“Just because someone is related to you by blood that doesn’t make them family. UNCONDITIONAL love, loyalty and support is what makes one family in our brotherhood. All of you judgmental self-righteous hypocrites wonder why we are so strong and how our numbers keep growing. We offer a loyal family structure for the true warriors that are often condemned by your so called society.” - “Sonny” Barger (October 8, 1938 - )

ABOUT THIS WARRIOR:

Ralph Hubert “Sonny” Barger (born October 8, 1938 in Modesto, California) is a founding member (1957) of the Oakland, California, U.S. chapter of Hells Angels.

Barger was one of the Hells Angels present at the The Rolling Stones’ Altamont Free Concert in 1969. He is also famous for his appearance in Hunter S. Thompson’s widely read account of life within the club, Hell’s Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs.

Sonny Barger is also the author of four books: Hell’s Angel: The Life and Times of Sonny Barger and the Hell’s Angels Motorcycle Club, Freedom: Credos from the Road, Dead in 5 Heartbeats and 6 Chambers, 1 Bullet. He was editor for the book Ridin’ High, Livin’ Free. Barger has appeared as an extra in the films Hells Angels on Wheels and Hell’s Angels ‘69.

In 1983, Barger was diagnosed with throat cancer, caused by years of heavy smoking. As a result, his vocal cords were removed and subsequently as a laryngectomee he has learned to vocalize using the muscles in this throat.

In 1988, Barger was sentenced for conspiring to blow up the clubhouse of a rival motorcycle club, the Outlaws in Louisville, Kentucky, and spent 4 years in federal prison in Arizona.

As of 2007, Barger is still an active member of the Hells Angels in the Cave Creek Chapter (Phoenix, Arizona), having moved there from Oakland in 1998. He is reported to have owned 10 to 12 motorcycles throughout his life, and currently rides a Harley Davidson

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