Well this an update on this that I should have done a while back , now 3 of the original members have now passed away MARK HICKEY in 2000 , HENRY KNOWLES in 2002 , and BIG BOB CLARK in 2021 . I'm gonna leave up what I wrote before . The very first punk band i seen at a little bar/club in Oak View , Ca (near Ventura ,Ca if anyone wanted to know) sometime in late 83 early 84 , i remember The Invisible Government but forgot who else played (good luck on finding any info on The Invisible Government , i havn't been able to find any info anywhere on them but they were from Ventura) . Well I found this flyer but I'm pretty sure it wasn't this one because the flyer I use to have had The Invisible Government on it , but I guess they also had a few other shows there .
I was about 14 when I seen Agression play and feeling like an outsider in general , but that night the guys from Agression made me feel welcomed and made me feel invited and ever since that night I felt like I finally belonged somewhere and felt more comfortable being around the punks and skaters , and every chance when I could I would go see them and many other bands play . I listen to so different styles and types of Punk nowadays but when it comes down to it , 40 years later it is my favorite style of music that has helped me get thru some serious dark times
Guess they played the high school i went to in Ojai , Ca , and heard things didn't go well and someone printed shirts for it . Heard from a few people that were there and seen the shirt but that was before i got into punk . I've seen them so many times in the 80's along with many of the other Nardcore bands and along seeing them i was introduced to so many other great and incredible and sometimes not so great bands . I just wished i would have been taking pictures or videos of all the great gigs and bands i seen back then , so if anyone out there has pics from The Skate Palace , Oxnard Community Center , Camarillo Airport or any other places that the bands played at in the 80's i would love to see them . Enjoy the music , i know i sure did growing up .
A big thank you to Trust Records for re releasing Don't Be Mistaken , and it is so much like the original pressing from B.Y.O. Records and the booklet included with it was amazing , it was released in a few different colored vinyl . Gold very very limited , Silver Strand Silver limited to 250 , Big Bob Blue limited to 750 (which is the one I got) and in Discogs.com there is a Clear Blue Cloud Vinyl limited to 1000 and black vinyl .
SILVER STRAND SILVER
BIG BOB BLUE
The S.S.L. record was released by It's Alive Records in 2020 , limited edition hand numbered copies of 300 pink vinyl of demo/live and studio recordings . I don't remember what numbered copy I have off hand and I can't go check because my grand daughter is sleeping in the bedroom where my records are at but it was in the low teens I'm pretty sure mine was numbered .
Here's some pictures and the flyers I got from metallipromo.com (that has a bunch of flyers and he is always looking to add more flyers , ticket stubs , etc)
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