Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
motorcycle club, first attested 1957. They were called Black Rebels in the 1954 film "The Wild One." Earlier the phrase had been used as the title of a film about World War I air combat (1930).
Wikipedia
Hell's Angels is a 1930 American epic war film, directed and produced by Howard Hughes and starring Ben Lyon, James Hall and Jean Harlow. The film, which was written by Harry Behn and Howard Estabrook, centers on the combat pilots of World War I. The picture was released by United Artists and, despite its initial poor performance at the box office, eventually earned its production costs twice over. Controversy during the Hell's Angels production contributed to the film's notoriety, including the accidental deaths of several pilots, an inflated budget, a lawsuit against a competitor ( The Dawn Patrol), and repeated postponements of the release date.
Originally shot as a silent film, Hughes retooled the film over a lengthy gestation period. Most of the film is in black and white, but there is one color sequence—the only color footage of Harlow's career. Hell's Angels is now hailed as one of the first sound blockbuster action films.
Usage examples of "hell's angels".
Purvis later obtained a sinecure of sorts, as a founding member of the Hell's Angels.
Or maybe we get rousted and there she is all naked in the middle of a bunch of Hell's Angels, so suddenly she's been raped.
Joe woke as the VW swerved amid a flurry of Hell's Angels bike roaring by.
They wore leather jackets, and the club badges identified them as various New England motorcycle clubs, from Gold Wing Riders to Hell's Angels.
I heard more than one reference to the Hell's Angels supplying drugs to raves that afternoon.
Nazi Party, Hell's Angels, and most of the People's Ecology Party.
They broke away from the Hell's Angels years ago - thought the Angels had gone soft.
Or a gathering of Hell's Angels, except that there were no bikes to be seen.
One of the Hell's Angels saw her dart away into the forbidden area, and he shouted and followed her at a run, twisting his shoulders to squeeze into the narrow passage down which she had disappeared.
His books include Hell's Angels, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72, The Curse of Lono, Songs of the Doomed, Better Than Sex, and The Proud Highway.
A burned-out caricature of Jane Russell: big head of dark hair, face slashed with lipstick and a 48 Double-E chest that was probably spectacular about twenty years ago when she might have been a Mama for the Hell's Angels chapter in Berdoo .
His books include Hell's Angels, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72, The Curse of Lono, Songs of the Doomed, Better Than Sex, The Proud Highway, and The Rum Diary.
A burned-out caricature of Jane Russell: big head of dark hair, face slashed with lipstick and a 48 Double-E chest that was probably spectacular about twenty years ago when she might have been a Mama for the Hell's Angels chapter in Berdoo.
Forming our own gang will be much pleasanter and safer than trying to join the Hell's Angels.