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In an ironic twist, the last show of Slapshot's "Pope's Dead, You're Next" Tour was 20 years ago today

May 6, 2025 Bridge Nine

Twenty years ago this month, SLAPSHOT headed to Europe with CHAMPION and SOME KIND OF HATE on what was originally their “Relight the Fire” tour, but quickly renamed as the “Pope’s Dead, You’re Next” tour (Pope John Paul II died April 2nd, 2005). Here are a bunch of never-before-seen photos (and a few that we’ve posted over the years) from that tour two decades ago:

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View fullsize The PROCLAMATION Straight Edge Hardcore 7-inch was Bridge Nine’s third release, and the first from a Boston band on the label. It came out in the winter of 1998, after almost a year and a half of correspondence by letter between Chris Wrenn and
View fullsize Just added to our online shirt archive! This week’s T-shirt is a throwback to the spring of 2005, for Boston’s SOME KIND OF HATE. This design was printed on a 100% cotton Fruit of the Loom Valueweight T-shirt by Bridge Nine just before th
View fullsize #FBF Tenfold “Now Is Our Time” 7-inch (B9R002). Released posthumously in 1997 after the band broke up on stage at the Tune Inn in New Haven, CT. Members were also in In My Eyes and Follow Through, and went on to join Fastbreak, American N
View fullsize Just added to our online shirt archive! This is the first T-shirt that Bridge Nine made for American Nightmare. It was designed by Jacob Bannon (Deathwish Inc., Converge), who also handled the graphic design of their debut self-titled 7-inch single.
View fullsize Bridge Nine just started an online archive featuring the shirts we’ve made over the years. It includes write-ups for each design, as well as an in-depth collection of photos, ephemera, and info for each variant. We’ve started with all of
View fullsize Bridge Nine had a lot going on this year, from releasing music with H2O, Death Before Dishonor, American Nightmare, and Agnostic Front, to hosting a wild gig in our warehouse with Ten Yard Fight, and exhibits with artists like Robots Will Kill and To
View fullsize Bridge Nine is proud to partner with our friends in @piebald and @iodinerecordings to release a special limited-to-100 variant of their 1999 “If It Weren’t For Venetian Blinds, It Would Be Curtains For Us All” LP (originally release
View fullsize Happy 70th birthday to an absolute legend, Vinnie @stigma_nyc of @agnosticfrontnyc 🙏🏻 Pictured during his performance with AF at their From A7 to B9 gig a year ago this week by @face_photo_77
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View fullsize Join us at the Bridge Nine Records shop in Beverly, MA for RSD Black Friday on Friday, November 28, 2025! We’ll be opening early at 8 AM and staying open until 8 PM, and will have tons of exclusive #RSDBlackFriday2025 releases waiting for you.
View fullsize Bridge Nine is proud to be hosting THIRTY YEARS, an exhibition featuring the live performance photography of Todd Pollock (@eyeofthestorm99). Todd is a longtime fixture on hardcore punk stages across the New England scene and has been capturing momen
View fullsize Bridge Nine is proud to release “Way of War,” the new two-song 7-inch single from the Godfathers of New York Hardcore, AGNOSTIC FRONT. In anticipation of their 13th album, Echoes In Eternity, due November 7 via Reigning Phoenix. The Way o

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