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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.พ. 2025
- Discover the captivating world of outlaw biker and club culture in this exclusive hour-long interview with Bo Bushnell, the visionary owner and curator of LA's renowned Outlaw Archive.
Delve into decades of history and explore one of the world's most extensive collections of American outlaw ephemera that spans from the 1950s to the 1990s. Bo's fascination and unrelenting passion for creating an annal of outlaw history helps to shed light on the underground subcultures that have shaped American society.
Join us as we unravel the stories behind the artifacts and gain insight into the fascinating world of outlaw culture.
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I’m glad someone is preserving this American history that most museums don’t care about. It’s really cool that one of the big 4 1%er groups supports him and even gave him stuff to preserve the history.
This video was such a great insight into the backstory of the most legendary instagram account. I have a new found respect for Bo and how he acquired his archive. Glad he got the account back today!
What instagram account??
My dad was in the HA'S back in the 1950's until late 1960's & he left & as hard as it is to believe, that particular chapter liked him so much they let him still go on certain rides etc..for many yrs. He left the club because my mom gave him a choice.." leave the club or lose the family." lol. Because when the club called, u went..no questions. So he lost a lot of jobs, left mom like a single mom, tho she wasn't. After he died, the chapter sent me a few of his old patches. They also gave me a few " in rememberance" patches for my own leather. i've been riding since age 16..it's a family thing😉
Who was your dad?
ur dads name?
@@ElPatron-c3hshhh 🤫
I see you still haven’t answered 😂 soooooo, I’m callin bullshit
What's his nickname, it's probably not hard to see if he is lying or you are.
“Outsiders don’t label themselves Outsiders.” Great point!
Clubs today are a shadow of their former selves. Short hair, electric start computerized bikes, clean vests. tattoo's on their foreheads, and each chapter has a repair shop where they take their bikes for repair. The days of greasy guys altering their own Knucklehead and Panhead necks, bobbing rear fenders, putting custom tanks on, and fabricating custom exhaust are long gone.
So it's true, and thanks for confirming...
All clubs today are gay AF.
Nah man they’re still out there just not in plain sight. Outsiders mc specifically is choppers only just gotta know to know
@@JK-we2np Beginning a sentence with "nah man" speaks volumes ..........
It is not about the club, it is about people in the club. You can not put everyone under the same umbrella, we are all different. It sounds like you really do not like changes, however, short hair, electric start computerized bikes, clean vests, tattoo's on their foreheads is just another era of the same ball rolling on and on and on. Back in the days, motorcycle helmets were not mandatory so long hair would be easier to rock. Electric start computerized bikes - ask Harley why technology is developing...a hint, maybe because it is easier to live with...Clean vests - availability of showers and being clean is a good thing, don't you agree? Tattoo's on their foreheads - again, personal thing which is like color of the bike.
@@zulusheksta1985 That's your interpretation, and you are entitled to it. For the rest of us, we know what time it is. the real deal Bikers are long gone. This new era is lazy, not really hard core in to motorcycles, but do ride. To them it is more business. Their words, not mine
Been following Outlaw Archive on instagram for awhile now. I love the counter culture of the 60s especially the MC stuff. I never knew the face behind outlaw archive. This dude has a wicked collection and definitely can tell his old school mentality from the interview. I’m glad the items he has are in good hands now.
Great interview! I was born in 1954 and have always been into the late 50's early 60's biker aesthetic, the early chopper and bobber styles, since I was a kid watching Hell's Angels on Wheels at the local theater . I am very happy to see Bo's efforts in compiling all of this graphic documentation. I highly recommend his great books, such as Halfway to Berdoo. I've bought several copies, just to give to friends. More priceless photos and behind the scenes stories in that book alone than in dozens of other books combined.
By far the best content on this channel
More coming soon!
This is one of thee best archives in America ever!!! No one gave a fuck about this history. Just movies and history channel shows. Those who are mad do not appreciate what this man is doing. To one day have an actual museum to walk through to show my culture, my life, my ways. Just beautiful shit man.
Wow, that story about the cover of the book with Gut and everything - so beatiful how his brother got that call. If it weren't for the fact they decided to contact his brother while Gut was on his deathbed, it would've just been tossed.
Amazing interview!
I’ve been in and around clubs since 1978 and he’s right, clubs now days don’t care or listen to what the older guys have to say. Their experience is not listened to. They don’t care what the people who carried this culture to where it is now went through to ensure it survived. Now, I’m not saying that club members now days aren’t worth a shit because I’ve met and partied/talked to a lot of them that are great guys, I just gravitate towards other older guys who have the miles and years in their face. This was a great video.
Nice job! Tons and tons of people have been waiting on this interview….completely compelling!
amazing video! so much interesting information and history. Mad respect for Bo for documenting and collecting the history. Extremely fascinating time period
Bo does such a great job, and the endless entertainment on Instagram 👏
When he said about there not being 1%ers anymore .. I can genuinely get behind that.. clubs have changed … almost u turned from the original image
This interviewer was the absolute worst choice for such a great collection. No offense to him but he was totally clueless.
Idk I don't think he was that bad he does have a kind of cali douchey vibe to him though lol
The BEST BIDSTITCH interview ever.
Hell yeah outlaw archive.
Love from Ohio Bo 👊
That story about Marilyn Monroe was wild!
Also bullsh*t ...people really are idiots and will believe anything Hollywood 😂
It’s fake
Im not going to mention the club but my brother is a member of a rather large 1% club. He has collected club property many times . If its a member out bad when the vest and whatever else is collected they get knocked TFO. If this clown had their patch it would become a game on who could knock him out first and get the vest. This club has a notorious history and is full of heavy hitters and they absolutely would not let a civilian put one of their vests on display. The members would never give theirs away because of the consequences. You get tossed your vest and motorcycle stay. I don't know why HA gave him a pass. If its a defunk club that's one thing but not an active.
Bro that's the first thing I thought 💯
Me as well
First of all Bo has been collecting HA cuts from back in the day. I don’t believe he has collected any members who went out bad which is a term coined in the last 20 years.
You forget the part that today's members are NOT with the Business like you may think....... ....
you think bo doesnt conceal carry? 🤣
The history of the frisco hells angels during the hippie era is interesting af. So many interesting characters out of the bay area.
Chocolate George was cool as shit.
Great interview, grateful we have people like Bo👍
People and connections. What a beautiful thing no matter whatever group or culture.
I spoke to an old guy who rode in the 50's n 60's before he passed away. He said going into the 1970's things changed for the worst. It became a business instead of riding around, partying and raising hell and as far as brotherhood ,guys started ratting to stay out of jail and bringing in cops. The fun outlaw days, was truly over in 1972.
Dude my grandpa had to know him! hen just passed in November but im showing this to all the old heads of my family and try to find out more;
What's with the annoying background music? Totally useless and distracting
Fair enough
At first, they were just guys who didn’t fit anywhere else, weirdos, war vets... Bo mentions they were the first ADD cases after the war. They wanted to belong, they loved motorcycles, they loved the sense of freedom, they probably went riding and camping in the desert together, down to Mexico, up North, etc. Then it all went south when the media painted them as criminals, and the guy that called himself their supreme leader and Judas them out on that movie deal with Jack Nicholson and the book from Hunter S. Thompson. Nowadays, little wannabe tuff guys and weekend gangsters cosplay the "biker" look or their perception of it. I have a friend who went bankrupt personifying that look, even borrowed money from me. When I talk to him about chopping bike frames, looking into Panheads, Shovelheads, Ironheads, he doesn’t know what I’m talking about. All he talks about is which slip-on will make his bike the loudest, Rinehart or Vance&Hines and how I’m stupid for wanting to build myself a chopper, that I should buy a nice Softail instead, but nothing older than 3 or 4 years, and how I could buy all those great aftermarket chrome parts, and while I’m throwing money around, maybe I could send some of that chrome his way... He sounds like a little girl talking about his Barbie’s and Barbie accessories. It’s enough to make you puke.
Dude this video is awesome I learned a lot
Find the sons and daughters, and find those old choppers. Some have to still be in the family, would be a great find because no matter what year it is, people will be building 60s-70s choppers.
Why would anyone sell it to this greasy merchant
It’s crazy to have someone’s old Cut that was their prize possession and something they would die to protect,if those things could talk dam,cool stuff.
Great interview
Need that part 2.
Make sure you're subscribed and keep your eyes peeled!
so happy to find this interview, grate work!!!!
Thanks! Glad you thought it was grate :)
The Marilyn story was absolutely nuts!!!! 😮
As a reply to one of the comments, I just read I am 61. I still have a 63 in a 1948 wishbone frame with upsweep fishtails and 20 inch apes, so we didn’t go anywhere!
And when you say bikers back, then weren’t criminals and they weren’t organized. I’ve been a criminal and I’ve been organized my whole life. I’ve never done anytime and committed multiple felonies so you guys really don’t know what you’re talking about. You might’ve done research and shit but you need to talk to the people that were in the trenches. The people got away with all the shit they did people know where the bodies are they won’t talk to you
Wow super interesting, I gotta look up his book and maybe collection
Great interview! Conversation and questions were on point
Nice to see he's living off the clubs name,what a class act
He’s not though. How would he get the money to get all this stuff?
He collects all clubs not just 81
Awesome this was really interesting
Bidstitch doing something cool for once!
There's more where that came from!
He says the older generation would of never gave him things and sold him shit or talked to him but yet all the shit you have gotten is from older club member from that time you can’t get that stuff from a new age member. Prove me wrong.
I really dont like the disrespect he shows for the clubs today. Its called evolution. Nothing is like what it was in the 60s. Guarantee he would not talk that reckless to any club member in person
You obviously don’t follow his account 😂
True, I agree. But, he is right.
@@fun_crusher no I dont. Does it show him confronting club members in person on it or is he doing it in a comment section?
@@209er2his main beef is with California 81. They’ve been talking shit and he gives it back. He has mad respect for Canadian 81, as well as Mongols, Pagans, etc. He has a working relationship with California Mongols. They’ve even given him stuff to preserve. It’s 81 who has been throwing a fit that the museum has “their property”. Aside from them, most 1%ers applaud him for preserving their history when no one else really cared enough.
He didn't show any disrespect for the clubs today........ He is pointing out how much they changed.........and they have.
The Marilyn Monroe story was crazy!
Also a lie lmao ...people are f* king dumb will believe anything 😂
Awesome interview by the way
Thanks!
I always was under the impression that the Nazi stuff was war trophies that these guys coming back from WW2 took of bodies and would wear as a badge of honor
The more you know 🌈
He sure did a lot of shit talking...I will leave it at that ..
100% agree... he hasn't got a clue
Should have showed the collection of items.
Keep your eyes peeled for a part 2!
Respect the archive but saying (55:14) I basically went to war with the HAMC.. -By geeking and messaging in the internet with a pomerain in his lap.
Definitely shined the light on the cannabis industry thanks Bo!
How stoned is the interviewer? (great interview, BTW)
Believe it or not, he hasn't smoked a day in his life.
Very interesting 👌
I am old now I met some of the people you talk about out law people when I was young that is what I wanted to be a out law biker got saved in 1973 write when things began to change lost my brother to a club would like to hear more must be careful
Now this was awesome
Holly crap this is crazy! My family owns a big part of that beach that he showed outside Zihuatanejo! my grandpa bought it in the 60s
This was really cool. Stories were great surrounding the collection
Great interview firstly! However, perhaps it’s just me but I find the background music really distracting… it doesn’t need it at all.
I wonder if he ever puts the vest on and looks at himself in the mirror
Very interesting
Information is power.
Do any of the clubs feel like this guy has their property??? Having a cut with club insignia and not being a member is stricly forbidden.
That's what I'm wondering...
What happened to his Outlaw Archive Instagram account?
I feel like if Bo got that first set of Crips photos he wouldn’t have sold it like the people did for 45,000. I do think he’s in for the money he’s preserving America History that no longer exists. I’m lost in the could server thing lol. If your about that life you don’t text or DM threats but then again I’m 50 we didn’t do shit that way in my day.
The best stories to tell where usually the worst experiences to live through. The culture didn’t last because it wasn’t a stable way of life that could be sustained over generations it just a phase ppl go through n move on. Those that didn’t move on is because they don’t want to grow up and end up living sad existences. Like Gut being an old man having to live in someone else’s trailer.
LONG LIVE OUTLAW ARCHIVE
RIP
RIP
I don't know. The internet is full of storytellers. This one happen to be told by a guy with a stroller and a dog in his lap.
Bo I would like to see a copy of that 660 names on that list. My Father was an Oakland HA member since 1957-1975 and was Oaklands Co-Founder Dickey Logan real name Richard A. Hartley…
Are you Roger? Yes he’s on the list but I don’t see anything abt him from the 1970s
No I’m Richard A. Hartley Jr.
Id like to see it as well, if possible. My family member was a member from berdoo and Oakland. Born in the 30's.
What happened to this guys instagram? can't find it, i miss the daily posts about the edgars ;(
This has the only real skateboards H.A deck left in existence i know of!! The club made real do a cest and desist on them and real was made to collect all the ones they sold to shops. The owner even had a escape plan at the office according to a interview with him i saw
A lot of charters have them. I’ve seen more than one through the years.
nah bro a BUNCH of clubhouses and tattoo shops have em on display.
ur correct about everything else.
did u see that on the 15 things about Real skateboards video? that video is interesting as hell dude they do em on a bunch of companies!
@eatassonthefirstdate that's where I saw them on that very doco,It was a pretty decent watch interesting history for sure. Was definitely assumption from that I'd guessed none about but makes perfect sense that the club kept a bunch to. I haven't seen one in Oz or nz yet but always remembered them off there:)
😂 this clown said there aren’t any 1 percent anymore with a Pomeranian dog in his lap and sipping on a white claw😂 the internet and it’s walls to protect wreckless talk Got to love it
Mad at the person with the collection , but yet its only one side of the 3 on the coin ... That said alot of the older former members to the newest former members , had their lifes prized possesions , sometime club brothers , etc etc , stolen by members because of various reasons jelousy , just plain bullying cause they didnt like something about another ,to killing a club brother that they were lifelong friends with to take their buissness over illegal or legal , to a son or father being killrd by the club , so many real greasy shitty reasons , so they get kicked out with viscous beatings for speaking out against the narrative either way some quit and after years just for various reasons want the stuff that they poses to be seen but not held by where they came from because even tho they have that bad taste left they really love what they were in and like they say never meet your heroes you wont be disappointed 🤷 they loved the history the great parts of it ..
Are you a catcher for the baseball team??
So this guy on more than one occasion on Instagram has said he’s 81. Is this correct?
I’ve pictured Bo as a old Mexican man in his 80’s for over a year. I have no clue why I thought he was Mexican but I’ve definitely seen him say he’s an old man.
Did he say he was Mexican?
@@intergalacticshovelNot that I remember. Like I said, I have no idea why I thought that. Maybe I read a comment and thought he was implying he’s Mexican or something.
He never claimed to be 81 not once.
Maybe born in 81, would make him 43. Can you not think?
I recognize this story.
is the interviewer Travolta's kid ?
what happend 2 the front patches????
Didn't Hunter S Thompson document their lives?
When do they show the zippo’s by Andy?
50:27 and dudes a liberal🤦♂️
I love what this guy is doing but how the hell did he get the money for all this stuff in the first place? Just maintaining that office and the cars inside it has to be extremely expensive.
I have ZERO clue how you can have an 81 cut. Get ready for litigation.
😄
Far from a brother hood,!
You start at the bottom. You end up in jail...
For your brother's🙄🫡
I believesome of this is true.
the only thing that should be criminal is that weird ass art piece behind the porsche it looks like a grade schoolers first naked woman lmao.
2 guys that don’t know anything about what they are talking about for an hour 👏🏻
😂 you're silly boy.
I don't think it's negative for the youngsters to dress up in 60s. Fashion emulating emulating the 50s are 60s. I think that's paying homage to the original guys. Unlike the new dudes and the clubs, putting on a patch and wearing kackies and Nike sneakers with a Sidewards hat I think that's pretty absurd in comparisand that's just my opinion.I think I would rather see kids trying to do.The old school wa pre 1970 Like you said they shop at abbacrombie fitch and ride a harley So I think I did emulating the fifties or sixties a lot More I have more respect for that
Love the archive! But someone figure out how to get his instagram page back! Even the streets page is now M I A
'before they became a criminal organization - sounds about right...'
He made me get an Instagram account.
same
How does this dude afford all this stuff?
...or how was this stuff ever for sale?
consent is a thing, and he does not have consent to withhold any of that club property.
9 minutes in and this dude has already told a ton of lies
@Free2Dice figure it out yourself
@louieromanello6123 lol...yeah,that's it.
I call bullshit on the Marilyn Monroe story. Not that you weren't told it, but that it happened.
1%er do still exist today MC are alive in well
So badass much respect too the man and his love for the cultures and individuals.the shit cool. Preserving a neat set of different history's like a medieval knights Armour or civil war paintings.the dude bo is cool myself I think. That Freaking lap dog sleeping it's hole life away haha funny looking but cute
There are definitely still 1% ers
The aggrandizement of these 1%ers is puzzling to me, kinda like the way people are proud of a certain ex president’s horrible behaviour. We tell our children to behave , teach them moral values then what… it’s okay to be despicable as long as you don’t get caught. Pretty messed up.
How does someone afford all this?
Da goat
🐐
Terrible background music for future reference
To each their own