The Charters Began to Expand
When the club started in the early days, it started to spread across California quickly. Ralph “Sonny” Barger, the founder of the Oakland charter, noted that when the club started to expand, it reached areas like San Francisco, Gardena, Oakland, and many other places that were not so popular.
When the charters started, they never focused too much on the others across town but were concerned only about themselves. However, when the 1950s kicked in, the different groups started to form a larger team and had a sense of unity. This was where they started to develop the idea of having certain criteria that must be met before joining.
The Charters Began To Expand
A Cornerstone of Counterculture
The counterculture movement was a big thing for Hells Angels back in the 1960s and was a big deal in California. They would attend all the local music and social events, especially in the Haight-Ashbury regions of San Francisco.
Their attendance was important as some of the members were directed to some of the music legends such as the Merry Pranksters, Jerry Garcia, and the Grateful Dead, Ken Kesey, and the Rolling Stones.
A Cornerstone Of Counterculture
