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Robots Will Kill x Bridge Nine exhibit recap & merch store NOW OPEN
On Saturday, June 7th, the B9 warehouse opened its doors for a special one-day exhibit from street artist Chris ROBOTS WILL KILL. Chris brought 21 pieces of art he had created for the show and designed two exclusive B9xRWK T-shirts, each limited to just 75 printed. The T-shirts, exclusive sticker and button packs, as well as a selection of original artwork pieces that are still available for sale, are now up in the B9 online store. Check those out HERE or click through below:
Check out the original art here, click through to see if it’s still available!
Check out this quick video recap from our friends at Silver Tuna Studios:
Chris RWK’s art was appreciated by people of all ages
Larry Kelley, Lori Dawn, Chris B9, and Chris RWK at the Robots Will Kill x Bridge Nine exhibit.
A very special thank you to Chris RWK for coming up to B9, and to Larry Kelley and Lori Dawn for helping pull it together!
Bridge Nine's First T-shirt: Back in Print for a Limited Time!
Chris B9 (in the black Drug X Free Champion hoodie) circa 1995 or 1996 selling Bridge Nine’s first T-shirt with friends at a show in Albany.
Bridge Nine's first T-shirt, printed thirty years ago, was the "Anime Straight Edge" tee. The Kanji letters translate to "Against Bad Drugs." Now, we're bringing it back on Comfort Colors t-shirts, "Ringer" tees, and a crewneck sweatshirt in extremely limited quantities of each. These won't stick around for long, so make sure you get yours before we’re out!
Bridge Nine x Sully's Brand BHC Shamrock T-Shirt
I think this is the first Bridge Nine x Sully’s Brand collab tee? Which is weird since we’ve shared an office for twenty-five years!
We made just fifty of each colorway, so if you need something to help celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in, we’ve got you covered. Shipping later this week so you’ll have them in time! Printed on a super-soft 65/35 poly/cotton-blended tee. Grab them HERE!
Chris B9 on the TV Guidance Podcast with Ken Reid (Episode 664)
Chris Wrenn was on this week’s episode of the TV Guidance Podcast (episode 664!) with Ken Reid. Chris picked the April 11-17 issue of TV Guide and together Chris and Ken explore TV shows from 2004 and how the Red Sox and Yankees rivalry helped influence the direction of the Bridge Nine label. Tune in HERE!
The Bridge Nine record store 2 Year Anniversary / Saturday, September 14th
We are excited to announce that we’ll be ringing in our 2nd Anniversary as a brick-and-mortar store on Saturday, September 14th! We’ll have extended hours in the store, we’re hosting a full punk rock flea market with some of our favorite vendors (curated by Christopher Michon from Failed Imagineer) from noon til 6pm in our lower level, and our friends in Calling Hours (Revelation Records, x-Farside) will be performing a special set in our warehouse at 7pm! Mark your calendars and see you there!
Visit us at 282 Rantoul Street in Beverly, Massachusetts! Store details HERE. Christopher Michon made the flyer below for the Punk Rock Flea Market, great minds think alike lol:
Bridge Nine "Megaforce" Tribute T-Shirt (& hoodie)
Chris B9 is headed to Gillette Stadium tonight to see Metallica, so he made this limited-edition T-shirt in tribute to Megaforce Records. Megaforce is the independent record label started in 1982 by the late Jon and Marsha Zazula. Formed by the couple to release Metallica's debut LP, Kill 'Em All, the label also represented the earliest output from Anthrax, Testament, Mercyful Fate, and many other hard and heavy bands. (Get a quick lesson on Megaforce HERE).
Fittingly, Bridge Nine made a limited quantity of this design, with only 19 hoodies and 82 t-shirts printed to commemorate the year Megaforce got started. There's only a handful of each size of three different colors (deep heather gray, heather clay red, heather autumn orange), so grab one while you can!
They are printed on a super-soft 52% cotton / 48% poly Bella+Canvas 3001CVC tee and Independent brand mid-weight hooded sweatshirt.
The Vegan NIGHT Market (@ B9 in Beverly, MA): August 10th
Mark your calendars! Saturday, August 10th Bridge Nine will be hosting our third Vegan mini-market, this time in the evening! Tons of vendors, live music (local, not HC), and we’ll be shutting off the street next to our building to spread things out a bit. More info can be found HERE!
HAVE HEART and SLAPSHOT Re-Stocks (& one B9 design that's 50% OFF)
We just got in T-shirt restocks for HAVE HEART and SLAPSHOT, grab one while you can by clicking one of the pics!
To make room in the store, our “Tonal” Comfort Colors are now 50% OFF! We’ve only have random sizes and colors (three options) so click on one of the shirt images below and grab one while you can!
New label merch drop, limited quantities of each colorway
We just got in some new label merch, in a very limited quantity of T-shirts and sweatshirts. There are 40 and 20 of each colorway, respectively. Grab them while you can HERE!
Record Store Day at Bridge Nine Records this Saturday, April 20th!
If you’re in the greater Boston area, make sure you stop by Bridge Nine in Beverly, Massachusetts on Saturday! We are opening early at 8am and will have hundreds of RSD exclusives. As a record store we lean towards the hard and heavy, but on RSD we have a little bit of everything! We will also be joined by our friends at Iodine Recordings who will have a table at B9, so come say hi!
At 2pm, our good friend Drew Stone (Incendiary Device, The New York Hardcore Chronicles) will be moderating a Q&A with punk frontman Ray Cappo (Youth of Today, Shelter) about his new book, From Punk To Monk. Copies will be available for sale and Ray will be signing them, so come say hello and pick one up!
Saturday night we’re turning our warehouse over to our friends at MOON Booking (Music Organizers Of the Northshore) and they’re hosting a handful of bands, including Smooth Brain, 5ever, Return Address and Hyber. Looking for something to do? Come check out some new bands! Doors at 6, show at 7 pm! Tickets are available in advance online here or at the door!
Everything you need to know about our record store (directions, upcoming events, address, etc) can be found HERE!
B9 Auction: 9 Test Pressings & Rarities / B9HQ Renovations Continue
Work on the Bridge Nine HQ continues! We’ve moved downstairs and have begun renovating the lower level, while also working on new releases, so we’re selling some test pressings and rare records to help cover some of the costs. Bidding ends Sunday March 17th with the highest bid time stamped 9:00PM EST. Not on IG? Email your bid to b9auction@gmail.com and we’ll post it for you. Highest bid wins!
Bridge Nine Apparel Collection Re-Stock is IN
We just got in a new re-stock of label gear, restocking our Bridge Nine "Boston" hoodies and t-shirts, and adding a small run of long sleeves and 3/4 raglan baseball shirts printed on a vintage white & black sleeve shirt. Our Bridge Nine merch collection is one of the best ways to help support what we're up to, and we've got a lot of new things in the works for 2024! There's less than 50 printed of each of the long sleeves, so grab one while you can - available in our brick-and-mortar store and online! Shop online HERE!
Bridge Nine x Failed Imagineer Collab Bundle
***Update: SOLD OUT***
Do you like fun? Do you like magic? To help kick off 2024, Bridge Nine has put together a limited t-shirt / enamel pin / die-cut sticker collab with Failed Imagineer. Our friend and artist Christopher Michon illustrated this multi-level tribute for us, so we made it into a limited-edition bundle - there's only 100 of them!
You get:
• Bridge Nine x Failed Imagineer T-shirt (Limited to 100 printed!) screen printed on a super-soft 90/10 cotton/poly tee.
• 1.5" wide x 1.75" tall enamel pin (Limited to 100 made!)
• 3.75" tall full-color die-cut vinyl sticker
For more details and to grab one, head HERE!
Happy Edge Day from B9!
Happy Edge Day from Bridge Nine! Today only, get 17% OFF everything in the B9 online Store with coupon code EDGEDAY2023