Bridge Nine is excited to see that B9 alumni and collaborators American Nightmare, New Found Glory, Advent, Strike Anywhere, Jesus Piece, Sick Of It All and Agnostic Front are all playing this year’s Fest between Friday, September 23rd and Sunday, September 25th in Birmingham, Alabama! Grab tickets HERE!
Our "RAID THE ARCHIVE" Boxes Are Almost Ready...
Our “Raid The Archive” 5 record mystery boxes are ALMOST ready to ship, we have all of the vinyl now, just waiting on jackets to arrive for one of the LP’s. Haven’t ordered one yet? These are helping us transition into our new space as we renovate it (and get ready to open our own record store!) You can grab one HERE!
Slapshot's European Summer Tour
Slapshot will tour Europe throughout May and June. After seeing them this past Fall, this is one show you do not want to miss! Click here to visit Slapshot's Facebook page for details on each show and where to purchase tickets. Look for news regarding a new album, soon!
War On Women on the road with Good Riddance this May!
War On Women will be hitting the road in May supporting Good Riddance, with a few dates including Brutal Youth. They also have a few dates in Canada, so be sure to check them out if they come to your city! Click here to visit War On Women's Facebook page for details on each show and where to purchase tickets.
Upcoming Tour Dates:
May 13 - Brooklyn, NY - Kingsland
May 14 - Asbury Park, NJ - House of Independents
May 15 - Pittsburgh, PA - Thunderbird Music Hall
May 16 - Covington, KY - Madison Live!
May 17 - Chicago, IL - Beat Kitchen
May 18 - Hamtramck, MI - Small's
May 19 - London, ON - Rum Runners
May 20 - Toronto, ON - Velvet Underground
May 21 - Montreal, QC - Pouzza
Buried Alive Weekend Shows in April
Buried Alive will play a string of shows throughout the second weekend in April, kicking off in New York and ending in Connecticut. Joining them will be Sanction and Age of Apocalpyse. Click here to visit Buried Alive's Facebook page for details on each show and where to purchase tickets. Additionally, we've had some inquiries about the Buried Alive 7" Death Will Find You - we still have it on red and green vinyl in the online store, and you can still get it on white vinyl (1st press/500) online at Plastic Head Megastore.
Death Before Dishonor & Cruel Hand Announce Spring Tour
New England hardcore favorites Death Before Dishonor and Cruel Hand will kick off their Spring tour one month from today in New Haven, CT. They'll be joined by Year of the Knife (Pure Noise Records) for this 10-day tour and we can't wait to see them! Click here to visit DBD's Facebook page for details on each show and where to purchase tickets. Also, we still have some of Death Before Dishonor's most recent release Unfinished Business available on Clear w/ White/Gray spatter vinyl (/500) in the online store!
Slapshot 35th Anniversary Tour this Fall
Slapshot is teaming up with Sheer Terror as they both celebrate 35 years of being bands. Check them out this fall on tour together! Dates and tickets are HERE!
War On Women on tour with Bad Religion, Alkaline Trio
The Bad Religion / Alkaline Trio tour with War On Women has been rescheduled and is happening this fall! Details and links to tickets while they’re still available HERE!
Death Before Dishonor hits the road in August!
Catch Death Before Dishonor back on the road this August, including a run in Texas with Madball! Dates and info are HERE!
We're Opening a Record Store so we've Raided The B9 ARCHIVE
Over the past six or so months as we've prepared to move our office, we've been cleaning, organizing and packing. During that process, we've dug out all sorts of rare recordings from our archive that we'd forgotten we had, special sessions that had been filed away.
We've been sharing updates about the old Beverly Glass building that we're moving to, and the renovation that Chris Wrenn has been doing there over the past few months. What we haven't really talked much about is that the new office will also have a RECORD STORE! Our own dedicated retail space where you can get everything Bridge Nine, but also records from our favorite bands and labels too.
Last year, we released our "Raid The Vault" mystery boxes where we included test pressings and out of press variants of records from our discography, which helped us secure the space that will be our new HQ. Now, in the spirit of Record Store Day and to help us get across the finish line moving and renovating the building, we're offering our "Raid The Archive" boxes - which include FIVE special recordings, circa 2003-2009. This collection includes two new LP's and three new 7 inches that pull from Bridge Nine's heavy hitters during those years (featuring a very special unreleased recording from a band that we tried to sign back then, but couldn't), each housed in a full color glue-pocket jacket. If you are a fan of mid-2000's Bridge Nine, you will definitely want to get your hands on this! Order HERE!
This is a pre-order item. Due to the recent delays at pressing plants we anticipate this collection shipping in September, so please be aware of that. We will be sending updates as everything comes in, and hope to ship sooner than that!
Celebrating 10 years of Ceremony's 'Rohnert Park'
Before 2020 comes to a close we're giving Ceremony's 'Rohnert Park' a proper 10th anniversary celebration! Released back in June of 2010, "Rohnert Park cemented Ceremony’s legacy as a once-in-a-generation California punk band, and indeed one of the all-time great, quintessentially California bands, period. It’s no wonder that, ten years on, its reputation has only grown." -A.M.N. A definitive release for both the band and Bridge Nine.
To commemorate this, we're giving 'Rohnert Park' our 25th anniversary silver vinyl treatment. We've pressed a one-time edition of 1,000 copies on silver vinyl, housed in black and white printed jackets on silverboard with expanded liner notes.
We're also launching a limited 7" single of 'The Doldrums (Friendly City)' with a previously unreleased b-side, "Into The Wayside Part V", unearthed from the original 'Rohnert Park' recording session and mastered by Will Killingsworth. A one-time edition of 1,500 copies.
'The Doldrums (Friendly City)' single is available digitally today on all streaming platforms and pre-orders for both records are now live!
A Tribute to Bridge Nine's Connecticut Roots →
Bridge Nine has been a staple in the Boston area for 22 years but before we settled in Massachusetts, the label split its time in Vermont, where I attended college, and Connecticut, where I spent my formative years going to hardcore shows.
Read moreWar On Women announce new album 'Wonderful Hell': Listen to the title track
A lot has happened since War On Women burst out of Baltimore’s activist community in 2010 as an unapologetically intersectional feminist hardcore punk band. In their early days, even some of their peers found their politics “extreme” but in the years since, feminism has undeniably gone mainstream, as evidenced by the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements and superstars like Beyonce incorporating it into their personal brands. There’s also been backlash, from the growth of the alt-right out of misogynist message boards, to an actual rapist landing in the White House where he’s spent the past four years pouring gasoline on the flames of hatred and division, rather than striving toward unity.
That’s all to say, that in the midst of this tumultuous period of American history, and especially with the crucial 2020 election looming on the horizon, War On Women’s unrelenting vision and ferociously vital messages are more necessary than ever before.
Their new album Wonderful Hell (out digitally October 30th + physically on November 13th via Bridge Nine) is a call to action, even when every step forward feels like it’s met with a landslide back. The title track, which unintentionally echoes John Lewis’ notion of “good trouble” as a catalyst for change, emerged during a period when vocalist/lyricist Shawna Potter was feeling exhausted and overwhelmed by life in the Trump era. “I think it expresses something that a lot of people are feeling. Like, ‘Okay, we had our moment. Now it's time to get back to work. We can't let this happen again. We can't endure another four years of this,’” she comments.
Recorded with the band’s guitarist and co-founder Brooks Harlan alongside J. Robbins at his Magpie Cage Studios in February 2020 and completed in April (when in a COVID-19-free timeline the band would have been on tour with Bad Religion), Wonderful Hell is the first War On Women album to feature the band’s current lineup of Potter, Harlan, bassist/vocalist Sue Werner, guitarist/vocalist Jennifer “Jenarchy” Vito, and drummer Dave Cavalier. The record opens with the explosive “Aqua Tofana,” which references the notorious 17th-century “husband killer” poison, and pokes fun at misogynists who’d imagine feminist musicians as jonesing to destroy all men, rather than convert them to the cause. But as War On Women mix lines from Shellac’s classic vengeance plea “Prayer to God” with their own, it’s easy to imagine their brutally tongue-in-cheek barbs could get MRAs shaking behind their 4chan screen names.
Wonderful Hell 's steadfast rager “White Lies” is a takedown of systemic racism and those who complicitly watch—and even benefit from—institutions that openly favor one group over everyone else, while “This Stolen Land” confronts the gall of leaders who declare refugees and migrants “illegal” as they govern from land violently seized from Native Americans. And like War On Women’s previous albums, Wonderful Hell includes plenty of songs that aim straight at the jugular of gender disparity. “Her?” lists the petty but politically lethal criticisms leveled at woman who dare to be visible in public office, while “In Your Path” takes on gender-based violence with lyrics adapted from chants introduced by Chilean grassroots feminist collective Las Tesis.
Like the title track, the anthemic “The Ash is Not the End” and the magnificently slow-burning closer “Demon” acknowledge the natural feelings of wanting to give up or self-destruct in the face of insurmountable adversity—feelings Potter says she has experienced herself. "In those songs I'm giving myself the advice to keep fighting. I'm just hopeful that someone else who needs to hear that message will find strength in it, too," she says.
But while War On Women offers listeners space to vent their anxieties and frustrations, they ultimately challenge them to find their inner strength and build the world they want to live in rather than burn down what’s left of this one. "The thing is, we don't have a do over,” Potter says. “We don't have a time machine. We can't snap our fingers and start from some other place. All we have is right here, right now. So what can you do right here, right now, to help?"
So take a breath, recharge, and then join War On Women— because it's time to raise some Wonderful Hell.
B9 Needs Your Help
Dear friends,
Like most other small businesses affected by COVID-19, Bridge Nine experienced a series of setbacks and difficulties throughout the beginning of 2020. Things have undoubtedly been tight as we have dealt with a new normal of a closed office, furloughed staff, and limited resources, but we have persevered and have been working hard to support our bands and customers.
Unfortunately, "when it rains, it pours." We were informed by our landlord that the building Bridge Nine has been in for the past 13 years is now being sold. We are now facing either a sizable increase in our rent or, more likely, we will have to relocate -- both options that will present significant financial challenges outside of our usual commitments. We know that our fans and customers are dealing with their own hardships so please know that we are not looking for handouts. In an effort to fundraise for Bridge Nine's next chapter, we are asking those who are financially able to consider helping us get through this with one of the following exclusive options in our store:
1. Buy a "RAID THE VAULT" Mystery Box
Every time a record has been pressed, Chris has kept a few copies for the Bridge Nine archive. Every test pressing, each color of vinyl - we've put a few aside in what we jokingly called our "Vault". Well, the time has come to empty it! Each "Raid The Vault" Mystery Box you purchase includes a random and very exclusive Test Pressing of a Bridge Nine release as well as three out-of-press variants of records the label has released over the past 25 years. All of the heavy hitters are included and nothing is off limits. Each box is $100, we are accepting multiple orders, and while we won't be taking requests, we know you won't be disappointed. Every person who purchases a Raid The Vault Mystery Box will also be entered into a drawing for a FULL BRIDGE NINE VINYL DISCOGRAPHY, which includes one copy of every vinyl record that Bridge Nine has released!
2. Buy a "25 Years of Bridge Nine" Pack
Since 1995, we've been working on releases for our favorite bands. Our 25th anniversary showcase (originally slated for next month) may have been bumped for the foreseeable future, but it's still our year to celebrate and this t-shirt helps illustrate two and a half decades of Bridge Nine through the label tees we've made over the years. This package includes a black 25th Anniversary t-shirt & die-cut sticker, as well as a 21"x21" organic cotton bandana.
3. Buy our first 25th Anniversary Mystery Item
We're custom designing and making a few surprise items over the next year as we celebrate this milestone. This exclusive item celebrates a big chunk of the label's catalog. You're not going to know what this is until you receive it, but that's half the fun! Grab one while you can for $20.
We started offering this a couple of months ago and the response has been great, but if you haven't ordered one yet, get on it! We'll pack a poster tube with 30+ promotional posters of all sizes. Tubes are $25 and if you like Bridge Nine, you're guaranteed to get a bunch of stuff you're going to be stoked on (with no folds and creases!)
Pick up a Bridge Nine t-shirt or other merch item to show your support. We even have a new design featuring BRIDGE NINE spelled out in the notable letters of our bands logos from over the years. White ink on a black 100% cotton t-shirt. Can you spot all of the bands that we pulled from?
6. Buy a Bridge Nine "The First Nine Years" Box Set, or the accompanying book
We still have about 100 or so box sets of the 1,000 that we pressed. We also have an overrun of the 128 page book that is included inside, so if you've slept on the box set, help us out and pick one up!
And if a five 7" box set isn't your speed, you can now grab the book by itself for just $10!
7. Grab a Brick of 20 Mystery CDs for $20
Collect CDs or know someone who wants new music? Get 20 random CDs in one box for just $20 while we clear out some space in our warehouse!
Bridge Nine Announces Buried Alive EP Release Slated for August 21
Bridge Nine is excited to announce that we will be releasing Buried Alive's new EP "Death Will Find You" on August 21st! The EP will feature 2 brand new songs, their first in 20 years, and 2 re-mastered songs from their split with Reach The Sky. The band picks up right where they left off, bringing you a serious dose of hard hitting urgent metallic hardcore. Sign up to become notified when pre-orders drop at b9store.com/buriedalive
About Buried Alive
Hailing from Buffalo NY and featuring Terror's Scott Vogel on vocals, Buried Alive were known for their unique metallic edge and, despite their short-lived existence, proved to be one of the most influential hardcore bands from the late 90's. From touring with the likes of 7 Seconds, All Out War, and Hot Water Music to releasing now classic records with Victory, their brief few years cemented their place in hardcore's history. Twenty years after their initial breakup, Buried Alive are back and ready to release "Death Will Find You", an EP featuring two brand new songs and two re-recorded songs from their split with Reach The Sky.
NOTE: This item is a PRE-ORDER and will ship on, or around, the release date of August 21st
