"We don't recruit members," is another Hells Angel tenet. The same goes, of course, for the Royal Canadian Yacht Club. One of the original rules was that if an Angel got into a fight, even one-on-one, all others present would join in. To be an Angel is to put the club above all else. One to which the Angels would probably reply: if you have to ask, you'll never understand. Treat me bad and I'll treat you worse."Ī fair question. When we do bad, no one forgets." Then there's: "Treat me good and I'll treat you better.
Or to hold annual toy drives for children's charities or organize rock festivals and motorcycle drag races or maintain sophisticated websites or run stores selling "support" merchandise, all of which the Angels do.īut, to quote an old Hells Angel saw, "When we do good, no one remembers. It would hardly be more incongruous for the Mafia to put "La Cosa Nostra" in flashing neon outside their strongholds. Which, with great corporate acumen, the motorcycle club (they don't like being called a gang) long since copyrighted. Law-enforcement agencies routinely label them as a criminal organization, accused of everything from drug pushing to pimping to murder.Īnd then you walk down one of "their" streets and see an urban fortress emblazoned with huge, colourful Hells Angel logos. Members call themselves outlaws (as opposed to Outlaws, which is a rival biker organization) and sport a "1%" badge to dissociate themselves from the straight-and-narrow-walking majority. There are chapters in more than 20 countries. Much has been written about the Hells Angels in recent years, especially as almost overnight Ontario's Golden horseshoe went from having two Angels to arguably the largest concentration in the world. On the other, in Oakland, Calif., the "mother chapter" is celebrating its golden anniversary. headquarters of one of the Angels' newest chapters. On one side of the continent, the Toronto police have just taken possession – temporarily at least bikers have good lawyers – of the Eastern Ave. (And black socks? A fashion crime on top of everything else that's been levelled against them.) This pair in Amsterdam, for instance, with their brutish, snorting Harley-Davidsons, death's head vests, tattoos, shorts and sneakers. In contrast to the harsh, electro-house style that made "Rocker" and "Gehts Noch?" successful, Flügel's recent work is inspired chiefly by techno and krautrock.Sometimes, Hells Angels just wanna have fun.
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Since Alter Ego became inactive, Flügel signed to Dial Records and released three full length solo albums so far, along with several EPs released on various other labels and collaborations with like-minded artists such as Simian Mobile Disco and Daniel Avery, who count Flügel's work as inspirations. In 2005, Roman Flügel went on to produce the track "Gehts Noch?", which was a worldwide hit, and was regularly played by many international DJs. In interviews, Flügel suggested that the hiatus occurred because the two simply stopped enjoying working professionally, and following their own projects was the best way of both securing their friendship and keeping their work interesting. Though the two remain friends, Alter Ego have not been active since the release of their final album in 2008. French group Black Strobe took out 'Best Remix' honours with their remix of "Rocker". In the 2004 Groove Magazine Readers Poll, Alter Ego won three categories, taking out the award for 'Best Single' for "Rocker", 'Best Album' for Transphormer, and also 'Best Live Act'. The track peaked at #32 in the UK Singles Chart. They achieved notability in 2004 with their track "Rocker", which became one of the year's defining dance anthems, especially in Europe, and getting played on rotation amongst the most popular DJs such as Felix Da Housecat, 2 Many DJs and The Chemical Brothers. Alter Ego is a German music group, comprising Roman Flügel and Jörn Elling Wuttke.
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