Top Row from left to right 1 -Gilles 2- Rocky 3-Marcel Polidor 4-visitor from Ontario 5-his brother also from Ontario 6-Mick Rowan 7-Daniel Lemaire 8-Sonny Lacombe President 9-Regain 10-Carl 11-Michel "Frenchy" Vieillette
Bottom Row 1-Mike French 2-Rod McLeod 3-J.P. 4- Pino 5-Snoopy 6-Yvon Robert
The Montreal chapter of Satan's Choice started as a loose group of friends around 1967, many of whom did not initially own motorcycles.
When this photo was taken, probably in 1972, the gang did not have any particular unifying activity, so some made a little bit of money committing various petty misdeeds, including selling marijuana and LSD.
Some were on welfare and pretty much all of them barely scraped by.
The group ranged from brilliant intellectuals like Robert at the bottom right, to impulsive pugilists, like the oft-referenced Mike French on the bottom left.
Some of these men are still alive, others less so. Please help fill in the blanks and share stories.
Brian Powers, seen in this photo taken also around 1972, stood only about 5'8" but came with a mean streak. He started out as a kind person but soon became no stranger to committing murder. He later joined the Outlaws and was at or near the top of its gang hierarchy when assassin Yves "Apache" Trudeau came to his home somewhere in the West End on Nov. 10, 1978 and shot him with seven bullets to the head from a 45 calibre handgun.
I have heard various stories about Powers that I would love to corroborate from independent sources, so please drop me a note if you knew him.
Brenda Van Rentlyn (correct spelling unknown) was the girlfriend of Michel Veiellette, who was in the gang at the time. I have about 16 other photos from this collection that I might publish her at some other time depending on feedback.
Yvon Robert, Daniel Lamarre and Rod McLoed on Dorchester just west of Atwater.