Never-Seen: Hells Angels, 1965
 

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...ls-angels-1965

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

#4 looks awfully much like my favorite bar:DL

Cool, with pool and close to the bar counter,
 

:up:

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

I think they do charity rides for Toys for Tots.

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

Women Without Men
 

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

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

The thoughts of a beer is not far away,
 

:()1:

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.

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/mo...ka-1086666.jpg
Dindt get you far, but everyone knew where you were and where you are going

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...5cc291100e.jpg
http://zenemagazin.com/wp-content/up...row_groupe.jpg

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

bottom photo is the band moonsorrow.

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

http://www.madmaxmovies.com/cast-and...pps/Toadie.JPG

Yes, actually there is a certain similarity,
 

:yep: