A memoir of the Hells Angels motorcycle club from one of its most
high-profile leaders.
After forty years in the Hells Angels, George Christie was ready to
retire. As president of the high-profile Ventura charter of the club, he
had been the yin to Sonny Barger's yang. Barger was the reckless
figurehead and de facto world leader of the Hells Angels. Christie was
the negotiator, the spokesman, the thinker, the guy who smoothed things
out. He was the one who carried the Olympic torch and counted movie
stars, artists, rock musicians, and police chief captains among his
friends.
But leaving the Hells Angels isn't easy, and within two weeks of
retirement, he was told he was "out bad"--blackballed by his fellow
Angels, prohibited from wearing the club patch, and even told he should
remove his Death Head tattoo.
Now Christie sets out to tell his story. Exile on Front Street is the
tale of how a former Marine gave up a comfortable job with the
Department of Defense and swore allegiance to the Hells Angels. In this
revealing, hard-hitting memoir, he recounts his life as an outlaw biker
with the world's most infamous motorcycle club.