WAR ON WOMEN will be hitting the road with The Dirty Nil this November for four dates in the Midwest U.S.!
The Vegan Nite Market returns to Bridge Nine on August 9th!
Bridge Nine is excited for The Vegan Market to return with its “Nite” edition on August 9th from 4pm-8pm! We'll have around 15-20 vegan food and treat and apothecary vendors. Let us help you go plant based in 2025!
This is a partial indoor/outdoor event, like last year’s summer event we’ll be closing down Riverside Street and will have vendors both inside B9 and out. Let us know if you’re coming, HERE!
23 Years ago this weekend... The Bridge Nine / Deathwish Fest (2002)
In the summer of 2002, a year before Bridge Nine and Deathwish moved into an office together in Salem, Massachusetts, both labels held a collaborative two-day festival at The Hideaway in Cambridge, Mass with a mix of our respective bands.
Check out that lineup! Headlined by Converge on night one and American Nightmare on night two, the B9 roster was represented by Death Threat, Panic, Striking Distance, Some Kind of Hate, Champion, and Sworn In. Check out some photos from the weekend:
AMERICAN NIGHTMARE photos by Valentina Ravaglia:
SWORN IN photos by Todd Pollock:
PANIC photos by Valentina Ravaglia:
STRIKING DISTANCE photos by Valentina Ravaglia:
Death Before Dishonor To Play At Haywire's Back To School Skate Jam
Death Before Dishonor will be supporting Haywire along with Never Back Down and Juicebox at the upcoming Back To School Skate Jam. Featuring live music and skateboarding competitions, attendance of this event is free as long as you bring any unused school supplies to donate. You can find their list of recommended supplies below. If you want to go, click on this link and RSVP! If you can’t make it but still want to donate, you can contribute through Haywire’s school supplies wishlist HERE!
Death Before Dishonor To Go On Tour With Terror, Last Hope and Risk It
Death Before Dishonor will be going on a tour of Eastern Europe in support of B9 alum TERROR and along with Last Hope and Risk It. The tour goes from November 23 to December 6, and tickets will be on sale this Friday! If you’re local to any of these, make sure to keep an eye out- these shows are sure to be incredible.
God's Hate x Carry On at Sound & Fury
Members of CARRY ON joined in with members of God's Hate at the end of their set at Sound & Fury Festival this weekend and performed "Off My Chest," to a wild reaction in the crowd. Check out the footage that Dan Rawe caught, and give the album it was on a listen if you're not familiar with it! A Life Less Plagued was Bridge Nine's first proper full-length from 2001, and it's perfect front to back. Stream that HERE!
Advent Released A New EP 'God Is The End'
B9 alum’s Advent have released their newest EP ‘God Is The End’. The project is produced by Jeremy White and features appearances with members of Edge of Sanity, A Knife in the Dark and Invoke. This is their newest music since we did 2017’s Pain & Suffering with them. Go check it out!
Pre-order FENWAY PUNK, the new book by B9 founder Chris Wrenn
In Stores February 10th, 2026. Pre-order the new book, Fenway Punk, HERE!
An audacious and inspiring debut social history that explores how entrepreneurial members of the tight-knit hardcore punk scene within the vibrant heart of Boston cashed in on one baseball’s greatest rivalries.
For eighty-six years Boston Red Sox baseball fans lived in the shadow of their rivals, the New York Yankees, who more or less dominated the sport each season. Red Sox fans grew dejected as their team often got close, but ultimately would be eliminated from contention each year as New York went on to win yet another World Series championship.
Author Chris Wrenn, a member of the Boston hardcore punk scene, had a dream of his own—to start his own record label. Embracing the do-it-yourself ethos of the scene, Chris set out to make it happen, networking and forging relationships with local bands. But such an endeavor required money he didn’t have . . . until he and his friends heard a familiar phrase echo out of Fenway Park, the home field of the Red Sox. The phrase “Yankees Suck!” was chanted at every single Red Sox game. Possessing the wherewithal to produce inexpensive merchandise and the free time to stake a claim to the sidewalks outside the baseball stadium, Chris and his crew of punks began a lucrative endeavor of selling “Yankees Suck” merchandise such as stickers and T-shirts to the fans. While navigating cops, competitors, a violent gang, and in-fighting within the crew, Wrenn and his friends turned Boston’s rivalry into “six-figure summers,” affording him the capital to launch Bridge Nine Records and bring local Boston hardcore bands including American Nightmare and Have Heart to stages worldwide just as the Red Sox got closer than ever to finally winning the World Series again.
A rousing story of entrepreneurship and ingenuity that also reveals fresh insight into one of the most epic rivalries in sports history, Fenway Punk is a gripping read for both fans of punk music and readers of Ben Mezrich, Lizzy Goodman, and Chuck Klosterman.
About the Author
Since his salad days as a teenage skateboarder, Chris Wrenn has focused on two tasks: releasing albums for his favorite bands and finding unusual ways to pay for it. The indie record label that he started three decades ago in his college dorm room, Bridge Nine, has gained an international following by releasing over three hundred recordings from some of the most impactful bands in the punk music underground. At the same time, Sully’s, the Beantown-centric brand that Chris founded with an initial goal: to earn the money needed to fund the record label, went from profiting on bitter sports rivalries to celebrating all things Boston. The slogan he coined in the spring of 2004, “Believe In Boston,” has become a rallying cry that is still embraced by all of the city’s professional sports teams twenty years later. Chris and his wife Katherine live just north of Boston in Beverly, Massachusetts. Together, they are raising a toddler and a teenager while also managing the day-to-day responsibilities of both brands. You can learn more about what Chris is up to next at http://www.ChrisWrenn.com.
Agnostic Front To Release Archive Live LP With Gorilla Biscuits and Sick Of It All
Anyone remember The Superbowl of Hardcore show back in ‘91? Agnostic Front is releasing the show as an archive live LP with Gorilla Biscuits and Sick Of It All on August 15. Remastered by Zeuss, there’ll be both vinyl and CD’s available for this release through Wargod Collective. We can’t wait to hear this one!
Death Before Dishonor performing a special "Friends Family Forever" 20th Anniversary set at Revolution Calling (NL)
The Revolution Calling Festival will be here before you know it... Terror, Death Before Dishonor, Slapshot, No Turning Back, and American Nightmare will be playing that weekend, with DBD playing an exclusive 'Friends Family Forever' 20th anniversary set. Tickets are sure to run out, so be sure to grab yours before they're gone! Grab them HERE!
Celebrate Diversity
Bridge Nine Records is an ally of the LGBTQ community. We steadfastly support your pursuit of happiness and right to exist and thrive as important and equal members of our community. Don’t let the bastards grind you down.
SLAPSHOT "Hang Up The Boots" European Tour Starts This Week!
European fans, this is your last chance. SLAPSHOT heads to Europe this week, so catch them live while you can! Hit up a show if you see your city on here!
War On Women Summer 2025 European Tour
WAR ON WOMEN is headed back to Europe this summer courtesy of Destiny Booking. Grab tickets HERE!
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:
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!
Vinnie Stigma's 70th Birthday Bash / 12-6-25 / NYC
AGNOSTIC FRONT is excited to announce Vinnie Stigma’s 70th Birthday Bash show at Irving Plaza in New York City!!! Get your tickets to celebrate with The Godfather Of Hardcore !!!
Tickets on sale tomorrow WEDNESDAY (June 4th) at 10am EST use special password STIGMA: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/000062BDF7F69E1E or via Linktree in bio!
Joining AGNOSTIC FRONT will be RAW BRIGADE and VIOLENT WAY.