Jack of All Graves

Ep. 266: the altamont incident

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Back in 1969, the Rolling Stones paid the world's most notoriously violent biker gang to do security for a hastily thrown together concert in exchange for beer. It went.... poorly.

Highlights:

[0:00] Corrigan tells Marko about the horrors of the Altamont Free Concert (make sure you listen to the companion ep. for free on our Ko-Fi!)
[01:04:03] Summer is terrible, we reminisce on our blogging days, Marko saw monster trucks
[01:17:40] What we watched: (Exhibit A, Faces of Death, It Ends, Infested, Buffet Infinity, The Blackening)

Stuff we referenced:

  • Inside the Rise of the Hells Angels, the World’s Most Powerful Biker Gang
  • LIFE Rides With Hells Angels, 1965
  • 'If Woodstock started it, we stopped it': How the Rolling Stones killed the hippie dream at Altamont
  • What happened at the Altamont Free Festival?
  • Altamont At 50: The Disastrous Concert That Brought The ‘60s To A Crashing Halt
  • Altamont at 45: The most dangerous rock concert
  • Who was to blame for the Altamont Free Concert tragedy?
  • The Altamont Speedway Free Concert: The Deadly End To The Hippie Era
  • Days Of Rage: The Rolling Stones' Road To Altamont
  • The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
  • The Sixties aren’t dead... they’ve been rebooted on today’s American streets
  • Angels & Abominations: The Altamont Tragedy
  • KoRn at Woodstock '99

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