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The Comenchro Motorcycle Club is a motorcycle gang called the “1%”. It’s a club of outlaw bikers founded in Sydney, Australia, in 1966. They are distinguished by their yellow, red and black crest featuring a condor in the center. 🔥THE MOST POPULAR PRODUCTS🔥
In this article, you’ll discover, among other things:
- The origin of this MC
- The history of the founding members
- The logos and slogans of this Moto Club
- Why these bikers made a name for themselves
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Origin of Comanchero Motorcycle Club
As previously mentioned, this gang was founded in Sydney, Australia, in 1966. It’s one of the best-known non-US gangs. It is renowned for the leadership and military style of its founder, Jock Ross, as well as for being the Bandidos’ number-one enemy, with whom they went to war during the Milperra Massacre (also known as the Father’s Day Massacre) in September 1984…
There’s also a club called Comancheros, mentioned in Hunter S. Thompson’s famous book “Hells Angels”. Thompson’s famous book “Hells Angels”. We don’t think it’s related to the club mentioned in the article, but since the book was published in 1966, it would have used the name “Comancheros” before the Australian club was formed. A legend surrounds this story, and we’ll come back to it later in this article.
Jock (the founder) ran the club with an iron fist, introducing military tactics to encourage members to go to war against other clubs. He also gave his members military-inspired titles, his own being “Supreme Commander”.
History of this 1% Club
The Comanchero MC club name is said to have originated after Jock Ross watched the John Wayne film “The Comancheros”. In 1982, the Sydney City Comanchero MC clan was founded by Anthony “Snodgrass” Spencer. This clan was later taken over by the Bandidos MC, becoming the enemy of the rest of the Comanchero Motorcycle Club.
The transition from the clan to the Bandidos MC occurred when several clan members were dissatisfied with the leadership style and direction taken by their founder and supreme commander, Jock Ross. These disagreements and the affiliation with Bandidos MC culminated on Father’s Day 1984. A day that will forever be remembered by the outlaw motorcycle community and the media as the “Father’s Day Massacre” or “Milperra Massacre”. 🩸
Logo and Crest of the Comanchero MC
The Comanchero MC crest features a condor as its central element, this animal symbolizing freedom, power and courage for members wearing the club’s colors. Although the general public despises this animal due to its unattractive appearance, members of this MC claim to “identify” with it in the sense that they feel excluded from society and only fully flourish within the group. 🤠
The logo is easily recognizable thanks to its bright colors. It is yellow and red in color and usually appears on a red background. The name “Comanchero” is always inscribed in an arc around the condor. The name of the town or country of the clan to which the member wearing the club badge belongs can also be found. Ironically, this crest closely resembles that of the Bandidos, their eternal enemy!
The club’s motto is ACCA, which stands for “Always Comanchero, Comanchero Always”. This slogan is very similar to that of other motorcycle clubs, such as the Bandidos MC who use BFFB, meaning “Bandidos Forever, Forever Bandidos”, and the Hells Angels MC who use AFFA, meaning “Angels Forever, Forever Angels”. The idea is to be fully committed to your club brothers, whatever the circumstances.
Global expansion of the biker gang
The club experienced a meteoric rise only a few years after the first appearances of jackets with a condor on the back. After emerging in Australia, it quickly conquered Eastern European countries, before expanding into the United States, much to the satisfaction of its founding members. Although it wasn’t their initial goal, the founders were delighted to see their gang grow worldwide. 🌍
The first external clans began to emerge in Australia:
- Comanchero MC Australia
- Comanchero MC Sydney
- Comanchero MC Perth
- Comanchero MC Melbourne
- Comanchero MC Adelaide
- Comanchero MC Great Lakes
Having conquered Australia, members have multiplied across the globe. Here are the clans that were notably created in Europe:
- Comanchero MC Spain
- Comanchero MC Bosnia-Herzegovina
- Comanchero MC Russia
- Comanchero MC Bulgaria
- Comanchero MC France
- Comanchero MC Portugal
- Comanchero MC Italy
- Comanchero MC Germany
It was in 2004 that the first group outside Australia saw the light of day, in Bosnia-Herzegovina. In October 2016, it was reported that several members of Australia’s Comancheros had gone into exile in New Zealand, specifically in the Taranaki region. The country has also seen the birth of several groups across the state.
Famous Australian Club Members
Let’s talk briefly about two members without whom the club could never have come into being. First, Jock Ross, the founder who created the gang in 1966 and is still nicknamed “the Supreme Commander” today. He was truly at the head of what looked like a mafia, with total control, orders given like in an army and information communicated with precision. This man is respected by all members. 🙏
Mick Hawi is also a founding figure of the club. He is known for his extreme violence, spreading terror wherever he goes. He was convicted of the murder of Anthony Zervas, a high-ranking member of the Hells Angels. The knife attack took place during the Sydney airport brawl in 2009. He has been in prison ever since.
Media Cases
Since its inception, the biker gang has been in trouble… Numerous fights, murders and, of course, run-ins with the law. Let’s take a closer look at some of the cases that have brought the gang worldwide attention at times:
⇒ 1984, Australia – The “Father’s Day Massacre”. Shortly after the founding of the first Australian Bandidos MC clan by former Comancheros members, including Bandidos MC president Anthony Snodgrass Spencer, a bloody shootout broke out in the Sydney suburb of Milperra with the Bandidos MC. The shootout resulted in the death of a 14-year-old girl, as well as six others, and left 28 people injured. 😓
This event took place on Sunday, September 2, 1984, Father’s Day in Australia, hence the name “Father’s Day Massacre”.
⇒ 2009, Australia – The “Sydney Airport Brawl”. On Sunday, March 22, 2009, a brawl broke out at Sydney International Airport between members of the Hells Angels MC and the Comancheros MC. It is estimated that up to 15 members of the clubs were involved in the brawl, which was triggered by the presence of members of each club on the same flight from Melbourne. Hells Angels MC member Anthony Zervas was stabbed to death. 🔪
Six members of the Comancheros were arrested after the incident. The president of the Comancheros at the time, Mick Hawi, was convicted of murder on November 2, 2011. The incident was one of many events in the outlaw biker gang community that led to the passage of anti-biker legislation in 2012 and increased Australian media attention to the biker community in general.
⇒ 2012, Australia – “Anti-Biker Legislation”. That year, legislation was passed in Australia banning the entry of anyone wearing patches, jewelry or any other items representing certain outlaw biker clubs, including the Comancheros MC.
⇒ January 29, 2012. Vince Focarelli, a former high-ranking member of South Australia’s Comancheros MC, and his 22-year-old son, Giovanni Focarelli, are victims of a shooting in South Australia. Giovanni Focarelli dies and Vince Focarelli is wounded. This is the fourth assassination attempt targeting Vince Focarelli.
Films and books about the Comancheros
Although people hate being surrounded by thugs and not feeling safe, they’re still fascinated by stories of violence. That’s precisely why the club’s story captured the interest of the general public, so much so that one director made a movie about it!
The title of the film was “Bikies Wars – Brothers in Arms”, released in 2012 in cinemas and on Amazon Prime. The series recounts the rivalry between the Comancheros MC and the Bandidos MC, which ultimately led to the 1984 Father’s Day Massacre (Milperra Massacre). It is therefore a true story that took place a few years earlier. 📹
A book based on the same story has also been adapted. The title is the same: “Bikies Wars – Brothers in Arms”, written by Lindsay Simpson and Sandra Harvey. The book is the original version on which the film was based, covering the events surrounding the 1984 Father’s Day massacre involving the Bandidos MC.
The 10 Commandments of the MC Comancheros
In fact, the gang’s founding president has written out in his own hand a list of ten commandments that every member, regardless of status, must respect as soon as they join the group or wear the club’s colors. Here’s the list:
- The president is the supreme commander of the Comancheros.
- Any member found guilty of cowardice will be expelled from the club.
- Any member found guilty of stealing from another club member will be expelled from the club.
- Any member found guilty of having relations with another member’s wife or of taking advantage of a conflict between them with a view to a future “affair” will be expelled from the club.
- Any member found guilty of sowing disorder within the club (by disparaging the club president, club policies or spreading false rumors) will be expelled. ⛔️
- Any member found guilty of selling, distributing or using hard drugs will be expelled.
- Any member found guilty of using his or her superiority to swindle another member out of motorcycles, money or valuables will be severely punished.
- Any member found guilty of not helping another member with real problems (not small ones) will be severely punished.
- Any member found guilty of disclosing club business to a non-member, unless requested by the president, will be severely punished.
- Any member found guilty of wearing club colors on or with anything other than a British or American motorcycle of 500cc or more will be severely punished.
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We’ve now explored the origin and history of this outlaw motorcycle gang. You’ll have an in-depth knowledge of this group, its notoriety and its club colors. You’ll be able to recognize the condor and the distinctive logo colors when you see them on the road. Well done to you, young biker! 🤜 🤛 🔥THE MOST POPULAR PRODUCTS🔥
