![]() He spent almost two years riding with the outlaw motorcycle gang, and in 1966 he published a bestseller that took readers deep inside a subculture largely inaccessible to the outside world.Ī year later, Thompson sent Rolling Stone the first section of a new piece he was working on. Thompson was born in Louisville, Kentucky, served in the Air Force, and worked as a journalist in Puerto Rico before moving to San Francisco, where an article about the Hells Angels turned into a book project. That term captured his lifestyle, but it didn’t really do justice to Thompson’s command of language, his fearless reporting or his fearsome intellect. He lived and wrote on the edge in a style that would come to be called Gonzo journalism. “Don’t fuck it up with pompous bullshit the demise of RS would leave a nasty hole.” A bond was formed, and over the next 30 years, Thompson would do much to redefine journalism in the pages of the magazine. “ a hell of a good medium by any standard, from Hemingway to the Airplane,” Thompson wrote. Wenner a letter praising Rolling Stone‘s definitive coverage of the disastrous Altamont festival. ![]() ![]() Adapted from the book “50 Years of Rolling Stone ” (Abrams), which is available here. ![]()
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