"In the early 1990s, the Montreal branch of the Hells Angels destroyed all the competing biker gangs - except for the tough-as-nails Rock Machine. There followed seven years of bloody conflict, leaving 160 people dead and many more injured. Then, heavily outnumbered, the Rock Machine appealed to the worldwide Bandidos Motorcycle Club, the only bikers who rivaled the Angels in terms of membership and strength. In 2001, the Rock Machine ceased to exist and became a probationary Bandidos chapter, the first on Canadian soil." "The Bandidos assigned Edward Winterhalder to coordinate the transition. But things started out badly when he was arrested by the Canadian immigration authorities, and then got worse as intrigue, assassinations and double-crosses ensued." --Book jacket.
Record details
ISBN:9781550228243
ISBN:1550228242
Physical Description:print xx, 278 p. ; 24 cm.
Publisher:Toronto : ECW Press, c2008.
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note:
1. Welcome the the Great White North -- 2. Reflections -- 3. A matter of fate -- 4. Sturgis High ... Montreal low -- 5. Birth of a biker -- 6. Living on borrowed time -- 7. Fools masquerading as masterminds -- 8. On the road again -- 9. The hammer drops on the Quebec Bandidos -- 10. Be careful what you wish for -- 11. Quebec justice -- 12. Painting Canada Red & White from Coast to coast -- 13. Trouble in Hells' paradise -- 14. Disillusionment -- 15. The Shedden massacre --
Summary: "In the early 1990s, the Montreal branch of the Hells Angels destroyed all the competing biker gangs - except for the tough-as-nails Rock Machine. There followed seven years of bloody conflict, leaving 160 people dead and many more injured. Then, heavily outnumbered, the Rock Machine appealed to the worldwide Bandidos Motorcycle Club, the only bikers who rivaled the Angels in terms of membership and strength. In 2001, the Rock Machine ceased to exist and became a probationary Bandidos chapter, the first on Canadian soil." "The Bandidos assigned Edward Winterhalder to coordinate the transition. But things started out badly when he was arrested by the Canadian immigration authorities, and then got worse as intrigue, assassinations and double-crosses ensued." --Book jacket.