Fenway Punk

“Wrenn’s tale is wild and vibrant with statistics galore along with a phenomenal storytelling prowess. As avid readers AND lovers of music and Boston Sports, we couldn’t put it down.”
–Rock and Roll Fables
“This thrilling ​’right place, right time’ story … promises to be a rowdy good time for music fans, baseball fans and the Affleck brothers.”
–WBUR News
“Fast, wild and scrappy, Chris Wrenn’s improbable success story reminds us of how powerful the DIY spirit at the heart of hardcore punk remains. Fenway Punk is a bare-knuckled time capsule, an unabashed celebration of a time and place anyone who was a part of will remember forever.”–Stewart O’Nan, author (with Stephen King) of Faithful and A Face in the Crowd
“Chris Wrenn is an icon in the Boston hardcore music underground, and his wild tale of how he and his band of punks cornered the market on ‘Yankees Suck’ merch has been Gen X lore for decades. It’s high time this story is told to the masses as it exposes the most unlikely of culture clashes, showcases Boston’s relentless and at times terrifying DIY ethos, and tears back the curtain on a turbulent subculture where drugs, violence, gangs, and money often violently collide.”–Dave Wedge, New York Times bestselling author of Blood & Hate: The Untold Story of Marvelous Marvin Hagler’s Battle for Glory and Riding With Evil: Taking Down the Notorious Pagan Motorcycle Gang
“A wicked good read about music and baseball and a city that’s wild about both.”–Kirkus Reviews
“It’s impossible to read Fenway Punk and not come away inspired in so many ways. The laser-focused passion. The relentless hustle. The unforgettable stories. This book delivers all of it, offering a powerful reminder that chasing your dream is never a bad race to run. Put down whatever you’re doing and soak in Chris Wrenn’s story. You will be glad you did.”
–Rob Bradford, national baseball columnist/podcast host

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 that he coined in the spring of 2004, “Believe In Boston,” has become a rallying cry 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.

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