Never-Seen: Hells Angels, 1965

[Gerald]

Rolling Thunder

From Jesse James to Tony Soprano, outlaws have always held a singular if ambiguous place in America's popular imagination: we fear and loathe their appetite for violence, yet we envy and covet their freedom. In early 1965, LIFE photographer Bill Ray and writer Joe Bride spent several weeks with a gang that, to this day, serves as a living, brawling embodiment of our schizoid relationship with the rebel: the Hells Angels. Here, in a gallery of never-published photographs, Ray and Bride recall their days and nights with Buzzard, Hambone, Big D, and other Angels (and their "old ladies") at a time when the roar of Harleys and the sight of long-haired bikers was still new, alien, and for the average, law-abiding citizen, simply terrifying. Above: Hells Angels, 1965 -- the one previously published image in this gallery. None of the pictures that follow have ever been seen before.

http://www.life.com/image/ugc1129811/in-gallery/47471/never-seen-hells-angels-1965

[kiwi_2005]

:up: Cool pics. If freedom is outlawed only outlaws will have freedom.

[DarkFish]

#4 looks awfully much like my favorite bar:DL

[Gerald]

#4 looks awfully much like my favorite bar:DL :up:

[AVGWarhawk]

Definitely a part of the American fabric. Reminds me of the movie "Easy Rider."

I think they do charity rides for Toys for Tots.

[krashkart]

Love that photo spread. The shot taken outside the bar at night is one of my favorites. :)

[Gerald]

#15 If I have a time machine..... :yep:

[DarkFish]

Cool, with pool and close to the bar counter,:up:and with semi-long-haired bearded guys in leather jackets:DL

[Gerald]

and with semi-long-haired bearded guys in leather jackets:DL :()1:

[Penguin]

If any of you guys is interested in the HA's from the 60s, I can definitely recommend "Hells Angels" by Hunter S. Thompson. He accompanied them for a while, around the time these pics were taken. A good read and a good insight, no sugarcoating but also no demonizing.

[Betonov]

Remember the dayswhen I was a young rebel biker. We'd go ona tour in the middle of the night, exaust pipes drilled and the sound suppresor sawn off :D

http://www.njuskalo.hr/image-w450/mopedi/tomos-apn-6-50-cm3-slika-1086666.jpg
Dindt get you far, but everyone knew where you were and where you are going

[DarkFish]

The thoughts of a beer is not far away,:()1:aye!:DL

Now Metalheads don't look too different from Bikers, so I guess that explains why I feel so much at home when looking to that picture:)
http://img.photosex.biz/imager/w_500/h_500/d0ceca95ff1342721012e95cc291100e.jpg
http://zenemagazin.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/moonsorrow_groupe.jpg

(PS: bonus points for anyone knowing both bands!:DL)

[kiwi_2005]

aye!:DL

Now Metalheads don't look too different from Bikers, so I guess that explains why I feel so much at home when looking to that picture:)
http://img.photosex.biz/imager/w_500/h_500/d0ceca95ff1342721012e95cc291100e.jpg
http://zenemagazin.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/moonsorrow_groupe.jpg

(PS: bonus points for anyone knowing both bands!:DL)

bottom photo is the band moonsorrow.

[TarJak]

#3's hat reminds me of Toadie from Mad Max 2:

http://www.madmaxmovies.com/cast-and-crew/road-warrior-cast/Max-Phipps/Toadie.JPG

[Gerald]

#3's hat reminds me of Toadie from Mad Max 2:

http://www.madmaxmovies.com/cast-and-crew/road-warrior-cast/Max-Phipps/Toadie.JPG :yep:

[Penguin]

aye!:DL

http://img.photosex.biz/imager/w_500/h_500/d0ceca95ff1342721012e95cc291100e.jpg


(PS: bonus points for anyone knowing both bands!:DL)

On the left is Glenn Danzig, on the right young Lemmy! ;)

Honestly, I don't know the band - but I want to know where this gorgeous chicks sings, so please tell!

I didn't know plixid yet, however they have some good stuff to download there! :up:

[DarkFish]

bottom photo is the band moonsorrow.aye:DL

On the left is Glenn Danzig, on the right young Lemmy! ;)

Honestly, I don't know the band - but I want to know where this gorgeous chicks sings, so please tell!hmm, he does look a bit like Lemmy now you say it:hmmm:

Anyway, this "Lemmy" is the brother of the cute chick you speak of, and together they are in the Folk Metal band Equilibrium (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zih80RNPZL8):up:

[Penguin]

aye:DL

hmm, he does look a bit like Lemmy now you say it:hmmm:

Anyway, this "Lemmy" is the brother of the cute chick you speak of, and together they are in the Folk Metal band Equilibrium (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zih80RNPZL8):up:

ah, bedankt, too bad she's from Bavaria - can't understand the language ;)
You Dutch also have some nice women in metal bands:

http://www.skullbunnie.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/simon.png

(http://gorseller.itusozluk.com/d5da5e520ef869a9dcad8de13f7923d221422/tb/110)

[Gerald]

If she has real red hair, speaks it own language, temperamental, and the border with insolence, moreover, it looks good .... so far :O:

[DarkFish]

ah, bedankt, too bad she's from Bavaria - can't understand the language ;)
You Dutch also have some nice women in metal bands:aye, Simone Simons looks pretty good:DL

If she has real red hair, speaks it own language, temperamental, and the border with insolence, moreover, it looks good .... so far :O:Her hair is real;)
She doesn't sing her own language though, Epica sings in English. The only Metal band I know that sings in Dutch is Heidevolk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ddQ2cmtCFM).


Wodan Heerscht! \m/

[Betonov]

If she has real red hair, speaks it own language, temperamental, and the border with insolence, moreover, it looks good .... so far :O:
I see I'm not alone when it comes to redhaired women

[Gerald]

Redheads are clear signs of being a little TOO MUCH, and this is based on my own experience, :know:

[Betonov]

Redheads are clear signs of being a little TOO MUCH, and this is based on my own experience, :know:
TOO MUCH of what o what or... explain please :know:

[Gerald]

Is the door closed? I had a relationship with a "redhead" and she was pretty cocky in many ways, which certainly benefited me in some respects, all of which she said one thing and did something completely different, but right in that behavior, she needs not to be "redhead" :O:

[Betonov]

gotcha :salute: the type of woman I'm always atracted to, cocky, confident, never dresses like a slut, maybe like a bitch, smart and even too much aware of it.... and RED

[Gerald]

You have a clear picture, bitch, or perhaps come from another planet, :yep:

[Betonov]

a combination of both, with red hair

[Gerald]

http://imgur.com/2hHmn.jpg

:cool:

[Betonov]

:D I think I'm in love.

[Gerald]

I could not resist, :O:

[August]

You seen one long haired dirty biker you've seen them all. :)