Chris Wrenn joined a discussion of five Bridge Nine releases picked by the staff of Podioslave Podcast. In this episode (#169), Chris gives background on Have Heart’s The Things We Carry, Frank Turner’s Beverly, New Found Glory’s Tip Of The Iceberg, Crime In Stereo’s Is Dead, and Outbreak’s You Make Us Sick. Link to give it a listen HERE!
New Found Glory helps open the B9 Warehouse Matinee Series
Ceremonial “Ribbon Cutting” with New Found Glory, who performed at Bridge Nine on 3/16/23. Photo by Dominic DiNardo
Two years after getting the keys to our new HQ in Beverly, Mass and just six months after opening our record store here on Rantoul Street, Bridge Nine hosted our inaugural fully-plugged-in live performance with the band New Found Glory, who very graciously kicked off our first Warehouse Matinee just hours before doing double-duty at their sold-out show at the 900-seat Somerville Theatre.
Deciding to open a record store was a conscious effort to engage with people more. Our last HQ was hidden away in an industrial complex. Now that we’re on a busy street in a cool downtown area, we wanted to create opportunities for people to get together. And what better way then by inviting one of our favorite bands to perform for the most intimate of audiences?
New Found Glory performing LIVE at Bridge Nine on 3/16/23. Photo by Chris Padgett
Bridge Nine has had a long history with New Found Glory, going back to when we first met them in 2004, in Australia of all places. Chris B9 was with a band doing a club tour, and New Found Glory had just landed in the same city about to start their own tour the following day. Once they realized an American hardcore band was playing in town, they came to the show to check it out and say hello. We stayed in touch, and three years later when NFG guitarist Chad Gilbert produced our first release for H2O, the Nothing To Prove album, we started talking about releasing something for International Superheroes of Hardcore, the heavier alter-ego of NFG. That turned into the dual-release Tip Of The Iceberg 7” and ISHC LP, which came out in the spring of 2008, and the first of eleven different releases with the New Found Glory camp over the next five years.
New Found Glory performing LIVE at Bridge Nine on 3/16/23. Photo by Chris Padgett
New Found Glory is currently on tour supporting their new album on Revelation Records called Make The Most Of It, which is an acoustic album written by the band in the wake of Chad Gilbert’s cancer diagnosis. He has been receiving treatment for a rare form of cancer called Pheochromocytoma, and has sat out the second half of the tour, with Dan from Four Year Strong filling in for him. We had asked Chad if NFG would be down to play our store, and the band agreed to do it, so we created an exclusive cover for their new album in homage to the famous Judge Chung King Can Suck It LP and updated it with the Cancer Can Suck It slogan that Chad had been using on tour. These LP’s were made in a limited quantity, hand-numbered, and only available in-person at the Bridge Nine store. The bonus though, was it came with admission to see the band perform fully plugged-in less than a week later!
New Found Glory’s Make The Most Of It with limited-edition Cancer Can Suck It cover
To get the warehouse ready, long-time supporter Larry Kelley built a drum riser and tracked down a drum set and much of the backline that was needed for the band to perform. Chris picked the band up at the Somerville Theatre in a 12-passenger van, and rushed them back to the Bridge Nine store. After a short sound check, they ripped through twelve songs in just over thirty minutes.
Everyone here at Bridge Nine wants to thank New Found Glory for playing our store and warehouse, and wish Chad Gilbert well as he continues to receive treatment for Pheochromocytoma. You were missed, and we hope you can make it out to the B9HQ on your next tour!
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New Found Glory performing LIVE at Bridge Nine on 3/16/23. Photo by Dominic DiNardo
New Found Glory performing LIVE at Bridge Nine on 3/16/23. Photo by Elena de Soto
New Found Glory performing LIVE at Bridge Nine on 3/16/23. Photo by Dominic DiNardo
New Found Glory performing LIVE at Bridge Nine on 3/16/23. Photo by Elena de Soto
New Found Glory at Bridge Nine on 3/16/23. Photo by Ana Massard
New Found Glory: LIVE! At Bridge Nine
New Found Glory is on tour supporting their new all-acoustic LP, Make The Most Of It, on Revelation Records. They’ll be playing a sold-out show in the Boston area on the evening of Thursday, March 16th, at the 900-capacity Somerville Theatre, but for a very lucky few, they’ll be playing fully plugged-in at Bridge Nine Records earlier that afternoon!
Want to be there??
To catch New Found Glory in such an intimate setting, you’ll need to come to the Bridge Nine Records brick-and-mortar store in Beverly, Massachusetts, between now and whenever the records sell out (we’ll post when that happens) and buy a copy of their new LP, complete with a very limited Judge-homage “Cancer Can Suck It” cover! The LPs are available on a one-per-person, while-supplies-last basis, so anyone wanting to catch the show must stop by and pick one up!
Buying the LP puts you on the list for when they perform on March 16th. Want to be there? What are you waiting for?
Please Note: The Bridge Nine Record Store WILL BE OPEN on Monday, March 13th, and Tuesday March 14th from 11am until 5pm (we’re usually closed those days, but leading up to this show and St. Patrick’s Day, we’ll be open!)
Throwback Thursdays: No Warning, New Found Glory, Polar Bear Club, Have Heart, more
This week's Throwback Thursdays are now up at B9Store.com!
B9R030 - No Warning - Ill Blood - 2nd pressing - blood & piss w/ screen print/300
B9R186 - New Found Glory - Mania EP - blue/500
B9R123 - Polar Bear Club - Chasing Hamburg - 1st pressing - pink/400
B9R075 - Have Heart - The Things We Carry - 7th pressing - purple/1,000
B9R076 - Triple Threat - Into the Darkness - 1st pressing - clear/300
B9R141 - Lemuria - Pebble - 1st pressing - clear/700
B9R151 - DYS - More Than Fashion: Live from the Gallery East Reunion - 1st pressing - white/300
B9R126 - Strike Anywhere - Iron Front - 2nd pressing - clear green/1,000
Throwback Thursdays: Defeater, H2O, Have Heart, Polar Bear Club, more
Throwback Thursdays are now up! You may noticed we've doubled up this week. From here on out we'll be offering eight records, three at regular price and the rest at specially discounted prices. Grab 'em at B9Store.com.
B9R107 - Defeater - Travels - 3rd pressing - gray/red swirl/909
B9R092 - H2O - Nothing to Prove - 1st pressing - yellow/1,200
B9R075 - Have Heart - The Things We Carry - 9th pressing - yellow/1,000
B9R110 - Polar Bear Club - Sometimes Things Just Disappear - 1st pressing - dark red/400
B9R198 - New Found Glory - Kill It Live - 1st pressing - clear (Hot Topic exclusive)/800
B9R182 - Alcoa - Bone & Marrow - 1st pressing - clear w/ gray smoke/700
B9R193 - Alpha & Omega - No Rest, No Peace - 1st pressing - dark green w/ black spatter/700
B9R121 - Soul Control - Cycles - 1st pressing - blue/800
New Found Glory, Gallows, more digital specials at Amazon for June
Check out these great digital discount specials we have going on at Amazon for the first half of June:
$6.99 RECENT HITS [until 6/8]
Gallows - Desolation Sounds
New Found Glory - Kill It Live
$5 ALBUMS [until 6/15]
The Trouble - Nobody Laughs Anymore
Underdog - Matchless
$3.99 ALBUMS [until 6/15]
Blue Monday - Rewritten
Some Kind of Hate - Undisputed
Throwback Thursdays: New Found Glory, Ruiner, Champion, Have Heart
Throwback Thursdays are up! Cool one for you this week, as three of these records aren't currently available from us on ANY variant. Limited quantities as always. Get 'em now at B9Store.com/Rare.
B9R186 - New Found Glory - Mania EP - 1st pressing - pink w/ black/500
B9R105 - Ruiner - I Heard These Dudes Are Assholes - 1st pressing - black/500
B9R056 - Champion - Promises Kept - 4th pressing - gold/1,000
B9R075 - Have Heart - The Things We Carry - 7th pressing - purple/1,000