Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
In the United States and Canada, the Hells Angels are incorporated as the Hells Angels Motorcycle Corporation. Common nicknames for the club are the "H.A.", "Red & White", and "81". [ 10 ] With a membership of over 6,000, and 592 charters in 66 countries, the HAMC is the largest "outlaw" motorcycle club in the world.
On July 30, 1969, Barger opened up the first Hells Angel chapter in Europe with a chapter being founded in London, followed by another in Zürich in 1970. [24] In 1969, he opened up Hells Angels chapters in New York , Salem and Rochester , giving the Angels a strong presence in the Northeast .
The Hells Angels founded their first chapters in New York state on December 5, 1969 by "patching over" the Aliens motorcycle gang of New York City and the Hackers biker gang in Rochester. [5] [6] Two other chapters in Upstate New York were then established in Binghamton in 1975, and Troy on August 23, 1978.
The Hells Angels was founded in the 1940s in Fontana, but Barger formed the Oakland chapter in April 1957. He became the club’s national president, its most visible and voluble figure.
Federal authorities argue the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club, which was founded in California more than 70 years ago, engages in the trafficking of drugs and firearms.
The Hells Angels founded their first chapters in New York state on December 5, 1969 by "patching over" the Aliens motorcycle gang of New York City and the Hackers biker gang in Rochester. [240] [241] In 1975, another chapter was established in Binghamton. [242]
One of the two primary belligerents in the Quebec Biker War (the other being the Hells Angels). The club was founded by Salvatore Cazzetta. [154] Rockers Motor Club: 1992 Montreal, Quebec Sadistic Souls Motorcycle Club: 2010 Wood River, Illinois, US
The first Hells Angels chapter in the United Kingdom was founded in London on 30 July 1969. [6] The HAMC has established seventeen chapters in England, with membership based primarily around the London, Manchester, Liverpool, Essex, Kent, Sussex and Tyne and Wear areas.