Exile on Front Street: My Life as a Hells Angel . . . and Beyond

About this book

I hadnt planned on writing a book when I quit the Hells Angels. 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 Bargers 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 isnt easy and within two weeks of retirement he was told he was out badblackballed 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 worlds most infamous motorcycle club.