Hells Angels: Into the Abyss

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Summary: Yves Lavigne: Into the Trash
Review: First, I don't normally write, but as a biker with a voracious appetite for all things literary I felt a need to express my opinion about this book. DON'T BUY !
I have never read a book whose storyline was so erratic. The timeline bounced so bad that I was never sure what year I was in. This book was written as if the author was dictating to a tape recorder random thoughts while on the run from the HA and then published without proofreading.
This is the second book read from this author with similar results so I have learned my lesson. If readers desire readings about the Hells Angels, there are quite a few books that cover the subject properly from both sides of the fence.Even Sonny Barger expresses his story better than Yves Lavigne and I believe his expertise is in other areas.
To sum this up, Yves Lavigne writes the way Hunter S. Thompson talks.Maybe the literary police will arrest Yves before the Hells Angels find him.

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Summary: Yves Lavigne: Into the Trash
Review: If you like reading about a rat, and Anthony Tate stroking his ego for 400 pages of text, you mite like this book.

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Summary: An OK read
Review: It is so damn hard to find a worthwhile non-bias book on the Hells Angels MC, either the book was written by someone who holds the club to near and dear to talk about the real dirty business (huge meth labs?)or they are so despise the club for whatever reason that there words come through in such a self righteous do-good manner that it spoil the book, unfortunately the author of this book falls into the latter category.

He spend way to much time slandering the angels, saying that they are not men, that they are dogs,rats,worms, and alot of other animals! It gets old hearing the authors opinion on events that may have happened within the organization. There is a difference between accurately describing a situation or a person and putting your two cents in that seem lost on the author. I am undecided on wether or not I like how he goes WAY in depth with some of his descriptions..for instance, his insistance on letting you know just how damn hard it was to get P2P (phenyl2propane) in the early 80's, lots of discussion regarding the manufacturing of methamphetamine that maybe could have been shaved down a little bit.

The only reason I half way like the book is simply for the shock value of some of it, and I actually kind of like how the author portray Mr. Tait, I really got a good sense of who that man was. Otherwise but at your own risk...

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Summary: A good fun, trashy read !!!
Review: Poorly written but still difficult to put down. Yves Lavigne seems to throw his books together in a hurry, maybe he can't stay too long in one place ? Tait [the informer] is clearly a pathetic individual whose sole reason for grassing on his 'brothers' was to ingratiate himself to authority figures [that & a little money]. Although maybe physically tough he's clearly a man with no morals or character. He even looks like a cop, how didn't they spot him ? That will teach the HA to invite 'citizens' into their club who don't even own a motorcycle. Although I'm pretty impartial when it comes to the FBI/Hells Angels Lavigne's personal hatred of the HA makes this book a fun antidote to the club's propaganda about being modern day heroes & innocent victims of 'big brother' repression. Recommended.

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Summary: Slow to start, but overall good book
Review: This book was a little slow to start, but if you are at all interested in the history of the hells angels it becomes very interesting. It had a lot of interesting facts about the biker club.

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Summary: Trash Hits the Shelves Again!!
Review: This doesn't deserve to be called "Biker Trash" that's almost a term of endearment to us.

I give this author 1 Star for managing to have another book published! He is absolutely the worst writer I have ever read. Grammer, prose, language, not to mention information context just wrong, verbose, overbearing and pure fantasy! If however, you enjoy prolific filthy language, hey, this is the guy!

As usual, he bounces from one club to another, one chapter to another, dropping names, talking a great deal of "poetic license" in filling in the blanks to create his stories. Talks about his relations with insider informants, names club members, the main members anyone might know.

He still harps on all women associated with the clubs as sex slaves and prostitutes and other selected adjectives. There are a those stupid girls out there. I guarantee you, I may be a 1% VP's wife, but if ANY man dared to touch a hair on my head, do I need finish. And that goes for any other wife I know.

The first lousy book (Three can keep a secret if 2 are dead) seemed to focus on murders and drugs in Canada with the HA's then jumped to outlining other clubs and back to HA's. I am curious as to how any of his info might be substantiated.

If you are looking for that sort of truth, the only place you will find it is on the inside, no matter what you read, who you talk to, or who you think you know. News is always more sensational than the truth. Everyone that wears a badge isn't a good guy. And every Biker with a beard and log hair on a Harley IS NOT a bad guy.

Try Sonny's book, doensn't give a lot of detail's of the HA operations or organization and it doesn't have to. Respect that it exists whether you like it or not. We can agree to disagree

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Summary: first time read - shocking, but sadly true.
Review: This is exactly what the HELLS ANGELS M.C. (International) are up against. The expected move into terror, attacking other one percenters, and generally throwing away our original lifestyle. This book is really worth reading for two main reasons. ONE - just to see what happens when pure capitalism gets hold of a few greedy people, TWO - allowing the name HELLS ANGELS to be brought into the mainstream, which is opposite to the anti-corporate thing our founders wished. It is sad but true, and the HELLS ANGELS M.C.I., will stay out ''in the cold'' a little while longer thanks. ps- All interested people should read this book, but we must tell you - and other one percenters, there are true club members out there who wish not to offer murder and crime to our children - if ya know where to look.