Tooth & Nail Records is a Christian music record label founded by Brandon Ebel in California in November 1993. The label later moved to Seattle where it is today.
History Brandon Ebel and Michael Knott conceived the label as a joint venture, before Knott backed out. Prior to forming Tooth & Nail, Ebel worked for Frontline Records.
Tooth & Nail's first album released was Wish for Eden's Pet the Fish. In 2002, the label bought out Takehold Records.
In 2013, Brandon Ebel sold the Tooth & Nail music catalog to Capitol Christian Music Group (formerly EMI Christian Music Group) and bought back the 50% stake in Tooth & Nail formerly owned by EMI, making it an independent record label. It retained rights to all future releases with a new distributor, RED Distribution.
Overview Eight Tooth & Nail-affiliated albums have been RIAA-certified as gold for sales of 500,000 or more copies. The label had one of its greatest successes when Underoath's Define the Great Line debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 in 2006.
NPR described the label as having "altered the course of the Christian rock industry by launching and legitimizing the careers of MxPx, The O.C. Supertones and Underoath."
RIAA gold certifications Year Artist Album 2004 Jeremy Camp Carried Me: The Worship Project 2002 Stay 2004 Restored 2006 Beyond Measure 2008 There Will Be a Day 2006 Underoath Define the Great Line 2004 They're Only Chasing Safety 2022 7eventh Time Down God is on the Move 2005 Kutless Strong Tower 2006 Live from Portland 1998MxPx Slowly Going the Way of the Buffalo
Nominations and awards
Year Artist Album / Song Award Result / Category Other 2006 Norma Jean O God, the Aftermath Grammy Nominated - Best Recording Package Solid State Records 2007 Fair The Best Worst-Case Scenario Grammy Nominated - Best Recording Package Underoath "Writing on the Walls" Grammy Nominated - Best Short Form Music Video Solid State Records/Tooth & Nail Records 2008 The Fold Secrets Keep You Sick Grammy Nominated - Best Recording Package 2009 Hawk Nelson Hawk Nelson Is My Friend Grammy Nominated - Best Recording PackageBEC Recordings/Tooth & Nail Records Jeremy Camp Speaking Louder Than Before Grammy Nominated - Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel AlbumBEC Recordings Underoath Lost in the Sound of Separation Grammy Nominated - Best Recording PackageSolid State Records
Structure
Tooth & Nail has multiple current and former imprints:
Solid State Records distributes metal and hardcore albums While it is primarily a Christian label, it has signed several bands with Christian members which don't label themselves as Christian bands, including Stretch Arm Strong, Gwen Stacy,Denning, Jake (July 26, 2010) . Soundwavenw.com. Retrieved on May 12, 2016. He Is Legend, the Famine, Training for Utopia, and the Agony Scene. BEC (Brandon Ebel Company) Recordings, a Christian rock record label that was formed in 1997 in partnership with EMI Christian Music Group. Plastiq Musiq (founded by Ronnie Martin of Joy Electric) primarily signed electronic music artists. Their collaboration with Tooth & Nail ended in 2001.
Notable artists Tooth & Nail Records Current
Acres Colorblind John Van Deusen Mike Mains & The Branches My Epic Slick Shoes Tyson Motsenbocker Valleyheart
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Former
Abandoned Pools Acceptance Ace Troubleshooter The Almost Anberlin Anchor & Braille And Then There Were None AP2 Artifex Pereo As Cities Burn The Blamed Bleach Blenderhead Blessed by a Broken Heart Blindside Bloodshed Bon Voyage Born Blind Brave Saint Saturn The Brothers Martin Capital Lights CHATTERbOX Children 18:3 The Classic Crime Copeland Craig's Brother Crash Rickshaw The Crucified Damien Jurado Danielson Dead Poetic The Deadlines Death Therapy The Deluxtone Rockets The Dingees Disciple Discover America Dogwood A Dream Too Late Emery Everdown Falling Up Family Force 5 Far-Less Fighting Jacks Fine China FM Static Focal Point Focused The Fold For Love Not Lisa Frodus Further Seems Forever Ghoti Hook Aaron Gillespie Halo Friendlies Hangnail Havalina Hawk Nelson Hearts Like Lions Holland Hyland The Huntingtons I Am Empire Icon for Hire Ivoryline Jonezetta Joy Electric The Juliana Theory Kings Kaleidoscope Klank The Letter Black The Lonely Hearts Love & Death Lucerin Blue Luxury Mae Mantric Matt & Toby mewithoutYou Mike Knott Morella's Forest Mortal MxPx Neon Horse New Empire Nine Lashes Ninety Pound Wuss Number One Gun The O.C. Supertones Overcome Pedro the Lion (David Bazan) Plankeye P.O.D. Poor Old Lu Project 86 Puller Queens Club Roadside Monument Rocky Loves Emily Run Kid Run Ruth Sainthood Reps Search the City Secret and Whisper The Send Sent by Ravens Seventh Day Slumber Showbread Side Walk Slam Since October Spoken Aaron Sprinkle Squad Five-O Starflyer 59 Stavesacre Strongarm Swimming with Dolphins Sullivan Terminal Thousand Foot Krutch Twothirtyeight We Are the City The Welcome Wagon Unashamed The Undecided Underoath Value Pac Velour 100 Waking Ashland Watashi Wa The Wedding Write This Down XXI
BEC Recordings Current
7eventh Time Down Ashes Remain Cory Asbury Disciple Jordan St. Cyr Kings Kaleidoscope Kutless Lion of Judah Rhett Walker Tasha Layton The Young Escape
Former
Ace Troubleshooter Adam Cappa Adie All Things New Among the Thirsty An Epic No Less Jessa Anderson Bon Voyage Freddie Bruno Cadet Jeremy Camp Citizens The Cross Movement David Dunn Deepspace5 The Dingees The Echoing Green Everman Falling Up Fearless BND Flight 180 Fold Zandura Ghost Ship Aaron Gillespie The Glorious Unseen Hangnail Hawk Nelson iLL Harmonics KJ-52 Dustin Kensrue Joy Electric The O.C. Supertones Phillip LaRue Jadon Lavik Lost Dogs LPG Mainstay Manafest Andrew Marcus Mars Ill Sarah Masen Matty Mullins The Museum New Breed Nine Lashes Bebo Norman Peace 586 Peace of Mind Pivitplex Plankeye Project 86 Propaganda Rapture Ruckus Jaymes Reunion .rod laver Ryan Stevenson Seven Places Sev Statik Seventh Day Slumber (active, currently with Rockfest Records) ShineBright Shuree Smalltown Poets Ryan Stevenson Jon Micah Sumrall Sup the Chemist Chris Taylor Telecast Tunnel Rats Ultrabeat Value Pac Adam Watts Josh White Sherri Youngward
Solid State Records Current
Becoming the Archetype The Devil Wears Prada Extol Fit for a King Haste the Day Miss May I Norma Jean Oh, Sleeper The Ongoing Concept Phinehas Silent Planet Wolves at the Gate
Former
Active former artists
Advent The Agony Scene As Cities Burn As They Sleep August Burns Red Azusa Beloved Blindside Death Therapy Demon Hunter Destroy the Runner Emery Few Left Standing Forevermore He Is Legend Life in Your Way Living Sacrifice Mantric MyChildren MyBride My Heart to Fear Once Nothing Showbread Soul Embraced Stretch Arm Strong Trenches Underoath Zao
Disbanded
3rd Root Bloodshed (members went on to join The O.C. Supertones and Project 86) Born Blind (members also in No Innocent Victim) The Chariot (members in '68 and I Am Terrified) Cry of the Afflicted The Death Campaign (members also in Officer Negative) Embodyment (members went on to form The Famine) Eso-Charis (vocalist Cory Brandan Putman now fronts Norma Jean, bassist Arthur Green and drummer Matthew Putman went on to join Living Sacrifice) The Famine (members also in Embodyment and Society's Finest) Focal Point (guitarist Ryan Clark went on to join Training for Utopia and is now in Demon Hunter) Gwen Stacy (members also in Once Nothing) Inhale Exhale (members also in Narcissus and Relient K) Luti-Kriss (went on to form Norma Jean) Officer Negative (members also formed The Death Campaign) Overcome (members in Some Dark Hallow and Sanhedrin) Selfmindead (members now in Benea Reach) Sever Your Ties Still Breathing Strongarm (members went on to form Further Seems Forever) Training for Utopia (members went on to form Demon Hunter) Twelve Gauge Valentine (members went on to join, Alesana, Swamp Basstard, and The Greenery) Warlord (members went on to Pilgrims and Roadside Monument)
On hiatus or inactive
The Ascendicate (guitarist Ryan Helm went on to Demon Hunter, and start Damien Deadson) Dead Poetic (drummer Jesse Sprinkle currently working solo) Everdown (Urban Achiever Records) Figure Four (two members are currently with Comeback Kid) Lengsel (members now in Mantric) No Innocent Victim (members working for Facedown Records) Society's Finest Spitfire (Goodfellow Records; two members in Sunndrug) The Overseer (members in Project 86 and Wolves at the Gate) The Showdown (three members in Demon Hunter, one member in Still Remains) To Speak of Wolves (one member in Oh Sleeper)
See also Tooth & Nail Records discography List of record labels
References
External links
Solid State Records