The local Hell’s Angels chapter was in charge of security. The Angels’ fee: $500 worth of beer. Everybody knows how that turned out: 300,000 kids crammed into a decrepit speedway that couldn’t hold them, a hastily rigged stage three feet off the ground, no food, no water, no facilities, no escape, no shelter. The Angels loaded on acid and speed and alcohol, charging their bikes into the crowd, mauling fans with pool cues, beating musicians to a pulp onstage. Four deaths. One homicide. Crosby. Stills. Nash. War, children, it’s just a shot away, with a Hollywood crew on hand to film every
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