Satans Slaves Motorcycle Club
The Satans Slaves Motorcycle Club or Satans Slaves MC are a European one-percenter outlaw motorcycle club primarily based out of England, UK.[2] Along with the rivaling Road Rats Motorcycle Club, they are said to be one among the country's oldest and largest outlaw motorcycle clubs.
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Founded | 1967 |
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Founding location | Shipley, West Yorkshire, U.K. |
Years active | 1967–present |
Territory | England, Scotland and Germany |
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They are not to be confused with the New Zealand-based club that was founded in 1969.[3] They are also unrelated to the earlier, now-defunct biker gang in the United States which ended up "patching over" to the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club on New Years Day of 1978.[4][5]
Background
Satans Slaves MC was first established in Shipley, England in 1967. Soon after, two additional chapters of the groups emerged in England: one in Devon and another somewhere on the nation's east coast. They would later continue to expand across England.[6]
Later, in 1985, a group of three Scottish bikers from Dundee, Scotland joined the Fife chapter of the group as prospective members ("prospects"). After the trio eventually became fully-initiated ("fully-patched") members of the club, they, along with other club members, established a chapter in Tayside in October 1986.[7]
During 2004, Satans Slaves Motorcycle Club expanded into Germany – first in Gronau, and subsequently in the town of Velbert. Three years later, the group opened a chapter in Metelen.
Criminal allegations and incidents
A brawl broke out in 1983 in London, England between 24 Satans Slaves bikers and 6 members of the Road Rats Motorcycle Club at an event sponsored by the Hells Angels. The large-scale fight resulted in the stabbing death of two Road Rats members: Colin Hunting and Mike Harrison. Dozens of arrests were made after the incident and police recovered chains, axes, firearms, knives, lead-filled handlebars and baseball bats from the scene.[8][9][10]
That same year, bikers belonging to the Road Rats allegedly forced members of the Satans Slaves into a warehouse, which was then set on fire. While no casualties occurred, four people sustained serious injuries, resulting in several arrests.[11]
References
- Biker Gangs and Transnational Organized Crime. Routledge. 17 October 2014. ISBN 9781317524113.
- Hell on Wheels: An Illustrated History of Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs. Motorbooks. 15 April 2014. ISBN 9781627881432.
- "Satan's Slaves (Motorcycle gang)". Satan's Slaves (Motorcycle gang) | Items | National Library of New Zealand | National Library of New Zealand.
- "The only Satans Slaves Colors to make it out of the club – Outlaw Archive".
- Outlaw: Riding Through the Storm. Kate Pereira. 26 December 2021.
- "Valimai is all about Satans Slaves Motorcycle Club?". indiaherald.com.
- "Satans Slaves MC (Motorcycle Club)". One Percenter Bikers. 8 January 2016.
- Guardian Staff (13 February 1999). "Riders on the storm". The Guardian.
- "Road Rats MC (Motorcycle Club)". One Percenter Bikers. 22 October 2016.
- "Police Monday held 46 men and five women after..." UPI.
- "The Most Notorious Biker Gangs in History". Ranker.