The Market Street Commandos was an

outlaw motorcycle club An outlaw motorcycle 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, ...

that, in 1947, along with the

Boozefighters The Boozefighters Motorcycle Club (BFMC) began as an outlaw (i.e. not sanctioned nor chartered by the AMA) motorcycle club, founded in California after the end of World War Two. The Boozefighters are known as the "Original Wild Ones." Foundatio ...

and the

Pissed Off Bastards of Bloomington The Pissed Off Bastards of Bloomington (POBOB) is a motorcycle club that, in 1947, along with the Boozefighters and the Market Street Commandos, participated in the highly publicized Hollister riot, later immortalized on the film as '' The Wild ...

, participated in the highly publicized Hollister incident (later immortalized on film as ''

The Wild One ''The Wild One'' is a 1953 American crime film directed by László Benedek and produced by Stanley Kramer. The picture is most noted for the character of Johnny Strabler, portrayed by Marlon Brando, whose persona became a cultural icon of the 1 ...

'' ). In 1954 the Market Street Commandos merged with the

Hells Angels The Hells Angels Motorcycle Club (HAMC) is a worldwide outlaw motorcycle club whose members typically ride Harley-Davidson motorcycles. In the United States and Canada, the Hells Angels are incorporated as the Hells Angels Motorcycle Corporati ...

to become their

San Francisco San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17t ...

chapter.''Motorcycle club's origins clouded in wartime history, but all sides agree on one thing: Today's Hells Angels are no monks'', by Michael Jamison, The Missoulian, 2000
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