The Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger faced murder attempts in the past, but the musician still opted to perform on stage despite that.
For over two decades, a Hell's Angels murder contract led a group to attempt to kill Jagger twice, though both of which failed. Its founding member recently revealed the concerning story about the attempted killing and why it accepted the murder contract.
Mick Jagger's Murder Attempts Explored
In Yves Lavigne's book, "Hell's Angels," Hell's Angels Cleveland, Ohio, chapter founding member Clarence Crouch recalled the incident during a Rolling Stones concert in December 1969, which led to the creation of the murder contract. The same story was mentioned in a British Broadcasting Corp. documentary, "Gimme Shelter," per ABC News.
According to Crouch, a fight broke out at the Altamont Speedway concert in Livermore, California, and a gang of Angels stabbed a young man to death.
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"The club felt that the group didn't stand behind them, although they had hired them to do security for them," Crouch said. "They felt that this rock band should have stayed behind them and said they had hired them for around the bandstand, but they did not. They just left."
Hell's Angels reportedly issued a warning to Rolling Stones that it would murder every member of the band, though its main focus was to kill Jagger following his post-concert comments against the gang members.
When Did the Murder Attempts Occur?
Crouch revealed that the first of the two attempts started when Hell's Angels received a tip that the rockers were at a New York hotel. One member went to the place with a .22 caliber gun and silencer and waited for hours to assassinate the band members, but no one showed up in the end.
A few years later, the group plotted to plant a bomb under the Rolling Stones' rental house in Long Island. In pursuit of making the attempt successful, Hell's Angels' hitmen tried checking the layout of the house by swimming across the water in a small raft.
However, at that time, the explosives were dropped overboard.
Speaking about the murder attempts, a Rolling Stones representative said Jagger took the threats seriously that he also thought someone would murder him at a concert. To prevent it, he spent $10,000 a month to ensure his security.
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