Salon.com > Interview by Nick Bryant http://www.salon.com Mon, 28 May 2012 16:08:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 “Hell’s Angel” http://www.salon.com/2000/10/05/barger_2/ http://www.salon.com/2000/10/05/barger_2/#comments Thu, 05 Oct 2000 22:05:00 +0000 http://www.salon.com/audio/2000/10/05/barger Sonny Barger truly is an American Legend. In his recent autobiography, Hell's Angel (William Morrow), written with Keith and Kent Zimmerman, Sonny recounts the formation of the Oakland Hell's Angels Motorcycle Club and the four decades that followed. In addition to recalling the colorful members who rode alongside him, Barger explains how the HAMC revolutionized the look of the Harley Davidson motorcycle and has become a worldwide bike-riding fraternity second to none.

He also recounts numerous stories about being a Hell's Angel including his battles against government efforts to destroy the HAMC and the infamous 1969 Rolling Stones concert at Altamont Raceway, an epochal moment that came to symbolize the end of the sixties.

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