An Inside Look at Hells Angels

Follow us:      A Look Inside the Biker World by a Long-Time Motorcycle Club Member BROWSE OUR BOOKS Shop by Marque/Model Automotive How-To Biographies Car Culture Hot Rods & Customs Motorcycle Culture Motorcycle How-To Muscle Cars Racing Planes, Trains & More Shop by Series MOTORBOOKS BLOG The Hells Angels: A Love of Motorcycles and the Camaraderie of the Brotherhood My name is Phil Cross, and I've been a Hells Angel for forty-three years. Everybody has their own story as to what led them to become a member, but we all have one thing in common: a love of both motorcycles and the camaraderie of the brotherhood. This is my story. I have been a Hells Angel longer than many people predicted I would be alive. I'm not kidding; I was somewhat reckless in my youth and was told more than once or twice, or a dozen times, that I would not live to see thirty, or probably even twenty-one. You get the picture. Well, it turns out that they were all wrong . . . really wrong.   continue >   Dear ASD, The Hells Angels often get a bad rap. Like any club, you will find all kinds of members in the organization: good, bad, and ugly. One who stands out is Phil Cross, and his fascinating story is told in our latest release, Phil Cross: Gypsy Joker to a Hells Angel. Read the intro to the book in the Motorbooks Blog. Then pick up a copy of the book to read the rest of the story.   In the early 1960s, a young Navy vet, motorcyclist, amateur photographer, and rebel named Phil Cross joined a motorcycle club called the Hells Angels. It turned out to be a bogus chapter of the club that would soon find infamy, so he switched to another club called the Night Riders. Like the bogus chapter of the Hells Angels, this turned out to be a club whose brotherhood was run by a man Mr. Cross describes as "a complete asshole." One day, Mr. Cross stuffed the leader in a ringer-type washing machine and joined a club called the Gypsy Jokers. He started a San Jose chapter of the Jokers and embarked on the most action-packed years of his life. The Jokers were in the midst of a shooting war with the real Hells Angels. The fighting became so intense that the Jokers posted snipers atop their clubhouse. This was a rough time, but it was also the height of the free-love hippie era, and as a young man, Phil enjoyed himself to the fullest. He never let anything as minor as a little jail time stop his fun. Once, while serving time for fighting and fleeing an officer, Phil broke out of jail, entered his bike in a bike show, won the bike show, and broke back into jail before anyone discovered he was missing. Though Phil was tough-he was a certified martial arts instructor-the Angels proved a tough foe. After multiple beating-induced emergency room visits, Mr. Cross decided that if you can't beat 'em, join 'em, so he and most of his club brothers patched over to become the San Jose chapter of the Hells Angels. Phil Cross: Gypsy Joker to a Hells Angel chronicles the life and wild times of Mr. Cross in words and photos.  More Hot Titles from Motorbooks How to Tune and Modify Automotive Engine Management Systems The All-American Muscle Car The Vincent in the Barn See Our Entire Library at Motorbooks.com Ebooks, too Many of our books are available as ebooks. If we have an ebook for your favorite title, there will be a series of "Buy the ebook" links on the product page, so you can choose your preferred ebook format and vendor. If the book you want isn't available as an ebook, check back often. We're converting more titles to ebook formats every day. FIND MORE BOOKS FOR ENTHUSIASTS

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