Gonzo: The Early Years

Hunter S Thompson, a camera and a posse of Hell's Angels - it sounds like a recipe for disaster. This is, after all, the man who famously said: "I hate to advocate drugs, violence or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me."

Check out the sweet image gallery here.

Thompson's photographs prove surprisingly sedate: moody reportage shots of his early days as a correspondent in Puerto Rico and California, which included spending almost a year riding with the hirsute bikers. The images are thin veils for typical Gonzo chaos, though: Thompson ended up with a savage beating after the Angels discovered that he would make money from the book he wrote about them. By Elaine Hake for The First Post