The Hells Angels: Hunter Thompson Interview (1967)

[@marekohampton8477]

I can't count the number of times I've bought, lost, lent out, re-bought and read that book over the last 30 years.

[@Kumite_Champ]

Reading it now

[@Thelavendel]

maybe try to read another book?

[@MrKcrypto]

​@@Thelavendel maybe try to contribute to a civil conversation without being a douchebag?

[@johnybravo3089]

Ive just bought this book, along with his fear and loathing book . I can't wait to read it mate

[@jdavidrhea]

It’s weird seeing Hunter do a long-form, serious, coherent interview.

[@herboffour8594]

Same. But in spite of the toll that his lifestyle took on him he was always obviously intelligent and, even at his worst, there was always the presence of a keen sense of humor that made him fun and still sharp in his own way. I never really saw him utterly embarrass himself when he spoke. The fundamental makeup of his mind, his perception, his intellectual curiosity and ability to see through bullshit were always relatively on point, IMO. So many of the things he spoke and wrote about are more pertinent and relevant now, maybe more than ever. You read some of the shit he was writing about even as late as 2001 and he was still nailing most of it. Only real time I thought he was coming off the rails was the interview he did that went into 9/11 conspiracy theories. It was PBS or the BBC I think. He had found a meaningful thread to pull on there of sorts but it was attached to the wrong sweater.

[@sebatianalvarado7171]

@@herboffour8594 whats a conspiracy theory about 9/11 .... NOT BELIEVING THE MOCKINGBIRD NARRATIVE ?? .. just curious ...

[@herboffour8594]

"Who stands to benefit? etc" He seemed to be hinting at something like an inside job, which I don't buy. "He was spot on about the deflection to the Iraq invasion and completely ignoring the Saudis but I got the impression he was strongly implying that Bush?Cheney were in on it and helped plan it. That never held water for me@@sebatianalvarado7171

[@darkestjuggalo420]

That's because this is the genuine Hunter the one the public never truly knew.

[@tcme11]

Sometimes he's Hunter, sometimes he's playing Hunter. No one should ever be mistaken about just how serious a thinker and writer he was, when he respected his craft.

[@Thelavendel]

"they get together and frighten people who can ordinarily frighten them"

[@PowerSynopsis]

That's a good way to describe cowards.

[@knowbody9679]

@@PowerSynopsis That is most bullies Ive ever met. They are masking their own fear. I’ve seen it many times.

[@Tommi1981]

​​They would rather hug people. I'm sure. But are spoiled​ by the worlds going. Yeah there is fear. And depression. Loneliness. Communication problems. Disabilities. Functional impairments. Poor sight. Bad self esteem. One wants to be loved. if not, admired, if not, feared. if not, loathed and despised. You want to give people some kind of feeling. The soul trembles at the void and wants contact at any cost.”@@knowbody9679

[@Tommi1981]

​​@@knowbody9679When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going. Hunter; When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro! Bullying sucks. I think bullies are being abused and bullied. By the devil. Jesus saves.

[@justmeeagainn]

Best line of the interview, "It's either self-evident or it doesn't matter." This might become my philosophy of life.

[@p0ssesst]

13:21

[@MD-lf3gt]

I don’t know. It has a shallow flavor. Like other people don’t exist.

[@Area_man_88]

It's funny to hear someone from 1967 describe society as "automated and technological."

[@coreyhall1150]

Because ppl like him KNEW where it was all going to lead. Television, etc..... Believe it or not some ppl are GREAT at calculating where the world is headed when u take certain things in account.

[@Area_man_88]

@@coreyhall1150 I agree with you--he was a visionary. It's just that with the benefit of hindsight we know how primitive it was then. In 1967 very few people had a credit card. A luxury item called the microwave oven was just being introduced. It would be another several years until people could buy their own handheld calculator. And so on ..

[@obadiahsmith2345]

Do you think perceptions change at any singular point in time ?

[@Wanderlustus]

Read Vonnegut's "Player Piano."

[@E50creative]

@@coreyhall1150 more like because i was automated and technological more so then than now beleve that or not there is a little thing called "THE INDUSTRIAL REVLOUTION" theres a reason people call those days of the age the industrial revolution and this wasnt because people werent doing anything new things were happening at a rate faster than any time in history comared to when the man was born and AM RADIO isnt or wasnt even a thing yet to a time when seeeming all technonlgy came out of no where you people with your comments man use your friggin brains so what if i dont waste my time w/speelcheck i bet you copied what i said

[@raymondchollet3199]

This segment is a valued addition to the comprehemtion of this very well versed writer.

[@aVerveQuest]

It's amazing to see Thompson at a time when he still had a career as a straight journalist, and the Hell's Angels at the time before they were a mafia or corporation

[@w8m4n]

Could've made a great ventriloquist.

[@ramborn9]

As far as I’m aware, this was one of Hunter’s very first calls to limelight. He had been given the Angels’ assignment at a time when nobody knew too much about him - after a year on the assignment he finished for various reasons and then came to do this interview. So this is Hunter before everyone superimposed Duke onto him.

[@kenny8351]

The book is where Hunter found himself, and his career took off.

[@geoffwidmier3714]

This was definitely the point of his transformation from semi-normal person into the man who wrote Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. I remember reading one of the Gonzo diaries and being shocked by how different his early writing was from what he put out in the 70s.

[@MeshuggenehRina]

I miss when he was easier to understand! Not that I was alive when he was around…Though he spoke fast here & in other interviews of this time, his brain wasn’t completely fried. It’s refreshing to hear. and he wasn’t that bad looking when he was younger XD

[@browngreen933]

Very revealing. Notice how he said they emulated Brando in 1954 and not Marvin, although Marvin was the more accurate rendition.

[@harrykadaras9459]

During that Geraldo Rivera TV episode, the NY Chapter President said he preferred Lee Marvin's character because Brando's character was selfish and didn't care about his people..

[@benjaminduval6054]

2020 answered the question of what happens when too many people get pushed out of the job market.

[@joecummings1260]

I've only known one HA in my life so I can't speak of them, But up here where I live there are a lot of 1% guys and a few who are absolutely brilliant. Very highly skilled in the trades, and that includes knowing the math and the theory. I had one late night conversation with one about the different translations of Dante's Divine Comedy, and he had actually read it in Italian and 2 english translations Longfellow and Ciardi

[@Ruiner10000000001]

Hunter giving a thoughtful interview about his amazing book. Sadly he took on his "persona" way too much later on.

[@TonaldDrump686]

Eccentric would you say..?

[@sweetness1586]

this person is very intelligent !!!

[@dusandragovic09srb]

Cigarette tells a different story

[@3up3down.]

And he’s likely high as fuck.

[@sebatianalvarado7171]

@@dusandragovic09srb think use of ciggys was still thought of as safe back then .. the companys side effects info still hadnt been released .. just a point .. but HST basically used all drugs so dont think ciggys negative effects ever crossed his mind .. most highly intelligent people have unhealthy vices or addictive personalities ..

[@ianbermingham9047]

Gobshite

[@nagone11]

What wasn't really said was how he almost got beaten to death getting the story on The Hell's Angels...that was including the beer of course. Sonny Barger their leader, certainly gave credit to Hunter for that.

[@thevelointhevale1132]

Give it a rest ... he wasn't nearly beaten to death at all - he got roughed up and caught a black eye.

[@nagone11]

@@thevelointhevale1132 it in Hunter's book...you can read it yourself..and Sonny Barger said it as well...just too much out there to deny if bro.

[@IdontKnow-gm7eu]

@@thevelointhevale1132 I'd take the word of HST over the Hell's Angels.

[@brian3174]

@@thevelointhevale1132 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@orsoncart9441]

Nearly 60 years on and if people are interested in the Hells Angels they always end up with Hunter S Thompson.

[@PureNRG2]

I always thought that Thompson was sort of a jerk. But, after listening to several interviews, he seems a very bright, serious, reflective and decent sort of a fellow. And, given his departure, probably troubled throughout much of his life.

[@OldManRiv3r]

Both of his former wives have said he would have moments of profound violence followed by outstanding gestures of love. He was definitely erratic, for sure. I do always think of his interview in 75', where he says that one of the biggest issues in his life was people not realizing he was cruelly joking with them. Honestly I think he was a man who was very keen on giving the people what they expect, and he grew resentful in people expecting Duke and not Thompson. So gradually his joking around with people grew more cruel.

[@92GreyBlue]

Demented creep used to make snuff films of animals and human beings being t()rtured to death. It's been exposed by ex senator John DeCamp and if you want to hear a personal testimony from one of his survivors you can look up one of several Paul Bonacci interviews conducted by ex director of the FBI Ted Gunderson. Look up Paul Bonacci Hunter Thompson. If it is not on youtube anymore it shouldn't be hard to find elsewhere. I do warn you it is EXTREMELY graphic content.

[@michaeldebellis4202]

The reason he fell out with the Angels is he tried to intervene when one of them were beating up their girlfriend. He didn’t suffer fools gladly and he thought a lot of people were fools but he had great talent and created some of the best prose by an American author and he had principles and honor I think he was done in by too much coke and a lack of direction when the counter culture got co opted and yippies turned into yuppies.

[@K98876]

He was very distinguished looking

[@brandonkindt1205]

He was certainly prophetic: Underqualified, self-proclaimed rebels with bad tattoos, drug addictions and McJobs are the norm now.

[@browngreen933]

Cutting edge remark. 😮

[@paulmeredith4515]

Really That’s your take? If that’s your opinion, Maybe you should surround yourself with more successful people

[@brandonkindt1205]

@@paulmeredith4515 That's not my opinion Those are statistical facts. Nearly half of Americans now have tattoos. Cannabis shops are legalized in much of the country. What was counter-culture in Hunter's time is now mainstream.

[@lcchristensen9322]

I read his Hell's Angels book about 20 years ago.....it was great read.

[@JohnSmith-xy7jc]

If you thought the automated technilogical society was bad back THEN..

[@oberlinio]

Guessing the 60s tech level is not that much diff than currently. Factories, electronic networks. Still driving automobiles. We're still in the same epoch (or era?)... perhaps

[@jeand8943]

I borrowed that book from some guy who hung out with me and my biker friends, he wasn’t a biker he was just a guy who came around here and there, I heard he still wants his book back even after 40 years, hahahahaha!!!

[@JasonJohnson-kq2eq]

Love his books, read everything he wrote in book form and many of his articles, but it was fiction. He imagined all his stories but the stories were great. I truly miss your writing Mr. Thompson, you will be missed greatly.

[@Artguitars]

And you know it all to be fiction how?

[@donnydonnybrook8131]

Raul Duke 🚀

[@aleksandrored13]

Thanks for the video!! MOBFAX I have a doubt about the video "The California Mafia - The Dark Side of Paradise": I went to research and from what I understand it was broadcast on a radio station, is that right? I was confused because at first I thought you didn't get the video and that's why you posted only the audio.

[@MOBFAX]

Yes, it’s a radio program. If it’s on video, I can’t find it.

[@aleksandrored13]

@@MOBFAX Thanks for the answer. I love your channel.

[@gespachosoup]

Doctor* Hunter Thompson

[@gespachosoup]

He had a doctorate in divinity purchased by mail for $25.00. he's a doctor 🤣

[@dolltall]

Nice

[@TurtleTube123]

1. A great number of those misfits are very frequently characters with great potential. 2. They just fail to fit in the society because society is a straitjacket for anyone really creative. 3. What such people don't seem to realize very often, and it's hard to realize, is that taking the opposite side of being an outlaw, only strengthens the society itself. 4. Whenever there are two opposing elements, the one creates and strengthens the other. They establish their own balance. 5. Ultimately, a personality is made neither by conforming to the society, out of laziness and cowardice nor by rejecting for the sake of rejecting and to be a feel-good-rebel. Stop the nonsense and be yourself. 6. This however, is not as easy as it sounds. 7. One thing that it does includes for sure, is to stop reading comments on KZbin by guys like me, who are arrogant and think they have all the answers 😂😂

[@user-zr6pl6nb6z]

I've never fit into society, but I've never considered joining a biker gang.

[@carindreams5066]

Holy shit, this is great writing, almost goes into Buddhist dualism at the end.

[@user-zr6pl6nb6z]

@@carindreams5066 Slowly put the bong down.

[@carindreams5066]

@@user-zr6pl6nb6z Haha

[@blackspring3207]

@@carindreams5066 OC doesn't suggest that it's likely or necessary that one would join a biker gang as a result of not fitting into society, only that it is one possible path and that among the Hell's Angels it is frequently represented.

[@rugger104]

He owes them beer- he welshed haha

[@bobberguy1]

Too late to collect.

[@bentonja668]

They kicked his ass before he could make good

[@rugger104]

@@bentonja668 and it appears that he deserved every bit of it lol

[@VAcreeper]

He shoulda NEVER jumped in between Junkie George and his ol lady… and the dog..

[@Saturnia2014]

@@VAcreeper Maybe junkie shouldn't have been beating a woman and a dog, perhaps? Hunter had the balls to step in and take on a man 1on1, at least

[@Wayzor_]

Fucking around with bikers is never a good idea. But can be very profitable.

[@4ourty5ive]

I mean he traveled with them for a year or so for this story, this book. Not like he wasn't welcomed, to an extent

[@CLuvTV]

1967 was considered a technological society lol

[@ronhomolka1796]

He wasn’t on a lot of drugs here

[@kayeb222]

Hunters lips barely move when he talks. He'd make a great ventriloquist!

[@PLAYERSLAYER_22]

lsd jaw

[@w8m4n]

Damn it, I checked the comments before posting almost the exact same thing, alas, I continued to scroll post posting

[@kayeb222]

@@w8m4n Lol. He certainly has one hell of a way of speaking (especially as he got older). The way he sort of mumbles/slurs at top speed whilst barely moving his lips is totally unique!! RIP Hunter.

[@kayeb222]

@@w8m4n To be fair I posted my comment over a year ago so you can't be blamed for not spotting it 👍

[@mdgm9]

You have to read Sonny’s book if you want the real truth.

[@woodstock6792]

I thought the typical was a war vet at that time?

[@bentonja668]

He covers all of that in the book

[@E.C.2]

1967 was when the transition from war vets to modern guys was occurring.

[@robbielittle8575]

Did he ever give the 2 kegs of beer he owed? Lol

[@quentinrunyon3461]

I’ve never seen him without a cigarette

[@collinmc90]

You ever realize all your heroes either went insane or killed themselves? huh.

[@carolecksit2947]

Can’t discriminate around here

[@sebatianalvarado7171]

or made snuff movies eh hunter

[@92GreyBlue]

Demented creep used to make snuff films of animals and human beings being t()rtured to death. It's been exposed by ex senator John DeCamp and if you want to hear a personal testimony from one of his survivors you can look up one of several Paul Bonacci interviews conducted by ex director of the FBI Ted Gunderson. Look up Paul Bonacci Hunter Thompson. If it is not on youtube anymore it shouldn't be hard to find elsewhere. I do warn you it is EXTREMELY graphic content.

[@sebatianalvarado7171]

funny had abt 4 thumbs up on above comment but none show ..

[@andrewrogers-lk3sn]

I do like h s t. But calling people loser's whilst you chain smoke is a bit much. He went on to consume industrial quantities of chems then shot himself. To be found by his son.

[@darylcumming7119]

A time capsule.

[@bigboyblue7181]

It's not like that anymore.

[@Thelavendel]

300 Hells Angels can drink 100's of dollars of beer within a few days. Holy shit that's a lot of beer!

[@brandonmiller3465]

100 back then could get you a lot of beer so that’s thousands + beer

[@Thelavendel]

@@brandonmiller3465 yeah but you can't really get drunk of beer. It's a pussy drink

[@Thelavendel]

@@brandonmiller3465 talking about that inflation are you

[@brandonmiller3465]

Yeah. that was a shit load of beer back then so if you think about it like that then holy shit lol talking about thousands of beers

[@mertistnbl]

very nice info 8:55

[@Ironwind1972]

How was he any different than them with his heavy drug use, incoherent activity and scaring the neighborhood with his unethical actions, including crazy gun and gunpowder use.

[@knowbody9679]

The loudest guy in the room is usually the biggest coward at heart. No coping skill and fractured ego.

[@donnydonnybrook8131]

I'll work 8 days a week if need be - H.S.T.

[@boyznthewoodz770]

From everything my friends ex HA dad tells me.. that bit about them scaring people and then killing them with kindness is 100% accurate. HAs love messing with civilians lmao

[@collinmc90]

my dads friend and his brother were involved with the angels in Northern California in the late 60s, early 70s. The brother "Eric the Red" was a tattoo artist for them and the other brother Ro, well apparently he was "too nice" to be let in but they let him hang around haha. Just a bunch of awesome dudes. But you wanna hear some WILD stories man I tell ya they got em.

[@billjones8503]

I'm getting Hell's Angels from the library. That reporter starts out as a dope.

[@robociock]

Cannot understand he speak too fast

[@DavidGS66]

As for HA intelligence, frankly, I wouldn't go to their club & talk about my little lobby, Quantum Physics. It's prison talk, ho, ho, ho.

[@aureliantudordumitrescu5828]

His muttering-way of speaking is so unpleasant.

[@xotl2780]

I like it

[@adamhicks304]

Without the motorcycle, they're just another punk - so true, and hilarious

[@dorianwolf2198]

Say that to their faces lol key board warrior

[@geoffferreros6401]

Whipping trees with chains😂

[@92GreyBlue]

It wasn't trees he was whipping.. the demented creep used to make snuff films of animals and human beings being t()rtured to death. It's been exposed by ex senator John DeCamp and if you want to hear a personal testimony from one of his survivors you can look up one of several Paul Bonacci interviews conducted by ex director of the FBI Ted Gunderson. Look up Paul Bonacci Hunter Thompson. If it is not on youtube anymore it shouldn't be hard to find elsewhere. I do warn you it is EXTREMELY graphic content.

[@toucheturtle3840]

What a clown… The Hells Angels were set up after WW2, by Men who had experienced awful atrocities…

[@srb_keepthechange]

"These people are breeding all over the country" :D

[@dorianwolf2198]

You don't cause of your Mutations shame

[@paulcooper-n2v]

They beat him up too.

[@someonewhoisnotretarded3708]

I have seen a number of interviews by this chap, and I cannot shake off the impression that he's making up stuff as he goes along. Perhaps, I am not on par with gonzo journalism after all.

[@3rd-eye-neenja563]

of course he is,, he's a drug addict

[@darrenb2020]

Everything is a true story if you really believe it happened.

[@TurtleTube123]

He has a slightly detached style in general lol. Probably a combination of his personality and excessive drug use... but it doesn't reflect on his integrity.... you can do the research to conclude that....

[@chestermarcol3831]

A Bukowski wanna be.

[@PhillipRogers-y6o]

He is making it up as he goes along

[@tyomies6168]

This is a very good interview. In the conclusion Thompson was basically describing the average Trump-fans and the people who stormed Capitol Hill.

[@Old_Fafnir]

Get help asshole. TDS is infecting your tiny brain.

[@tomwilson8607]

depp copied this weird way of talking in stuttering spasms for the film fear and loathing,,

[@ssherrierable]

A lifelong junkie that is public about his drug use calling other people losers 😂

[@Fausto_4841]

remember, this is a man who shot himself while an 8 year old child was in the same house. what a scumbag.

[@92GreyBlue]

THANK YOU. Demented creep used to make snuff films of animals and human beings being t()rtured to death. It's been exposed by ex senator John DeCamp and if you want to hear a personal testimony from one of his survivors you can look up one of several Paul Bonacci interviews conducted by ex director of the FBI Ted Gunderson. Look up Paul Bonacci Hunter Thompson. If it is not on youtube anymore it shouldn't be hard to find elsewhere. I do warn you it is EXTREMELY graphic content.

[@JimLovell-np4pv]

no this is the young man who was long gone by the time the old man did that cruel thing you mention

[@gregorywilliams1775]

I think he was way off on who HA's are. More are looking for the bond with brother's. Lots are vets. Vets looking for the same bond he found with men they went into battle with. That's super hRd to find.... Just my opinion, but who am I Semper fi

[@Hellbender21]

Truth. You have a lot of brothers, in addition to Marines. You are not alone.

[@jamesgonsalves694]

Talk about doing drugs...this guy, we all know especially after this interview realized..WOW I LIKE COCAINE...maybe my writing will get better as I scare the hell out of my family firing guns in my house, like elvis when I'm Tripping on windowpane windowpane windowpane

[@hollywoodhiggins1576]

Sounds like they were all alcoholics an addicts. They should of looked for people never arrested lol if u got caught 13 times you were considered the man????? That life makes no sense to me! With that being said I would of joined 100% lmao

[@lldjwhyteell]

😂

[@nomecognome8737]

you and me both

[@markbrodie2784]

his book was the definitive study of the original Hells Angels in the 1960"s. Though Thompson is a bit of a phony, his writing skills are legendary.

[@TheTentailsnaruto]

Phony how?

[@92GreyBlue]

Demented creep used to make snuff films of animals and human beings being t()rtured to death. It's been exposed by ex senator John DeCamp and if you want to hear a personal testimony from one of his survivors you can look up one of several Paul Bonacci interviews conducted by ex director of the FBI Ted Gunderson. Look up Paul Bonacci Hunter Thompson. If it is not on youtube anymore it shouldn't be hard to find elsewhere. I do warn you it is EXTREMELY graphic content.

[@michaelpender6971]

stinking of all matter of grace and slime

[@buddyboy3231]

he snuffed himself go figure

[@NOCXCIDE]

"I want to go out like a champion." It looks like he did just that.

[@jimmythemadostrich8947]

Guess the tedium finally becomes too much for some.

[@walmart_ar1567]

@@NOCXCIDEthats about as far as going out like a champion as possible

[@sebatianalvarado7171]

snuffed thinking about all the snuff movies he made ..

[@92GreyBlue]

Demented creep used to make snuff films of animals and human beings being t()rtured to death. It's been exposed by ex senator John DeCamp and if you want to hear a personal testimony from one of his survivors you can look up one of several Paul Bonacci interviews conducted by ex director of the FBI Ted Gunderson. Look up Paul Bonacci Hunter Thompson. If it is not on youtube anymore it shouldn't be hard to find elsewhere. I do warn you it is EXTREMELY graphic content.

[@samuelgarrod8327]

He sold them out, took a beating. It's not a great book. None of them are.

[@benwinter2420]

How he ended up on talk shows , blown out alcho a sorry mess , hard to get a word out . . is what it is tempting fate by calling the angels kettle black , read most his books . . heard he was involved hearsay in snuff movies , my take on that is that he being original US military correspondent & in the system so to speak , with Christians In Action links obvious . . is he was't involved in snuff scene . . but was too close to bone other things in shadows & drank to excess knowing how close to waterfall he sailed

[@Harlen1985]

Nothing but a junkie

[@mikeparkhurst8804]

Haha he didn't speak for a while...they broke the idiots jaw..🤣

[@dtogo4286]

He may have been a talented writer, but HST was a horrible person.

[@sebatianalvarado7171]

finally someone who gets it and what he got up too .. letterman interview about killing says it all .. typical dark remorseless soul ..

[@92GreyBlue]

Demented creep used to make snuff films of animals and human beings being t()rtured to death. It's been exposed by ex senator John DeCamp and if you want to hear a personal testimony from one of his survivors you can look up one of several Paul Bonacci interviews conducted by ex director of the FBI Ted Gunderson. Look up Paul Bonacci Hunter Thompson. If it is not on youtube anymore it shouldn't be hard to find elsewhere. I do warn you it is EXTREMELY graphic content.

[@92GreyBlue]

@@sebatianalvarado7171 Read my comment bro you are 100% correct ^

[@Eatmeeeee]

I’m sorry but I’ve died twice and you can’t take that away no matter how long you live. You will always be wild