[CatoRenasci]

I've followed Thompson's work for years, ever since reading Hell's Angels when in came out, and then his stuff in Rolling Stone. Saw him live a couple of times over the years, including one appearance (in '70 or '71) at UC Santa Barbara, where he was absolutely stoned and drunk on stage. Several exceptionally attractive coeds had volunteerd their availabilty and the party afterwards at the Biltmore, where Thompson insisted on being put up, was pretty debauched according to those who were there.

[NonLinear]

Hell's Angels was an interesting read. The tone changed decidedly after they stomped him. Prior to that it was all great fun, and they were really pretty good guys overall. Afterwards, they were not on as high of a pedestal.