On March 3rd, 1983, a member of The Hells Angels motorcycle club told a US Senate Judiciary hearing that his friends had a contract out on The Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger and that two assassination attempts had already been attempted. One was ruined by inclement weather and the raging waters near Jagger’s Long Island, NY home. This assassination attempt is the focus of today’s This Day in Rock and Roll History write-up.
Why Would the Hells Angels Want to Kill Mick Jagger?
It is a well-known fact that The Rolling Stones had used the motorcycle club known as The Hells Angels for their security personnel during their 1969 concert at a former speedway in Altamont, California, where the club members are claimed to have absolutely terrorized the concertgoers, and they were offended by Jagger’s feminine brand of dancing.
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