Dan Epstein: How is this book different from your first one?
Sonny Barger: My last book was the story of my life in the Hell's Angels. With the new book, every chapter is a different story and has almost nothing to with the club. Some of the stories are things that happened to me, some are stuff that happened to my friends and the rest are things that happened to people I don't even know. They wrote what happened and I rewrote them and put them into the book. I changed the names and I call it,...
Thats pretty cool to see a story about Sonny here at SG. I had the pleasure of visiting him at his house in Arizonia last year for a photo shoot. I was hanging out the back of a pick-up truck being driven by one of the Angels prospects as I shot Sonny riding and just thinking to my self how surreal and amazing it was to be there.
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rozehead
Providence, RI
April 2003
FEB 18, 2007 08:27 AM
pain in the ass or not, everyone should read Hunter S. Thompson's account of life in the 60s and on the road with them in "Hells Angels".
great early perspective of the scene from an almost in, outsider.
Yeah, but does Thompson get his ass kicked at the end of this one?
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rozehead
Providence, RI
April 2003
FEB 19, 2007 08:13 PM
he suffered for his art.
besides, he knew the risks and understood it could happen at any time.
you play with snakes, you could always get bit.
it was a fair trade.
rozehead said:
pain in the ass or not, everyone should read Hunter S. Thompson's account of life in the 60s and on the road with them in "Hells Angels".
great early perspective of the scene from an almost in, outsider.
I agree. It is a very candid book. Hard to put down.
Sean
STAFF
Los Angeles, CA
FEB 12, 2003 11:00 AM