He Was the Youngest Hells Angels President 🤯
Mel recounts his early attempts to join the Hells Angels as an underage teenager. Despite the club's 21-year-old minimum age requirement, his mature appearance allowed him to blend in, though he ultimately told the truth about his age when directly questioned. The club allowed him to remain as a 'friend' until he came of age.
Summary
In this short clip, Mel shares the story of how he first got involved with the Hells Angels as a teenager. At 18 years old, he was invited to a party at the clubhouse. Despite being underage — the club required members to be at least 21 — Mel had a full beard, was physically built, and had tattoos, making him look significantly older than his actual age.
His sponsor, a member nicknamed Tombstone, coached him before a club meeting, suggesting that Mel simply claim to be 21. However, when Mel was called into the meeting room and directly asked his age, he felt a pit in his stomach and came clean, admitting he was almost 19. The club respected their own rule and told him he couldn't join until he was 21, but offered him the status of 'friend' in the meantime.
The story concludes with a humorous anecdote from a subsequent party when Mel was nearly 20. When asked his age again by the same member, Mel replied honestly that he was 20 — just a year after their last conversation. The member quipped that Mel was going to 'age terribly,' noting that he already looked like he was 30, underlining the recurring theme of Mel's unusually mature appearance throughout the story.
Key Insights
- Mel was only 18 when first invited to the Hells Angels clubhouse, but had a full beard, was physically built, and had tattoos, making him appear much older than his actual age.
- Mel's sponsor Tombstone coached him to claim he was 21 to bypass the club's minimum age rule, suggesting the mature appearance made the lie plausible.
- Despite being coached to lie, Mel admitted to the room that he was 'almost turning 19' when directly questioned, showing he wouldn't deceive the club under direct pressure.
- Rather than turning Mel away entirely, the Hells Angels offered him the informal status of 'friend' of the club, allowing him to remain connected until he reached the required age of 21.
- At nearly 20 years old, a club member told Mel he was going to 'age terribly' because he already looked like he was 30, reinforcing the recurring joke about his prematurely aged appearance.
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Transcript
[0:00] They invited me [music] down to one of their parties at the clubhouse. At 18 now, I had a full facial hair. Now I was already getting jacked up and training. I had tattoos on me and stuff. I didn't look like an 18-year-old. You were supposed [music] to be 21 to get in the club. The guy that's on my arm right here, who's Tombstone, [music] we lost Al, became my sponsor that was looking out for me. I remember him telling me we're going down to a meeting and he said, "Listen, you got [music] to be 21 to be in the club." And I said, "Yeah." He goes, "You look older." He goes, "So, you're 21,…
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