LOOK HOMEWARD ANGELCYCLE ICON SONNY BARGER KICK-STARTS LIFE AS A FREE MAN BY VIOLATING PAROLE

"I'm no different than any other member," he says. "The things I'm doing now, I'd be doing if I was just a regular member. They are 40 good guys in this chapter . . . It's an honor that the guys think enough of me, but we're all pretty equal. It's a lot different in the old days, now we've got to do stuff like this."
He gestures at the ongoing party.
Barger himself says he doesn't know what his plans are, if he'll resume leadership. "It's up to the club," he says. "I'll do what they want me to do."

"It's different now," he says. "I started out, I didn't have anything but my colors and my bike. Now I've got a house, a family--this is my family. The Angels are my family. And they're what's important.

"I imagine they'll violate my parole for this [party]; I'm sure they'll try to send me back to prison. But if I have to do three more years in Phoenix, then it's been worth it.