Mark Hickey(R.I.P)-Vocals, Henry Knowles(R.I.P.)- Guitar, Big Bob Clark- Bass and Mark Aber- Drums etc... The newest line-up: Big Bob-Bass, Mark Aber- Drums, Rob Thacker- Guitar and Jess Leedy- Lead Vocals. Other folks who have played with Agression at one time or another: Larry White(drums), Mike Minnick(drums), Jelly Roll(bass), Jon Mitchell(drums).
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FEAR, Ramones, The Tubes, Germs, Dickies, Angry Samoans, T.S.O.L., The Crowd, Suicidal Tendencies, Bad Brains, Wasted Youth, Black Flag, The Damned, Motorhead, Circle Jerks, Killing Joke, Rik L Rik, Rudimentary Peni, Ministry, Buzzcocks, Discharge, Kyle Toucher's Dr. Know etc. etc......
The Music, The Message: Part of Oxnard, California's nascent "Nardcore" scene that also featured bands like Ill Repute and Dr. Know, Agression were the product of four skaters-Mark Hickey, Henry Knowles, Bob Clark and Mark Aber-who, along with bands such as JFA and Big Boys, minted the hardcore sub-genre skate-punk in the early '80s. it only seemed natural, melding the two youth based, outcast-driven sub-cultures-skateboarding and hrdcore-punk-into one entity. Both, after all, were explosive fast, intense adrenaline-rushes. And Agression certainly were intense, showcasing their first material on the now-legendary BYO comp Someone Got thier Head Kicked In! alongside notables such as Adolescents, Battalion Of Saints and a young Bad Religion. In 1983, Agression unleashed their debut full-length Don't Be Mistaken, which had a fiercer sound than the tracks on the BYO comp, and featured consitently sub-two-minute blasts with sneering vocals care of Hickey. Not only did the singer base some songs' subject matter on their sport of choice("Have you ever seen a skateboarder surfing in a pool/flying over the coping with a skateboard as his tool", from "Intense Energy" after a brief soundbite of wheels hitting the pavement), but more often he delves into the topic de rigueur for hardcore bands of the day: critiquing American society. Conformity is harangued in "Brain Bondage" and "Rat Race", and "Stop The Clock" and "Money Machine" find Agression mocking the status quo and the American dream. The band put out later material on Mystic, including '85s AGRESSION LP, but Don't Be Mistaken is essentially Agression at the shining apex of their career. PUNK ROCK RELEVANCE: Without bands like AGRESSION paving the way for skate-punk , other bands following in that vein may have never achieved huge success-at least in punk terms(Pennywise and Guttermouth, anyone?). Think about the long running Vans Warped Tour and the success it has found packaging punk bands with action sports. Similarly, we now have skate companies that have started their own record labels. CURRENT WHEREABOUTS: Sadly, Hickey died in 2000 of liver failure, and in 2002 guitarist Knowles succumbed to lukemia. With only two members left(drummer Mark Aber and bassist Big Bob Clark), Agression released Grind Kings in 2006 as a tribute to the memory of Hickey and Knowles and to keep the music alive.
-Janelle Jones Alternative Press August 2007
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The new issue of Juice Magazine - Issue 66 - featuring ANDY KESSLER (R.I.P.) skating the streets of NYC on the cover (Photo by Ivory Serra) is available now. www.juicemagazine.com.
JUICE MAGAZINE ISSUE 66 features:
ANDY KESSLER interview by STEVE OLSON BEBE BUELL interview by STEVE OLSON BOOTSY COLLINS interview by STEVE OLSON CRAIG JOHNSON interview by JIM MURPHY FRITZ MEAD interview by JIM MURPHY KALANI DAVID interview by JAY ADAMS MIKE WEED interview by STEVE OLSON NATAS KAUPAS interview by STEVE OLSON OMAR SALAZAR interview by STEVE OLSON PAUL SCHMITT interview by STEVE OLSON PETER GUNN interview by MARK "RED" SCOTT and THE CONFESSOR ROB PALMER interview by JIM MURPHY SCOTT CAAN interview by STEVE OLSON JACK GRISHAM of T.S.O.L. interview by STEVE OLSON TIM JACKSON interview by AARON MURRAY WADE SPEYER interview by JIM MURPHY YANIV EVAN interview by STEVE OLSON VENICE SK8 WALL OF FAME features interviews with AARON “FINGERS” MURRAY, BART SARIC, BOB "THE BULLET" BINIAK, C.R. STEYCK III, CESARIO “BLOCK” MONTANO, CHRISTIAN HOSOI, CHUCK KATZ, CRIS DAWSON, DANNY BEARER, DOUG SMITH, ERIC “TUMA” BRITTON, ERIC DRESSEN, GEORGE WILSON, GER-I LEWIS, JAMES "RED DOG" MUIR, JEFF HO, JOEY TRAN, JOSH “BAGEL” KLASSMAN, LANCE LEMOND, MARK MUNSKI, JAY ADAMS, JEF HARTSEL, JESSE MARTINEZ, KELLY JACKSON, PAT BAREIS, PAUL CONSTANTINEAU, PAUL HOFFMAN, PEGGY OKI, RAY FLORES, SKIP ENGBLOM, SUSANNE MELANIE BERRY, TIM JACKSON, WENTZLE RUML IV, WES HUMPSTON.
an honor to be in touch with you! ..... although perhaps seem strange but here we know about Agression from long time ago and hear their music for many years !!.... thanks for the music ...thanks for the magic nights of skate rock!! cheers from Buenos Aires,ARGENTINA
