their investigation. The first Hells Angel charged with this murder was Paul Eischeid who remained a fugitive for eight years until he was arrested in Argentina on February 3, 2011. The second, Kevin Augustiniak, went to court on murder charges and is currently listed on the Mesa, Arizona, HAMC chapter’s website as being in jail.
Arobateau, Red Jordan. The Black Biker. Rosebud Books, 1998.
Ball, K.Randall. Harbor Town Seduction. 5-Ball Inc., 2010.
Barger, Ralph “Sonny”. Dead in 5 Heartbeats. HarperTorch, 2004.
Barger, Ralph “Sonny,” Keith Zimmerman, and Kent Zimmerman. Ridin’ High, Livin’ Free: Hell-Raising Motorcycle Stories. Harper Paperbacks, 2003.
Danielsen, Dale. The Seahorses: The Motorcycle Club. Bookstand Publishing, 2009.
Gardner, Mary, Salvation Run. University Press of Mississippi September 7, 2005.
Jamiol, Paul. Bikers Are Animals: A Children’s Book on Motorcycling. Dog Ear Publishing, 2009.
Jamiol, Paul. Bikers Are Animals 2: The Rest of the Crew. Dog Ear Publishing, 2010.
Langton, Jerry. Biker: Inside the Notorious World of an Outlaw Motorcycle Gang. Wiley, 2009.
Quinn, Peyton. Dog Soldiers MC. Outskirts Press, 2006.
Solari, J.J. When Bikers Meet Humans. Tapcab, 2007.
Winterhalder, Edward, and James Richard Larson. The Mirror: A Biker’s Story. Blockhead City Press, 2010.
There are several titles in the fiction category by authors who’ve also published in non-fiction: Sonny Barger, Jerry Langton, and Edward Winterhalder.
If you’re a serious student attempting to understand one percenter MCs, this category probably won’t offer much value. If you’re just looking for some light reading, you should at least take a look at Sonny’s Ridin’ High and Livin’ Free. It contains a collection of short stories, all tales of bikes, rides, and riders.
The same goes for Keith Ball’s Harbor Town Seduction. Keith is a Motorcycle Hall of Fame member and was Editor of Easyriders magazine for a couple of decades. While not exactly focused on motorcycle club activities, Harbor Town Seduction is kind of a Dave Mann biker-perfect portrait in words.
And maybe the most unique selections on all these lists are Paul Jamiol’s children’s books, the first two of the Bikers Are Animals series. These really are club-oriented, with a fuzzy cast of characters who are all a part of the Bears MC. The members make for an interesting take on the overworked old pejorative, “bikers are animals.” These guys are indeed animals—real ones!—and they give kids a positive, healthy, and even didactic outlook on the biker culture.
Barbieri, Jay, and Michele Smith. Biker’s Handbook: Becoming Part of the Motorcycle Culture. Motorbooks, 2007.
Gagan, Peter. Antique Motorcycle Club: Fifty Years of Fun! Turner Publishing Company, 2005.
Kennedy, Daniel. Directory of Motorcycle Clubs and Associations 1989–90. Whitehorse Press, 1989.
Mullins, Sasha. Bikerlady: Living and Riding Free! Citadel, 2003.
Osgerby, Bill. Biker: Truth and Myth: How the Original Cowboy of the Road Became the Easy Rider of the Silver Screen. The Lyons Press, 2005.
Peebles, Gypsy. Chopper Bike Club—Motorcycle Gang (How to Form a Club). (Out of Circulation).
Seate, Mike. Two Wheels on Two Reels: A History of Biker Movies. Whitehorse Press, 2001.
Smedman, Lisa. From Boneshakers to Choppers: The Rip-Roaring History of Motorcycles. Annick Press, 2007.
Yates, Brock. Outlaw Machine: Harley-Davidson and the Search for the American Soul. Broadway, 2000.
The above batch of books may not center on the one percenter culture exactly, but they do all touch it in various ways. With subjects that include the biker movies we’ve all seen, to a woman’s perspective on things, to Brock Yates’ nice survey of the lifestyle, there is plenty of info that may not be chock-full of revelations and secrets but for the most part, they are at least fun.
Books Group. Gangs in Detroit, Michigan: Black Mafia Family, Chaldean mafia, Los Zetas, Outlaws Motorcycle Club, Mara Salvatrucha, Crip. Books LLC, 2010.
LLC Books. Athenian Democracy: Outlaw Motorcycle Club. Books LLC.
LLC Books. Fictional Gangs: Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, List of Gangs in the Warriors, List of Fictional Gangs, Blood Syndicate. Books LLC.
LLC Books. Gangs by Type: Bicycle Gangs, Drug Cartels, Fictional Gangs, Historical Gangs, Organized Crime Gangs, Outlaw Gangs, Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs. Books LLC.
LLC Books. Gangs in Arizona: Bandidos, Hells Angels, Los Zetas, Mongols, Devils Diciples, Black P. Stones, Vagos Motorcycle Club, La Raza Nation. Books LLC.
LLC Books. Gangs in Arkansas: Bandidos, Outlaws Motorcycle Club, Crips, Bloods, Dixie Mafia, Black P. Stones, Almighty Vice Lord Nation, Black Disciples. Books LLC.
LLC Books. Gangs in Australia: Rocks Push, Bandidos, Hells Angels, Outlaws Motorcycle Club, Gypsy Joker Motorcycle Club, Bra Boys, Dlasthr. Books LLC.
LLC Books. Gangs in Belgium: Bandidos, Hells Angels, Outlaws Motorcycle Club, Nijvel Gang, Blue Angels Motorcycle Club, Sun Yee On. Books LLC.
LLC Books. Gangs in California: Aryan Brotherhood, Hells Angels, Los Zetas, Mexican Mafia, Sure os, Nuestra Familia, Gypsy Joker Motorcycle Club, Mongols. Books LLC.
LLC Books. Gangs in Canada: Bandidos, Hells Angels, Latin Kings, Outlaws Motorcycle Club, Crips, etas, Mongols, Aboriginal Based Organized Crime. Books LLC.
LLC Books. Gangs in Chicago, Illinois: Hells Angels, Latin Kings, Chicago Outfit, Outlaws Motorcycle Club, Los Zetas, North Side Gang, Almighty Saints. Books LLC.
LLC Books. Gangs in Colorado: Bandidos, Hells Angels, Outlaws Motorcycle Club, Mongols, Black P. Stones, Sons of Silence. Books LLC.
LLC Books. Gangs in England: Bandidos, Hells Angels, Gun Crime in South Manchester, Outlaws Motorcycle Club, Clerkenwell Crime Syndicate, Devils Diciples. Books LLC.
LLC Books. Gangs in Florida: Outlaws Motorcycle Club, Dominicans Don’t Play, Mongols, Black P. Stones, Warlocks Motorcycle Club, Trafficante Crime Family. Books LLC.
LLC Books. Gangs in France: Bandidos, Bonnot Gang, Hells Angels, Outlaws Motorcycle Club, Gang Des Postiches, Unione Corse, Hammerskins, Sun Yee On. Books LLC.
LLC Books. <Gangs in Germany: Bandidos, Hells Angels, Outlaws Motorcycle Club, Gypsy Joker Motorcycle Club, Warlocks Motorcycle Club, 36 Boys. Books LLC.
LLC Books. Gangs in Illinois: Hells Angels, Latin Kings, Outlaws Motorcycle Club, Devils Diciples, Black P. Stones, Almighty Vice Lord Nation. Books LLC.
LLC Books. Gangs in Italy: Bandidos, Hells Angels, Outlaws Motorcycle Club, etas, Mongols, Hammerskins. Books LLC.
LLC Books. Gangs in Louisiana: Bandidos, New Orleans Crime Family, Dixie Mafia, Black P. Stones, Sons of Silence. Books LLC.
LLC Books. Gangs in Maryland: Hells Angels, Pagans Motorcycle Club, Black P. Stones, Iron Horsemen, Sex Money Murda, Dead Man Incorporated. Books LLC.
LLC Books. Gangs in Michigan: Outlaws Motorcycle Club, Devils Diciples, Almighty Vice Lord Nation, Highwaymen Motorcycle Club, Mickey Cobras. Books LLC.
LLC Books. Gangs in Nevada: Bandidos, Hells Angels, Mongols, 311 Boyz, Vagos Motorcycle Club. Books LLC.
LLC Books. Gangs in New Jersey: Hells Angels, Latin Kings, Decavalcante Crime Family, Outlaws Motorcycle Club, Dominicans Don’t Play. Books LLC.
LLC Books. Gangs in New York: Hells Angels, Latin Kings, Outlaws Motorcycle Club, Pagans Motorcycle Club, Mongols, Black P. Stones. Books LLC.
LLC Books. Gangs in Norway: Bandidos, Hells Angels, Outlaws Motorcycle Club, Gypsy Joker Motorcycle Club, Original Gangsters. Books LLC.
LLC Books. Gangs in Ohio: Hells Angels, Outlaws Motorcycle Club, Pagans Motorcycle Club, Devils Diciples, Black P. Stones, Warlocks Motorcycle Club. Books LLC.
LLC Books. Gangs in Oklahoma: Bandidos, Outlaws Motorcycle Club, Wild Bunch, Mongols, Rufus Buck Gang. Books LLC.
LLC Books. Gangs in Oregon: Hells Angels, Gypsy Joker Motorcycle Club, Volksfront, Mongols, Vagos Motorcycle Club, Brother Speed, European Kindred. Books LLC.
LLC Books. Gangs in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Outlaws Motorcycle Club, Philadelphia Crime Family, Mara Salvatrucha, Black Mafia, Pagans Motorcycle Club. Books LLC.
LLC Books. Gangs in Scotland: Blue Angels Motorcycle Club, List of Gangs in Glasgow, Wo Shing Wo, Sun Yee On, Moss-Trooper, Tongland, Penny Mobs. Books LLC.
LLC Books. Gangs in the United Kingdom: Gangs in Scotland, Blue Angels Motorcycle Club, List of Gangs in Glasgow, Wo Shing Wo, Sun Yee On, Moss-Trooper. Books LLC.
LLC Books. Gangs in the United States: Bandidos, Hells Angels, Latin Kings, Chaldean Mafia, Outlaws Motorcycle Club, Dominicans Don’t Play. Books LLC.
LLC Books. Gangs in Washington (U.S. State): Bandidos, Hells Angels, Gypsy Joker Motorcycle Club, Brother Speed, Free Souls Motorcycle Club. Books LLC.
LLC Books. Mongols (Motorcycle Club): Jesse Ventura, Mongols, William Queen, Ruben Cavazos, Under and Alone, Operation Black Rain, River Run Riot. Books LLC.
LLC Books. Motorcycle Clubs: South Bay Riders. Books LLC.
LLC Books. Motorcycling Subculture: Outlaw Motorcycle Club. Books LLC.
LLC Books. Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs: Bandidos, Hells Angels, Outlaw Motorcycle Club, Outlaws Motorcycle Club, Pagans Motorcycle Club. Books LLC.
Timpledon, Lambert M., Miriam T. Markseken, and Susan F. Surhone. Pagans Motorcycle Club, Betascript Publishing, 2010.
The Wikipedia summaries are kind of a separate world unto themselves—certainly they are more reference material than compelling reading with brilliantly stimulating writing, but they are valuable. What they do is to excerpt material available through Wikipedia’s online encyclopedia into book format.
These reviews take the drudgery out of compiling information from online searches, by providing summaries of street gangs, organized crime groups, and motorcycle clubs in various locations, state by state in the U.S., and by countries including Australia, Belgium, Canada, England, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Scotland, and the United Kingdom. This category also contains entries for fictional gangs including the Sons of Anarchy, and a volume containing gangs by type including Bicycle Gangs, Drug Cartels, Organized Crime, and Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs.
Owning a complete set of these books might be valuable to someone—maybe law enforcement—but from my perspective, I think buying any of them would be a waste of money. Stick with the online version and realize that even what you’re getting there is just somebody’s basic background on each subject.
Recent years have seen a rise in the number of books that portray motorcycle club life with a balance that was a long time coming.
Autobiographical works from authors who lived the life and have the ability to effectively communicate their stories is what the majority of readers will be interested in reading in the future. The One Percenter Encyclopedia lists so many clubs that have so many members who each have stories yet to be told. The best of these stories will be the ones that convey a positive message about the brotherhood that motorcycle clubs offer to those committed to living their lives on two wheels.
A book like this isn’t written; it’s assembled like a complex machine. No one person is capable of fabricating each and every part, slow-grinding it to a fine tolerance, and then fastening it into its precise place.
This labor has required more than just a team and the biker lifestyle takes that team concept well into another level—the level of brotherhood. Everyone involved with this book has had to understand love, respect, and trust to a degree that the rest of society could learn from.
The information, thoughts, personal commentaries, facts, legends, anecdotes, and everything else in this book came from a shitload of sources. There were the basic dry utilitarian wells: websites, books, periodicals—stuff like that. But then there were the phone calls. The bikes rolling into the driveway. The knocks at the door. The random meetings somewhere (out comes the recorder!).
There were the friends of friends and the true brothers who were there to help—right now. What do you need? No problem!
There were the intercontinental emails and phone calls. There were translations. There was brotherhood with no borders.
But there were also the “no, thank yous.” And the “we don’t want to be in any books!”
All of that is part of this lifestyle, and this potent mix pours into a pretty strong taste of the one percent of things represented between these covers. And none of it could have been rolled together without the help of the following:
The editorial wizardry, love, and dedication of my talented teammate, Jennifer Thomas; and the ideas and patient push of Darwin Holmstrom.
The “I’m-right-there-when-I’m-needed” hands-on brotherhood help of Felicia Morgan, Gypsy Raoul, Spike (from the Hessians), Pit (from the Boozefighters Europe), and Skinz (from the Devils Diciples).
And to everyone else who contributed to The One Percenter Encyclopedia, with love and respect, my thanks: Charlie Brechtel (a true Renaissance Man!); Captain Ron (Viet Nam Vets MC); George Christie (Hells Angels MC, retired); Clay (Long March MC China); Dizzy, Uncle Jess, Knuckles, and all of the Vagos MC; Ruth Erickson; Rich “Weebles” Halmuth (Knights MC); Chris “Speed” Heaven; Hemi (Hells Angels MC Zurich); Holly (DDOL); “Hollywood” (Top Hatters MC); PJ Hyland (Thunder Press magazine and beyond!); John D. “Klanker”; Ken Karagozian (photographer extrodinaire!); Kevin (Boozefighters Tribute Group England); Jeff “EZJ” Kraus; Lenny (Freewheelers MC Ireland); Lil Jon (Devils Diciples MC); Lommel (Born to Be Wild MC Germany); Lompico Lyle and all of the Ghost Mountain Riders MC; Marcus7 (Gremium MC Germany); Marko (Boozefighters Europe); Bob McMillen (Yellow Jackets MC); Odd Job (Boozefighters MC Europe); Donny Petersen (Hells Angels MC Canada); Glen “Professor” Pine (Midnite Riders MC); Razor (Razorbacks MC Switzerland); Ringo (Viet Nam Vets MC); Doc Robinson (Heavy Duty magazine, Australia); Lindsey Robinson (a truly inspired photographer); Rogue and “Padre” Russell (The legendary Connecticut Huns MC); Ruby, James Meredith Miles, and all of the Hellbent MC; Billy Warlock (Warlocks MC); Randall Wilson (the best producer of biker documentaries there is!)