Hells Angels Motorcycle Club [Hardcover]

Andrew Shaylor (Author), Sonny Barger (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 2005

Photographer Andrew Shaylor has been given unique access to the secret world of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club, resulting in over 300 stunning photographs of individuals, HAMC events, members' motorcycles, clubhouses and a multitude of details that uniquely define HAMC culture. See also special collector's edition, right.

Editorial Reviews

Review

The powerful images in this book give an in-depth insight into a worldwide association.

About the Author

Andrew Shaylor is a professional photographer whose work has appeared in numerous magazines, including Vogue, Esquire, Blueprint, Tatler. Sonny Barger, an American legend, was the co-founder, and for many years president, of the Oakland, California, chapter of the HAMC. He now lives near Phoenix, Arizona, where he is a member of the Cave Creek chapter. He has served as a technical consultant on several bike films and written two bestselling books. His third book, a novel entitled Dead in 5 Heartbeats, was published in 2003.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: Merrell Publishers; Revised edition (April 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1858942438
• ISBN-13: 978-1858942438
• Product Dimensions: 11.8 x 9.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,572,702 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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25 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars not enough bang in a book about a subject that is pure fire, July 29, 2005

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T. Murray "kidmonk" (Indiana) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hells Angels Motorcycle Club (Hardcover)

although this book features great and at times candid photography it is handicapped by attempting to deal with a worldwide phenomenon (the hells angels mc) through the eyes of only its UK members...the angels though now global are a pure american institution...they could not have been founded anywhere else in the world with the same results...so it is unfortunant that such a wonderful idea as using unbiased photography to bring the club to life was used in such a limited capacity...the hamc deserves a massive work in this vein...any attempt to bring the angels to the general public without including at least a glimpse of its american roots stands only to leave a sense of unfinshed business in its wake...

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars My review of Mr. Shaylor photo book, July 26, 2007

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G. Nance (Deer Park, Texas United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hells Angels Motorcycle Club (Hardcover)

I agree whole heartedly with the one gentleman who was dissapointed that the picture book had no representation of the U.S. Hells Angels - particularly the famous, celebrated and of course notorious California Hells Angels where it all began. I eagerly awaited the arrival of this book and couldn't wait to open it up and go through the pics. As I flipped (and flipped and flipped) my dissapointment mounted as I became aware there would be no pics, stories etc. of all the famous/notorious Angels I had read about in other outlaw mc books. In that regard this book was a huge dissapointment to me. Who cares about European/foreign Hells Angels? I want the real thing! The pictures are good and impressive I will say but I felt no bond to European i.e. "foreign" Angels - they're just different over there. For example, in some of the photos you see these "foreign" Angels wearing huge bulbous helmets and, of all things, TENNIS SHOES while riding their bikes! Please! I was dissapointed in the book to say the least. Thank you.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed, November 11, 2007

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Patti "Book Lady" (RATHDRUM, ID, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hells Angels Motorcycle Club (Paperback)

I was disappointed in this book, for the price I was expecting much more. The photos are well done, I only hope that a similar book will follow to cover the United States,that would be truly of interest.