Greatest One-Percenter Myths, Mysteries, and Rumors Revealed

by Bill Hayes

Learn the real stories behind legendary events in motorcycle outlaw history.

Pretty much everything the world has ever heard about one-percenter motorcycle clubs has been pure, unadulterated bullshit. Take the so-called Hollister riot of 1947 that started it all. LIFE magazine convinced America that what Hunter Thompson called "The Menace" was about to ride into town spewing rage and 30-weight motor oil, and America believed it.

So what really happened in Hollister? Greatest One-Percenter Myths, Mysteries, and Rumors Revealed divulges the truth about that incident and many more legendary events, including Charles Manson’s desire for a biker army, what really happened to the Easy Rider bikes, and an examination of the mystery of the Waco shootings. The truth will be revealed, but only if you crack the spine on this book and read the real story.

Topics covered in this book include the following:
Lost Lore of the Laughlin River Run
The Straight Satans and Charles Manson
Inside the Heads of the Infiltrators
The Growth of the Three-Piece Patch in Red China
The Mystery of the Easy Rider Bikes
Blunders Down Under
Women in the Wild: Mamas, Sheep, Ol’ Ladies, and Lies
Purple Wings: Codes, Secrets, and Anti-Everything Acronyms
The Holiness of Hollister, the Sins of the Scribes
The Strange Rise and Fall of Japan’s Bosozoku
Putin’s Angels: Throwing the Separation of MC and State to the Wolves
Who Really Hatched Easy Rider?
Confessions of Murder on National Television
“Can You Guys Ride?”: Giving the Cast of Sons of Anarchy Their Keys
Waco: The Biggest Mystery of All

240 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 2016

About the author

Since the 1960s, Bill Hayes has turned his three prime passions--music, martial arts, and motorcycles--into a literary career.

The music part came first, as he wrote record reviews in sleazy underground '60s newspapers, but things got a lot less cheesy as slicker review venues and a long-running column in Real Blues magazine followed. He also had many martial arts features in the world-renowned Black Belt magazine.

But it's Hayes' love for motorcycles-- specifically the always-compelling biker culture-- that launched his writing success.

Reviews

[Jeff R. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not as exciting as the title makes it sound, there is some interesting history on the clubs in it and it is fairly accurate.