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An outlaw motorcycle club is a motorcycle subculture. It is generally centered on the use of cruiser motorcycles, particularly Harley-Davidsons and choppers, and a set of ideals that purport to celebrate freedom, nonconformity to mainstream culture, and loyalty to the biker group.
This article contains a list of conflicts involving outlaw motorcycle clubs.
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Outcome | Killed | Wounded |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bandidos–Comancheros conflict (1984–present) [1] | Bandidos | Comancheros | Ongoing
| 7+ | 50+ |
Four Clubs–Mongrel Mob War (1989) [2] | Alliance of the Four Club Policy
| Mongrel Mob | Alliance victory
| 1 | 5 |
Comancheros–Hells Angels conflict (2009–present) [3] | Comancheros | Hells Angels | Ongoing
| 2+ | 15+ |
Rock Machine–Rebels conflict (2009–present) [4] | Rebels | Rock Machine | Ongoing
| 1 | 30+ |
Coffin Cheaters–Finks conflict (2010–present) [5] | Coffin Cheaters | Finks | Ongoing
| 1+ | 15+ |
Comancheros–Rebels conflict (2013–present) [6] | Comancheros | Rebels | Ongoing
| 2+ | 20+ |
Hells Angels-Rock Machine conflict in Australia (2013) [7] | Hells Angels | Rock Machine | Ceasefire
| 0+ | 10+ |
Lone Wolf-Rebels conflict (2014) [8] [9] [10] [11] | Lone Wolf MC | Rebels | Stalemate | (TBA) | (TBA) |
Mongols-Rock Machine conflict in Australia (2021–present) [12] | Mongols | Rock Machine | Ongoing
| 0+ | 5+ |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Outcome | Killed | Wounded |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hells Angels–Rebels conflict in Cambodia (2013–present) [13] | Hells Angels | Rebels | Ongoing
| 1+ | 10+ |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Outcome | Killed | Wounded |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hells Angels–Gremium MC BiH conflict (2010) [14] | Hells Angels | Gremium MC BiH | Stalemate
| 0+ | 8+ |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | Killed | Wounded |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hells Angels-Outlaws conflict in Belgium (1998–present) | Hells Angels | Outlaws | Ongoing
| 4+ | 20 |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Outcome | Killed | Wounded |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
First Satan's Choice-Black Diamond Riders conflict (1962) [15] | Black Diamond Riders | Original Satan's Choice | Black Diamond Riders Victory
| 0 | 10+ |
Battle of Pebblestone (1962) [16] | Black Diamond Riders | Golden Hawk Riders | Black Diamond Riders Victory | 0+ | 15+ |
Popeyes-Devil's Disciples conflict (1968–1970) [17] | Devil's Disciples | Popeyes | Popeyes victory
| 5+ | 30+ |
Alberta Biker conflict (1970s–1990s) | Grim Reapers | Rebels | Stalemate
| 15+ | 50+ |
Second Satan's Choice-Black Diamond Riders conflict (1973) [18] | Black Diamond Riders Vegabonds | Satan's Choice | Ceasefire
| 0+ | 10+ |
Sherbrooke Biker conflict (1973-1974) [19] [20] | Atomes | Gitans | Stalemate
| 6 | N/A |
Pacific Rebels-Citoyens de la Terre conflict (1973-1974) [24] [25] | Pacific Rebels | Citoyens de la Terre | Pacific Rebels victory | 4 | (TBA) |
Satan's Choice–Popeyes War (1974–1976) [17] | Satan's Choice | Popeyes | Stalemate
| 20 | 30+ |
First Biker War (1977–1984) [26] | Hells Angels | Outlaws | Hells Angels Victory
| 62-72 | +100 |
Satan's Choice-Gold Hawk Riders conflict (1978) [27] | Gold Hawk Riders | Satan's Choice | Satan's Choice Victory
| 1+ | 10+ |
Bounty Hunters-Satan's Angels conflict (1980) [28] | Bounty Hunter MC | Satan's Angels | Satan's Angels Victory
| N/A | N/A |
First Los Bravos-Spartans conflict (1983-1985) [29] | Los Bravos | Spartans
| Los Bravos Victory
| 2+ | 20+ |
Quebec Biker War (1994–2002) [30] | Hells Angels | Rock Machine | Stalemate | 182 | 350+ |
Loners-Satans Choice conflict (1991) [31] | Loners | Satan's Choice | Loners Victory
| 1 | 0 |
Second Los Bravos-Spartans conflict (1991-1994) [29] | Los Bravos | Spartans | Ceasefire
| 2+ | 10+ |
Third Satan's Choice-Black Diamond Riders conflict (1992) [15] | Black Diamond Riders | Satan's Choice | Satan's Choice Victory
| 1 | 8+ |
Satan's Choice–Loners War (1995) [32] | Loners | Satan's Choice | Stalemate
| 3 | 15+ |
Ontario Biker conflict (1999–2002) [33] | Hells Angels | Outlaws | Hells Angels Victory
| 2+ | 30+ |
Rock Machine–Hells Angels conflict in Manitoba (2009–2011) [34] | Hells Angels
| Rock Machine | Rock Machine Victory
| 4 | 20+ |
Loners-Vagos conflict (2012–ongoing) [35] | Loners | Vagos | Ongoing
| 0+ | 5+ |
Hells Angels-Warlocks conflict in Canada (2014–ongoing) [36] | Hells Angels | Warlocks | Ongoing
| 0+ | 20+ |
Rock Machine civil conflict (2015–2022) | Rock Machine | Rock Machine Faction | Rock Machine Victory
| 3+ | 1+ |
Hells Angels-Rebels conflict in Canada (2021–ongoing) [37] | Hells Angels | Rebels | Ongoing
| 0 | 5 |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | Killed | Wounded |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bandidos–Hells Angels conflict in Germany (2004–ongoing) [38] | Bandidos | Hells Angels | Ongoing | 2+ | 19+ |
Bandidos–Rock Machine conflict in Germany (2011–ongoing) | Bandidos | Rock Machine | Ongoing
| 2+ | 10+ |
Rock Machine Civil conflict in Germany (2015–ongoing) | Rock Machine | Rock Machine Blue | Stalemate
| 1+ | 10+ |
Bandidos–Freeway Riders conflict (2018–present) [40] | Bandidos
| Freeway Riders | Ongoing
| 0+ | 4+ |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | Killed | Wounded |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
The Battle of Kilmeaden (1990) [41] | Hells Angels
| Irish Alliance
| Stalemate
| 0 | 30+ |
Caballeros-Road Tramps conflict (2015–present) [42] | Caballeros | Road Tramps | Ongoing
| 0+ | 10+ |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | Killed | Wounded |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hells Angels-Bandidos conflict in Italy (2003–ongoing) | Hells Angels | Bandidos | Ongoing
| 1 [43] | 15+ |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | Killed | Wounded |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hells Angels–Mongols conflict in Holland (2016–present) [44] | Hells Angels | Mongols | Ongoing
| 0+ | 5+ |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Outcome | Killed | Wounded |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Auckland Brawl (1971) [45] | Hells Angels | Mongrel Mob | Stalemate
| N/A | N/A |
Devils Henchmen-Epitaph Riders conflict (1973) [45] | Devils Henchmen | Epitaph Riders | Epitaph Riders Victory
| 1+ | 5+ |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | Killed | Wounded |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Copenhagen Biker War (1983–1985) | Bullshit MC | Hells Angels
| Hells Angels victory
| 11 | +30 |
Nordic Biker War (1994–1997) | Bandidos | Hells Angels | Stalemate
| 11 | 96 |
Bandidos Civil conflict in Finland (1999–2001) | Bandidos | Bandidos
| Ceasefire
| 1+ | 5+ |
Bandidos–Rock Machine conflict in Scandinavia (2013–ongoing) | Bandidos | Rock Machine | Ongoing
| 2+ | 10+ |
Hells Angels–Satudarah conflict in Denmark (2014) [44] | Hells Angels | Satudarah | Ceasefire
| 0 | 10+ |
Bandidos–Satudarah conflict in Denmark (2014–2019) | Bandidos | Satudarah | Stalemate
| 0 | 15+ |
Bandidos-Gremium conflict in Norway (2017–ongoing) | Bandidos | Gremium Motorcycle Club | Ongoing
| 0+ | 10+ |
No Surrender-Rock Machine conflict (2018–present) [46] | No Surrender | Rock Machine | Ongoing
| 0+ | 15+ |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | Killed | Wounded |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Night Wolves-Three Roads conflict (2012) | Night Wolves | Three Roads MC (Tri Dorogi) | Ceasefire | 1 | +10 |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | Killed | Wounded |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hells Angels-MACS conflict (2018) | Hells Angels | MACS MC | Ceasefire
| 1+ | N/A |
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | Killed | Wounded |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Battle of Chelsea Bridge (1970) [47] | Road Rats MC
| Outcasts
| Stalemate
| 0+ | 20+ |
Hells Angels-Satan's Slaves conflict (1979) [47] | Hells Angels | Satans Slaves | Stalemate
| N/A | N/A |
Hells Angels Civil conflict in England (1979-1985) | Hells Angels | Hells Angels (Windsor) | Unification
| 0+ | 3+ |
Road Rats-Satan's Slaves conflict (1983) [47] | Road Rats MC | Satans Slaves | Satan's Slaves Victory
| 2+ | 10+ |
Cycle Tramps-Road Rats conflict (1989) [48] | Cycle Tramps | Road Rats MC | Road Rats Victory | 2+ | 0+ |
Hells Angels-Outcasts War (1997-1999) [49] | Hells Angels | Outcasts | Stalemate | 2 | (TBA) |
Hells Angels-Outlaws conflict in UK (1998–present) [50] | Hells Angels | Outlaws | Ongoing
| 1+ | 10+ |
Blue Angels-Nomads conflict (2013–present) [51] [52] [53] [54] | Blue Angels | Nomads | Ongoing | ||
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result | Killed | Wounded |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
First Hells Angels–Outlaws conflict (1969–1970s) [55] [56] [57] [58] [59] [60] | Hells Angels | Outlaws | Stalemate | ||
Second Hells Angels–Outlaws conflict (1974–present) [62] | Hells Angels | Outlaws | Ongoing
| ||
Breed–Pagans conflict (1960s–1998) | Breed Motorcycle Club | Pagans | Stalemate
| 6+ | 50+ |
Breed-Hells Angels conflict (1971) | Breed Motorcycle Club | Hells Angels | Stalemate
| 5+ | 20+ |
Outlaws-Warlocks conflict (1970s-present) | Outlaws | Warlocks | Ongoing
| 2+ | 15+ |
Hells Angels–Mongols conflict (1977–present) | Hells Angels | Mongols | Ongoing
| 14+ | 50+ |
Outlaws–Sons of Silence conflict (1978–1995) | Outlaws | Sons of Silence | Stalemate
| 6 | 20+ |
Bandidos-Hells Angels conflict (1990s-present) | Bandidos | Hells Angels | Ongoing
| 6+ | 40+ |
Fates Assembly-Pagans conflict (1991) [65] [66] [67] | Fates Assembly | Pagans | (TBA) | (TBA) | (TBA) |
Hells Angels–Pagans conflict (1994–present) | Hells Angels | Pagans | Ongoing
| 5+ | 30+ |
Boozefighters-Wino's Crew conflict (1996–present) | Boozefighters | Wino's Crew MC | Ongoing
| 3+ | 15+ |
Hells Angels-Vagos conflict (2008-ongoing) | Hells Angels | Vagos | Stalemate
| 0+ | 10+ |
Wheels of Soul-Sin City Deciples conflict (2009-present) [73] | Sin City Deciples
| Wheels of Soul | Ongoing
| 1+ | N/A |
Outcast-Wheels of Soul conflict (2011–present) [74] [75] [76] | Outcast | Wheels of Soul
| Ongoing
| 2+' | N/A |
Cossacks-Bandidos war (2013–present) [77] [78] [79] | Bandidos | Cossacks | Ongoing
| 9+ | (TBA) |
Iron Order-Mongols conflict (2016–present) | Iron Order | Mongols | Ongoing
| 1+ | 7+ |
Kinfolk-Bandidos conflict (2016–present) [80] [81] [82] [83] [84] | Kinfolk MC | Bandidos
| Ongoing
| 2 | (TBA) |
The Outlaws Motorcycle Club, incorporated as the American Outlaws Association or its acronym, A.O.A., is an international outlaw motorcycle club. Founded in McCook, Illinois in 1935, the Outlaws MC is the oldest outlaw biker club in the world. With 441 chapters located in 43 countries, and a membership of over 3,000, the club is also the third-largest in the world, behind the Hells Angels and the Bandidos. Outlaws members typically ride Harley-Davidson motorcycles.
The Rock Machine Motorcycle Club (RMMC) or Rock Machine is an international outlaw motorcycle club founded in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1986. It has eighteen Canadian chapters spread across seven provinces. It also has nine chapters in the United States and eleven chapters in Australia, with chapters also located in 24 other countries worldwide. It was formed in 1986, by Salvatore Cazzetta and his brother Giovanni Cazzetta. The Rock Machine competed with the Hells Angels for control of the street-level narcotics trade in Quebec. The Quebec Biker War saw the Rock Machine form an alliance with a number of other organizations to face the Hells Angels. The conflict occurred between 1994 and 2002 and resulted in over 160 deaths and over 300 injured. An additional 100+ have been imprisoned.
An outlaw motorcycle club, known colloquially as a biker club or bikie club, is a motorcycle subculture generally centered on the use of cruiser motorcycles, particularly Harley-Davidsons and choppers, and a set of ideals that purport to celebrate freedom, nonconformity to mainstream culture, and loyalty to the biker group.
The Comanchero Motorcycle Club is an outlaw motorcycle gang in Australia and South East Asia. The Comancheros are participants in the United Motorcycle Council of NSW, which convened a conference in 2009 to address legislation aimed against the "bikie" clubs, their poor public image in the wake of several violent clashes and ongoing biker wars, and defusing deadly feuds such as the Comancheros' battles with the Hells Angels. The sincerity of these efforts to defend the battered image of the clubs has been met with skepticism.
Yves Trudeau, also known as "Apache" and "The Mad Bomber", was a Canadian outlaw biker, gangster and contract killer. A former member of the Hells Angels North chapter in Laval, Quebec, Trudeau was the club's leading assassin and a major participant in multiple biker conflicts throughout Canadian history, including the Popeyes–Devils Disciples War, the Satan's Choice–Popeyes War and the First Biker War. Frustrated by cocaine addiction and his suspicion that his fellow gang members wanted him dead, he became a Crown witness after the Lennoxville massacre. In exchange, he received a lenient sentence – life in prison but eligible for parole after seven years – for the killing of 43 people from September 1973 to July 1985.
The Rebels Motorcycle Club was an outlaw motorcycle club based in Western Canada that was founded in Red Deer, Alberta in 1968. It was one of the three dominant motorcycle clubs in the province of Alberta during the 1970s-1990s
Wolodumir "Walter" Stadnick, also known as "Nurget", is a Canadian outlaw biker and gangster who was the third national president of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club in Canada. Stadnick is generally credited with turning the Hells Angels into the dominant outlaw biker club in Canada. The journalists Michel Auger and Peter Edwards wrote that much about Stadnick is mysterious, ranging from what is the meaning of his sobriquet "Nurget", to how a unilingual Anglo Canadian from Hamilton became the leader of the then largely French-Canadian Hells Angels. In 2004, the journalist Tu Thanh Ha wrote that Stadnick is "a secretive man little known to the public", but "he is one of Canada's most pivotal organized-crime figures."
Yves "Le Boss" Buteau was a Canadian outlaw biker and gangster, known for being the first national president of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club in Canada. Buteau began his life of organized crime as a member of the Montreal-based Popeyes biker gang and, by the mid-1970s, he became the club's president. He was instrumental in the Popeyes' merger with the Hells Angels in 1977, and played a significant role in establishing the Angels as a major criminal force in Quebec. In 1983, Buteau was murdered by a drug dealer with ties to a rival gang, the Outlaws.
Notorious is a former gang that was based in Sydney, Australia. They claimed to be an outlaw motorcycle club; however, not all members ride motorcycles. A large percentage of its membership consisted of petty criminals, with no real history of bikers among their ranks. Its emblem features a skull with a turban brandishing twin pistols and the words "Original Gangster" beneath it, along with the motto "Only the dead see the end of war". Labeled as one of Australia's most dangerous gangs, they had been feuding with larger and well-known motorcycle gangs including the Hells Angels and the Bandidos. It was thought that as of March 2012 the gang no longer existed as an organised structure after being dismantled by a police operation arresting key members and with other members choosing to quit the gang life. This served to reinforce claims by established MCs that Notorious wasn't a genuine club.
Francesco "Cisco" Lenti is a Canadian outlaw biker and gangster, best known as the co-founder of the Loners Motorcycle Club.
The Loners Motorcycle Club (LMC) is an international outlaw motorcycle club founded in Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada in 1979. It has seventeen chapters in Canada, eleven chapters in Italy, eleven in the United States. They also possess several chapters in other countries across the world. The club was established by two prominent Italian-Canadian bikers, Frank Lenti and Gennaro Raso.
The Satan's Choice–Popeyes War was the first major outlaw motorcycle club conflict in Canada's history, involving the country's two largest Motorcycle Clubs; the Satan's Choice from Ontario, and the Popeyes from Quebec. The conflict lasted from 1974 until 1976 and saw the two motorcycle clubs battle for dominance in the country. The conflict misleadingly known in Canada as the "First Biker War" would begin a year later in 1977.
From 1977 to 1984, the Hells Angels and the Outlaws Motorcycle Club fought what came to be known in Canada as the First Biker War. The Angels emerged victorious. As the Outlaws retreated into their Ontario stronghold, the Angels began consolidating their activities and expanding, moving into port cities Halifax, Nova Scotia and Vancouver, British Columbia. The conflict is known in Canada as the "First Biker War", but the first large conflict between bikers in Canada, was the Satan's Choice-Popeyes War which occurred from 1974 to 1976.
The Ontario Biker War in Canada saw the Hells Angels engage their long-term rivals the Outlaws Motorcycle Club for control of the province of Ontario. The war occurred between 1999 and 2002 and is also known as the London Biker conflict as a large majority of the events occurred in the city of London, Ontario. The Quebec Biker War, the largest motorcycle conflict in history was occurring during the same period in the province of Quebec.
Michel "Sky" Langlois is a Canadian outlaw biker and gangster who served as the second national president of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club in Canada. A founding member of the Popeyes biker gang, which amalgamated with the Hells Angels in 1977, Langlois was convicted as an accessory to murder in the club's internal Lennoxville massacre of 1985, and later of conspiracy to commit murder for his role in the 1994–2002 Quebec Biker War.
The Hells Angels Motorcycle Club (HAMC), an international outlaw biker gang, has been involved in multiple crimes, alleged crimes, and violent incidents in Australia. The Hells Angels are legally classified as a criminal organisation in the Australian state of Queensland, and there have been attempts to classify them as such in New South Wales. The Hells Angels have been linked with drug trafficking and production, as well as a host of violent crimes including murder, in Australia.