Chris B9 and Bryan from Death Before Dishonor were recently interviewed by Metal Sucks regarding the fake AI-created song that had been posted as a new single on DBD’s streaming services pages this week, a kind of scam track created by someone in Indonesia that targeted several hardcore punk bands. Read more about it HERE!
HEAVYHEX Interview on New Noise Magazine
Photo by Cody Ganzer
by Janelle Jones
The debut 10-song LP, True to You, from post-hardcore Long Island, NY-based HEAVYHEX came out on Bridge Nine Records May 3. The five-piece comprised of vocalist Dave Gastiaburo, guitarist/vocalist Danny Lukach, bassist/vocalist Cody Hermann, guitarist Jeremy Gardiner, and drummer Michael DiLello, have crafted an incredibly earnest and passionate follow up to their EP, Stare, which was self-released in 2022. Gastiaburo and Lukach discuss the band’s origins, the new record, how they got with Bridge Nine, and other topics here.
Click here to continue reading on the New Noise Magazine site…
Incendiary Device's Debut Album Now Available!
Today, Incendiary Device’s debut album is available on streaming platforms! You can also pre-order vinyl, CDs and merch via our webstore, all of which will be shipping in the next month.
Founded by NYHC journeyman, documentarian, and filmmaker Drew Stone (vocals), and Tristan D’Graves (bass), and rounded out by Shaun Brennan (guitar) and Mike Flaherty (drums), Incendiary Device’s music is steeped in early hardcore and classic punk while inescapably maintaining the edge and grit of their New York roots. Heavily influenced by Minor Threat, Negative Approach, SSD and early Black Flag, Stone and D’Graves share a rich musical history having played and toured together for over a decade in several New York-based bands (Antidote, The High & The Mighty, Drew Stone Hit Squad).
Incendiary Device’s self-titled release features 12 tracks that capture the energy and rage of NYHC with hook-laden songwriting sensibility, separating them from their peers. Thematically it focuses largely on the dichotomy between maintaining a youthful spirit at heart with the realities of being middle-aged in a technology-focused world. The album is self-produced, primarily by D’Graves and Stone with engineering by Brian DiMeglio at Found Soundation Studios in Brooklyn, NY, and mixing by Dan Korneff and Neal “Zum” Osteberg.
Incendiary Device has toured nationally and shared the stage with bands including Biohazard, Madball, Sheer Terror, and Gogol Bordello, and have announced a record release show on November 12th at Bowery Electric as part of the club’s long-running, free Sunday Matinee series.
Click here to pre-order the album & merch now!
Streaming
SPOTIFY | APPLE MUSIC | BANDCAMP
Incendiary Device Tracklist:
1. Incendiary Device
2. Negative Attitude
3. Accelerate
4. Punisher
5. Divided State
6. Breaking Point
7. Living in the Past
8. Crime Scene
9. Just What It’s Worth
10. Scarred
11. Nobody Owes You
12. Think For Yourself
Upcoming Shows:
11/12 - New York, NY @ Bowery Electric (Record Release)
Press Inquiries and Advances:
Alexa Gallo - alexa@wordlesspr.com
NYHC band Incendiary Device announce self-titled debut album out November 10th
Photo credit: Steven J. Messina
Today, Bridge Nine Records announces the release of New York band Incendiary Device debut album, Incendiary Device, due out November 10th. Founded by NYHC journeyman, documentarian, and filmmaker Drew Stone (vocals), and Tristan D’Graves (bass), and rounded out by Shaun Brennan (guitar) and Mike Flaherty (drums), Incendiary Device’s music is steeped in early hardcore and classic punk while inescapably maintaining the edge and grit of their New York roots. Heavily influenced by Minor Threat, Negative Approach, SSD and early Black Flag, Stone and D’Graves share a rich musical history having played and toured together for over a decade in several New York-based bands (Antidote, The High & The Mighty, Drew Stone Hit Squad). Started in 2022, today the band share their first recorded music with the punchy title track “Incendiary Device.” The song packs that old-school character with electrifying guitars and comes alongside a fiery performance video, which can be watched HERE.
On the lyrics, D’Graves states:
“Incendiary Device is about the toxic nature of social media. Lyrically it uses the analogy between a weapon of war and social media as a social weapon. An incendiary device on the battlefield is not a precision weapon, innocent bystanders in the blast range become victims. Social media has the same effect. People spew hateful rhetoric from their phones and computers and sometimes extremely kind and genuine individuals get caught in the blast range. This song was inspired by a specific incident where an innocuous friend of ours became one of those targets.”
Incendiary Device’s self-titled release features 12 tracks that capture the energy and rage of NYHC with hook-laden songwriting sensibility, separating them from their peers. Thematically it focuses largely on the dichotomy between maintaining a youthful spirit at heart with the realities of being middle-aged in a technology-focused world. The album is self-produced, primarily by D’Graves and Stone with engineering by Brian DiMeglio at Found Soundation Studios in Brooklyn, NY, and mixing by Dan Korneff and Neal “Zum” Osteberg.
Incendiary Device has toured nationally and shared the stage with bands including Biohazard, Madball, Sheer Terror, and Gogol Bordello, and have announced a record release show on November 12th at Bowery Electric as part of the club’s long-running, free Sunday Matinee series.
Click here to pre-order the album now!
Click here to stream the single ‘Incendiary Device’ now
Incendiary Device Tracklist:
1. Incendiary Device
2. Negative Attitude
3. Accelerate
4. Punisher
5. Divided State
6. Breaking Point
7. Living in the Past
8. Crime Scene
9. Just What It’s Worth
10. Scarred
11. Nobody Owes You
12. Think For Yourself
Upcoming Shows:
11/12 - New York, NY @ Bowery Electric (Record Release)
Press Inquiries and Advances:
Alexa Gallo - alexa@wordlesspr.com
Bridge Nine featured in The Athletic (New York Times)
Chris Wrenn (left) and Wes Eisold of American Nightmare (right) selling “Yankees Suck” merch after a Red Sox game (Sumer 2000, photo by Kate Bowen)
The Athletic just released an article written by senior editor Sunaya Sapurji that delves into the origin story of Bridge Nine Records, and the outside-of-the-box way that we financially kickstarted the label, by selling “Yankees Suck” merch to Red Sox fans after every game at Fenway Park in the early 2000s through an effort that later became the Sully’s brand. Learn about how Boston's sports fans (unknowingly?) helped launch the Bridge Nine label, and how both brands have grown side-by-side over the past two decades! Read it HERE!
(Illustration: John Bradford / The Athletic; photos: Getty Images, Smith Collection / Gado, Dina Rudick / The Boston Globe; courtesy of Bridge Nine Records)
New Noise Magazine features Agnostic Front & Bridge Nine
BRIDGE NINE AND AGNOSTIC FRONT CELEBRATE RECORD STORE DAY
by Toni Elton
“Bridge Nine Records, a hardcore and punk music label hailing from the mid-90s, commemorates Record Store Day this Saturday with a remixed and remastered version of Agnostic Front’s “United Blood” EP. Agnostic Front helped pave the way for the hardcore scene in New York in the early 80s, with “United Blood” being their first release in 1983. The re-release of the EP by Bridge Nine, pays homage to the band and the early days of the scene that it was part of.” Click here to continue reading article on New Noise Magazine’s website…
Bridge Nine Records featured in Salem News
Vinyl roars back on Record Store Day
By Joel Barrett
“At Bridge Nine Records in Beverly, proprietors of the shop, which began as and continues to be a record label, are kicking out the jams for RSD 2023.
The day will feature the label’s release of a 40th anniversary expanded edition of legendary New York hardcore band Agnostic Front’s “United Blood” EP.
The extended version is a remaster of the original EP, as well as previously unreleased versions of the band’s earliest and classic recordings. Bridge Nine is also inviting other independent record labels to set up tables in its warehouse for a RSD market to sell vinyl and merchandise and network. It’s a way for these labels to gain extra exposure and new fans.” Click here to continue reading the article on Salem News…
Don't Stand In Line Season 1 Episode 2 Now Streaming On Youtube
Chris Wrenn spray painting test pressing jackets for Death Before Dishonor’s Unfinished Business LP in Episode 2 of Don’t Stand In Line, streaming now on Youtube
We are excited to announce that Episode 2 of the first season of the six-episode docu-series Don’t Stand In Line is now streaming on Youtube, and you can watch it HERE!
We were profiled alongside three other entrepreneurs, Sunny at Hate5Six, Greg at Wolf Brigade, and Steve at FBM Bike Company.
Check out the first two episodes, and then go to Codec Projects to see how you can help support Anthony as he works on season two!
BHC on WBZ, Colin & the Boston Hardcore "Bad Kids" T-Shirt
Hardcore rarely makes the news, but the viral WBZ News Radio reporter, Matt Shearer, visited Brockton, MA this past weekend and met none other than local legend Colin Campbell (Colin of Arabia, Gatekeeper Jam). Colin invited him to experience the hardcore scene at Badlands Hall with a show featuring Fiddlehead (ex-Have Heart), Angeldust, and Drug Church. With Colin's blessing, we took his description of hardcore and memorialized it in a shirt: "All the bad kids from class together doing bad kid stuff." Support Boston Hardcore and pre-order one of these limited edition shirts now - they'll be shipping by March 10th-ish. Order HERE!
WBZ News Radio reporter Matt Shearer on top of the crowd, caught by photo legend Todd Pollock
Check out Todd Pollock’s photographer HERE!
Don't Stand In Line Series Episode 1 Now Streaming On Youtube
Scene from the old Bridge Nine vault in Episode 1 of Don’t Stand In Line, streaming now on Youtube
The first season of Anthony Moreschi’s (Ten Yard Fight, Stand & Fight) six-episode series Don’t Stand In Line is finally headed to Youtube. One episode a month will be added, so watch the first one HERE if you haven’t checked it out yet!
Check out H2O's Adam Blake on 100 Words Or Less Podcast
H2O bassist Adam Blake recently appeared on Ray Harkins' 100 Words Or Less Podcast to have a conversation about his life in music, manifesting one's own destiny and personal training. It was just released and you can check that out here.
H2O's new album Use Your Voice is out now and available at B9Store.com.
Hierophant sign to Season of Mist
When Hierophant sent us demos in the summer of 2012 for their then-forthcoming album, Great Mother : Holy Monster, we were floored. We were more than happy to partner with the band and release that album the following year. The Italian "death punks" followed it up with the even more powerful Peste about a year ago. The band has toured Europe and beyond steadily since then, and reconfigured their lineup recently with the departure of vocalist Carlo Aromando, with guitarist Lorenzo Gulminelli stepping up to fill his role.
We're now proud to say that the band has joined the Season of Mist label to release their next record. They've also announced tour dates for Australia and their home country of Italy. Check those out below.
Congrats to the band and keep up with them at Facebook for more updates on their forthcoming fourth full-length.
HIEROPHANT upcoming tour dates:
AUSTRALIAN TOUR
10 Dec 15 New Castle (AU) Hamilton Hotel
11 Dec 15 Brisbane (AU) The Back Room
13 Dec 15 Sydney (AU) Valve Bar
15 Dec 15 Sydney (AU) Black Wire Records
16 Dec 15 Canberra (AU) Transit
17 Dec 15 Melbourne (AU) The Bendigo
18 Dec 15 Melbourne (AU) Secret Location
19 Dec 15 Adelaide (AU) Metro
20 Dec 15 Perth (AU) Four 5 Nine
ITALIAN TOUR
15 Jan 16 Schio (VI) (IT) CSA Arcadia
16 Jan 16 Casalecchio (BO) (IT) Spazio Eco
21 Jan 16 Perugia (IT) Ex Mattatoio
22 Jan 16 Carugate (MB) (IT) Arci Area
Chris Wrenn featured on 100 Words Or Less: The Podcast
Ray Harkins has posted his latest episode of 100 Words Or Less: The Podcast, which features B9's own Chris Wrenn! Stream and download that here. Here's the description from Ray:
"Episode 164 - Bridge Nine is an institution. Now, 20 years in the label is synonymous with hardcore, punk and above all, quality. The owner of the label, Chris Wrenn, and I spoke over Skype one afternoon about many things including dedication to independent music, guerrilla marketing in Boston to get the labels name out there and finally, hustle. It's a very inspiring listen for anyone wanting to get their creative juices flowing."