History

HISTORY

On March 17th 1948 the first Hells Angels Motorcycle Club was founded in the Fontana/San Bernardino area in the United States of America. About the same time, other clubs were formed in various places in the state of California, but none of these clubs were associated with Hells Angels nor with each other. Most of them do not exist today, but the Berdoo charter (San Bernadino) still does.

During the fifties more Hells Angels Charters came into existence. In the beginning the different charters had nothing to do with each other, but after some years they united and a regular criteria of admission was laid down. From having been exclusively a Californian phenomenon, the club developed internationally in 1961. It happened when the first charter outside California was adopted – strangely enough - as far away as Auckland, New Zealand. During the sixties Hells Angels spread out to the East Coast of the USA and later to the Midwest.

Timeline

1948

The first Hells Angels Motorcycle Club was founded in the Fontana/San Bernardino area in the United States of America

1954

HAMC Frisco rolls out. By 1957 — Oakland joins in. After that, the club’s charters started spreading fast across the USA.

1961

The club goes international — the first charter outside the U.S. opens in Auckland, New Zealand. From there, the patch starts spreading across the globe.

1969

First charter in the Old World? London, England — where the patch hit European soil.

1997

Another red & white country joins the ranks — Spain, with the first charter in Barcelona.

2006

The journey brings us here — the Costa Blanca charter is born.

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