News.RttP{H2O signs to B9}

BRIDGE NINE RECORDS SIGNS HARDCORE PUNK LEGENDS H20 & HAVE HEART PLANS
TO HIT THE STUDIO

Boston's Bridge Nine Records and New York's H2O are very proud and
extremely excited to announce that H2O is officially joining the
Bridge Nine Records family. H20 is currently in the studio with
producer Chad Gilbert (Shai Hulud, New Found Glory, Hazen Street) and
engineer Paul Miner (Death By Stereo) working on their as-yet untitled
fifth full-length CD/LP.

"This is something that we are very excited to announce," said Chris
Wrenn, Owner of Bridge Nine Records. "H2O has a long history for both
me and everyone who works here and they fit with the label's decade of
history and the roster of bands with almost 100 releases. They have a
history with Sick Of It All and the guys in Project X, and they fit in
well with our current bands like Death Before Dishonor all the way to
Crime In Stereo. I remember seeing H2O when I was in college in 1995
and the band was everything hardcore should be - they were energetic,
everyone at the show was having fun, and it had such a positive vibe.
I even gave Toby one of the first Bridge Nine items I ever made-a
patch with a Misfits crimson ghost with X'd up hands." Wrenn added,
"And to show what kind of guy Toby is - he still has it!"

After four albums and over 300,000 copies sold on Blackout, Epitaph,
and MCA Records and almost a decade of constant touring with the likes
of the Misfits, Sick Of It All, the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, and
Warped Tour, H2O took their first (and well-deserved) break in 2003.
The band was given time to pursue other interests that they didn't
have the chance to pursue in that breakneck schedule. H2O still
played shows and still wrote songs, but in the meantime, Toby became
the proud father of Maximus Morse, expanded his musical range with
Hazen Street and founded the SXEOG clothing line. Todd hit the road
as lead guitar player in Juliette Lewis and the Licks. Rusty focused
on his company, Pnut Jewelry, which became a busy enterprise in its
own right. TF played drums for various NYC punk bands, and Adam
played with rockers Alston. With five members split between LA and
NYC, it was never a matter of IF H2O was going to get back to
full-steam, but a matter of when.

In 2005, H20 went back to what made them a household name in the first
place: touring, and while getting ready for their next record, they
went out with The Used and Pennywise and they headlined the Peta2 tour
with future members of B9's own Ambitions (then known as With Honor).
In 2006, the new record was still in the works when the band headlined
South America and the USA again, as well as supporting Rancid and
headlining the inaugural "This Is Hardcore" Fest in Philadelphia.
2007 came around and after returning to Japan and doing some small
stints in the US, that unnamed new record was still in progress all
along. As the story goes according to Chris Wrenn, "[Label Manager]
Karl [Hensel] and I were in the office listening to H2O and talking
about the first time we both saw the band play, and then the
conversation became 'They're still an awesome band. We should do the
next H2O record' not thinking that it would actually happen. But here
we are." said Chris Wrenn. And
the rest is history.

Anyone who knows will tell you: H2O is best experienced live-and the
band is ready to do that with a new album of songs to play. Bassist
Adam Blake said, "You won't get the full picture of who H2O are from
reading an interview or even from listening to a record. To really get
it, you need to come to a live show and hang with us. We want our
fans to feel like we're all part of one family,that we're all in this
together. We appreciate every kid who has come out, and who still
comes out- this album will not disappoint anyone."

Look for H20's highly anticipated Bridge Nine debut to hit stores in
May 2008 and get ready to see H20 to support the album with full world
touring throughout the new year!
~~blank~~