Your Stories

1. Anon.

 

I joined Ren's community and I have made a lot of amazing friends through that cheeky lad. My favorite, however, has always been the Meme Queen and beloved several crabs, NastyCrabcakes. She's an absolute sweetheart and I cannot wait to get crabs from her again. Also, she has the cutest dog.

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Crabby Note: Flattery will get you everywhere.

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2. Jamie

 

My second Genesis

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1,000 days ago, today, 4am, I came to, disoriented, halfway under my bed, and my face bleeding. This was my 7th overdose, and my final fix. 

 

Troubles, I had them, my uncomfortable companion. 

Su!cide was a very appealing option.

Fentanyl was my crutch, in the worst way. I knew its intentions were to leave me in a chalk outline, permanently, like so many freckled angels before me. 

I completely forgot how to be... Me. 

Broken and beat, definitely twisted and so very tested, I crawled and climbed out of rock bottoms cellar, and I stood up, on my OWN two feet. 

Something changed. As destroyed as I felt and looked, I somehow found hope... You know the voice. 

 

That very moment, my brain changed, I looked inside, and insight guided me. I chose life that very instant, and I never looked back. 

 

Roughly 500 days after that OD, and into my clean time, this Welsh Boi in a wheelchair showed up on my YT feed.

Ren?? 

Sick Boi?? 

What the hell is a Renegade?? 

Holy s**t, what is this, who is this?? 

 

Although I was healthy and much happier, I had NO IDEA about this light that is Ren. This light that is ALL OF YOU. This light that was waiting for me. 

My pendulum had seen enough darkness. And, when I let this light in, well, I've never seen anything quite so bright. 

I regained my POWER, I'm still filling up my whole bucket.

I found a healing that can only be found inside an intricate design of kicks and snares and fat bass lines. 

Life is definitely funny. 

I am beyond honored to claim all of you. I am forever grateful , you are pure sunshine. A community full of love, beauty, tremendous creativity, survivors, fighters and endless compassion. 

Thank you for allowing full transparency. Our stories can save lives. 

And, in this family, we are never, EVER ALONE. 

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3. Stew

 

Hi Crabs I am Stew and I am a dad of 2, Autumn she is 19 and my son Oliver he is 12 and I have a long term partner called Suzanne/Sooze and we live in North Wales about 30 mins away from were Ren used to live.

I got into Ren's world about 3 years ago when my friend Diane posted up this new song called Hi Ren and it resonated deep within my soul, a song and style of music I have never felt/heard before and that was the start of my journey down the rabbit hole.

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I then started listening to his back catalogue and waited for each song to come out with baited breath, then I found the amazing Rencord which was buzzing back then (not as busy these days but there are still a few hardcore RENegades on there) and at the start of the amazing treasure hunt he and this amazing friends group made for his sick boi album release (made me wish to learn computer code just for the reason of completing some of the clues).

I love the community Ren has given all of us and hope that his music will lead us all to a brighter future of unity and understanding of people so we can become one planet of people United in trying to save their planet instead of a people against people that are destroying the very planet we live on.

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I don't have much free time to myself as I am a full time carer for my son Oliver, who has CP lvl 5, epilepsy, global development delay and bowel issues and my partner sooze who has a lot of lifelong issues that has presented more of the last 10 years and she is getting sicker and sicker.

I have a hobby of taking photos and editing photos for people when I get some free time as it takes my minds away for a while, helping others can help my own mental situation sometimes.

The loneliness of being a carer and the constant back pain and hormone issues I am suffering with makes rens music and community a mental lifeline for me, I am sad I will never be able to see him or any of the independent artists I have got into because of his music live because of the lack of time and money (being an unpaid carer does not pay well in Wales) but will always support him and this amazing community any way I can (by buying music off bandcamp and edits photos for people or giving an open ear to anyone who wants to talk).

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Life can be lonely if you let it

We need connection just admit.

Listening to music can change you inside

Can give you thoughts or rules to abide 

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From this music community will be created 

You can use it to surround yourself be armour plated.

A genius who created this place and music

Is a master of lyrics and knows how to use it

 

Ren we are gratetful to you and your team

Because without you life would be obscene.

A message clear if though from above

One world One people One love.

 

Thank you to our queen of crabs for give me this platform to chat on and for sharing part of her on here too this is just the last 19 years of my life and they are the years that matter most to me.

The previous ones started with abuse mental and physical (thanks for that family) and then to many years of aimless work ( I have had about 50 different jobs and somehow in that time I trained as an electrician) self abuse with drugs and alcohol (I have been tea total for the last 12 years) and its not the proudest time of my life but I can say I learnt alot about life and people in this time.

Thank you again and much love to you all