Pissed Off Bastards of Bloomington

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Pissed Off Bastards of Bloomington

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{{Short description|California motorcycle club}}
{{Short description|California motorcycle club}}
{{Infobox organization
{{Infobox organization
| name = Pissed Off Bastards of Bloomington
| name = Pissed Off Bastards of Bloomington
| image = Pissed_Off_Bastards_of_Bloomington_logo.jpg
| image = Pissed_Off_Bastards_of_Bloomington_logo.jpg
| image_size =
| image_size =
| formation = 1945
| formation = 1945
| founding_location = [[Bloomington, California]]
| founding_location = [[Bloomington, California]]
| founder = Norman Briggs
| founder = Norman Briggs
| leader_name =
| leader_name =
| leader_title =
| leader_title =
| key_people =
| key_people =
| type = [[Outlaw motorcycle club]]
| type = [[Outlaw motorcycle club]]
| region = [[California]] and [[Nevada]], US
| region_served = [[California]] and [[Nevada]], US
| marque =
| marque =
| membership =
| num_members =
| purpose = Outlaw motorcycle and car club
| purpose = Outlaw motorcycle and car club
| website = [http://www.POBOBMC.com/ www.POBOBMC.com]
| website = [http://www.POBOBMC.com/ www.POBOBMC.com]
| abbreviation =
| abbreviation =
}}
}}
The '''Pissed Off Bastards of Bloomington''' (POBOB) is a [[motorcycle club]] that, in 1947, along with the [[Boozefighters]] and the [[Market Street Commandos]], participated in the highly publicized [[Hollister riot]], later immortalized on the film as ''[[The Wild One]]'' (1953)''.''{{cite news |last=Grad |first=Shelby |date=May 19, 2015 |title=How the outlaw biker gang culture got its start in a small California town |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-hollister-marlon-brando-biker-culture-20150519-story.html |publisher= [[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=August 13, 2025}}[http://www.sonnybarger.com ''Hell's Angel: the Life and Times of Sonny Barger and the Hell's Angels Motorcycle Club'', by Ralph "Sonny" Barger, with Keith and Kent Zimmerman, 2000, HarperCollins, pp. 25–47]
The '''Pissed Off Bastards of Bloomington''' (POBOB) is a [[motorcycle club]] that, in 1947, along with the [[Boozefighters]] and the [[Market Street Commandos]], participated in the highly publicized [[Hollister riot]], later immortalized on the film as ''[[The Wild One]]'' (1953)''.''{{cite news |last=Grad |first=Shelby |date=May 19, 2015 |title=How the outlaw biker gang culture got its start in a small California town |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-hollister-marlon-brando-biker-culture-20150519-story.html |publisher= [[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=August 13, 2025}}[http://www.sonnybarger.com ''Hell's Angel: the Life and Times of Sonny Barger and the Hell's Angels Motorcycle Club'', by Ralph "Sonny" Barger, with Keith and Kent Zimmerman, 2000, HarperCollins, pp. 25–47]
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