UNBELIEVABLE! 1%ers Outcast, Hells Lovers & Sin City Party Together St. Louis
Locked & Loaded for the Black MC Set in St. Louis, Missouri—Outcast MC, Hells Lovers MC, Sin City Deciples MC, declare peace for a night of Unity: “by KAOS”
UNBELIEVABLE! 1%ers Outcast, Hells Lovers & Sin City Party Together St. Louis
It was January 31st, 15 degrees above zero with a wind chill of 5 below, and my 2001 Chevy Suburban was betraying me. Failed thermostat. Dead heater core. I was freezing my ass off, breath fogging the windshield, and gloved hands numb on the steering wheel. But that’s the biker life. Sometimes the two wheels stay parked, and you gotta slide into an old cage to handle club business.
This wasn’t optional. My club—Scooter Boyz MC, Alton chapter—was riding support for the 1% club we were patched under, Sin City Deciples MC, East St. Louis Chapter, and leadership had made it crystal clear, “Don’t miss this one. It’s important.”
I got off work later than expected and had already missed the “operational plan” meeting, so I rolled up solo. No crew, no radio chatter, no heat—just me, my rags, and the cold.
Six blocks away from the spot, I knew something was different. Goodfellow Boulevard was packed with cars two deep, side-by-side, streets looking like a ghetto car show. My first thought, “This can’t be the OLS Unity Party… too many rides.” But it was.
We all knew the historical beef between the 1% MCs on the black set runs deep—lives lost on every side. Nobody came expecting a fairy tale. We came expecting anything.
I drove past the Omega Center and found parking a couple blocks down in a cheap car sales lot, then hiked back. As I did, I saw hundreds of people making the same trek through the snow, some coming, some going. As soon as I arrived, the sight hit me. There were hundreds of brothers and sisters in their rags lined up waiting to get in. Many were fed up with waiting because the lines were so long they couldn’t get in. Frustrated, they left the cold lines and went home. However, the energy was thick in the air. No fear on any faces—just smiles.
Real smiles, the kind you don’t fake. Still the tensions were high but the expectations even higher. I saw a few bikes parked out front and could only admire the steel it took to ride on two’s through the snow and 15-degree weather to get there. One of the bikes even had a California plate. That was when I realized this really was a nationwide event.
Security was locked down tight. All three clubs had full patch brothers at the door. This was when I realized why so many people had turned away. They were giving everyone that entered a thorough pat-down and that took a lot of time. There were at least a few hundred in the line braving the cold. I guess many just couldn’t hang through the wait.
Photo: The packed Omega Center floor on January 31—over 3,000 brothers and sisters under one roof, Sin City Deciples MC patches holding strong in the foreground, real unity with no beef in sight. The energy was thick, smiles everywhere, and the vibe melted decades of tension.
The first thing that hit me was the sheer number of people attending. There must have been three-thousand inside and another two thousand who had already come and gone or were outside the Omega Center waiting to get in. But more important was the camaraderie among the 99% clubs. Some of the clubs in attendance were the Scooter Boyz MC, Steel Dragons MC, Rare Breed MC, Crown Royal MC, Dem Boyz MC, and Ghost Doggs MC, and their sister clubs—Scooter Babez MC, and Lady Dragons MC. But there were others clubs in attendance.
There were Social Clubs (SC) in attendance as well such as, Scooter Gyrlz SC, RareLadies SC, Steel Ladies SC, Rising Divaz SC, among others—all under one roof with the 1% holding up the four corners. But instead of side-eyes and stiff shoulders, it was handshakes, daps, and, “What’s good, fam?”
Outcast MC had the east wall. Sin City Deciples MC had the south, and Hells Lovers MC had the stage. Each of the 1% clubs had chapters from all over the country in attendance. According to Outcast MC, St. Louis chapter, President, Gunho, there were at least 600 members from the 1% clubs alone.
The bass from the stage vibrated through the space like a battle axe for unity. That beat wasn’t just music—it was pure power. It melted away twenty years of tension in one night. Soon, the social clubs started bopping to the music. A sister from the Scooter Babez MC looked up, smiled, and passed me a bottle of Don Julio. I took a pull and officially fell into the vibe.
Unity wasn’t a slogan that night—it was the air we breathed:
At first, the 99% clubs hung back a little. You could feel it—that cautious energy. We’ve all seen what can pop off when sets get too close. But as the night went on, the music kept calling, the smiles kept spreading, and one by one the brothers connected. Because that’s what real bikers do—we represent the whole family. How you move reflects on every patch on the set.
A few days later, I had an opportunity to sit down with Sin City Deciples MC, East St. Louis chapter President, Spark Plug. He broke it down simple: “When you’re Sin City, we treat you like you came out the same mother.” He went on to say, “Either you’re a biker or you’re not. If one biker does something wrong, we all get blamed for it. So unity is a profound step toward the future.”
“God, Family, Sin City that’s the order of the way we do things. That family bond is what makes the difference.” — Sin City Deciples MC East St. Louis chapter President “Spark Plug”
When asked how the concept of the Unity Event was conceived, Spark Plug said the local presidents of the three 1% clubs have known each other for years, and it was that long-time respect that opened the door to the event. He said, “The energy felt right, and the time was now.” He went on to say, “We want this positive wave to spread.”
In an interview with Black Dragon TV, President Gunho, said, “One thing for sure, man, we put it together like that. And nobody gets out of line, nobody disrespects the [OLS] party. It’s a three-club party to show we can do it the right way, without any violence. Each individual controls their own nation.” He also added that a fine would be imposed on any 99% club patched in under the three 1% clubs if they were to spark anything off. In this author’s humble opinion, a monetary incentive such as this could be a key ingredient to success for future events.
The power of peace beat the power of war that night
The three clubs are already talking about doing it again—bigger, more two-wheelers, and warmer weather. President Gunho mentioned the idea of an event called “Race and Rags,” this upcoming summer.
In this author’s opinion, an event like this would be a great way for the set to get back to its roots, racing against each other instead of fighting each other. Many may not know that MC culture began as racing teams that later formed into MCs. A good read on the origins of this part of MC history can be found in the book “Motorcycle Club Protocol 101” by John E. ‘Black Dragon’ Bunch II, available on Amazon,
Kindle and at BlackDragonsGear.com. Racing and not fighting is the way the set was originally intended to be. Clubs raced for respect, fun and money, and the 1% could be a guiding light in the dark to getting mc culture back to its roots. But for now, we wait.
This winter’s OLS Unity party broke records for attendance without violence. In my estimate, there were at least five-thousand that showed up throughout the night. Imagine what it’s gonna look like when the weather’s good and everyone’s out on twos.
To every brother and sister reading this: the streets remember the old days, but they’re watching the new ones too:
If the 1% clubs in St. Louis can turn decades of beef into one powerful night of unity…then every set in America—hell, in the world— can do the same.
Peace isn’t soft, peace is strength.
Ride safe. Stay solid.
See you on the next one.
Scooter Boyz MC,
Alton, Chapter
Sergeant At Arms
Curtis “KAOS” Phillips