Biker tattoos originated with the first biker gangs from the 1940s and 1950s when they

were worn to denote affiliation to a particular motorcycle group. Most of the early motorcycle gangs were made up of ex soldiers or disaffected youth and belonging to a biker gang was a way of experiencing brotherhood and comradeship in an uncertain post war world. !angs often pro"ided the stability and discipline these guys could not get anywhere else. #rom 195$ more and more young men modelled themsel"es on Marlon Brando in %he &ild 'ne( and similarly in 19)9 *asy +ider became a cult film. %aken from http,--tattoo culture style.com-.01$-0.-.1-the outlaw inked the history and symbolism of biker tattoos-