Tooth & Nail Records

Tooth & Nail Records
Tooth & Nail Records
Founded	1993
Founder	Brandon Ebel
Distributor(s)	US Catalog:; Capitol/EMI CMG (1994–2013); RED Music (2013–present); International Catalog:; EMI/Universal (1994–2013); Sony Music (2013–present)
Genre	Christian rock, Christian alternative rock, Christian metal, Christian punk
Country of origin	United States
Location	Seattle, Washington
Official website	www.toothandnail.com

Tooth & Nail Records is a Christian rock record label^[1] founded by Brandon Ebel in California in November 1993. The label later moved to Seattle, Washington where it is situated today. It is home to many well-known musical acts, including Underoath, Hawk Nelson, Emery, The Almost, FM Static, Family Force 5, Anberlin, and MxPx.

Tooth & Nail's first album released was Wish for Eden's Pet the Fish,^[2] which was produced by Michael Knott and originally slated to be released by Blonde Vinyl. Subsequent releases from The Juliana Theory, MxPx, and Starflyer 59 made Tooth & Nail a strong force in Christian music circles, as well as a niche underground subculture in itself. Prior to forming Tooth & Nail, Ebel worked for the Christian label Frontline.^[3]

Overview[]

Eight Tooth & Nail-affiliated albums have been RIAA-certified as Gold for sales of 500,000 or more copies. The label saw one of its greatest successes when Underoath's Define the Great Line debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 in 2006.^[4]

The label also released a limited edition hard cover book, with the proceeds going to benefit Music Cares.^[5]

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^[6]
2006	Underoath	Define the Great Line
2004	Underoath	They're Only Chasing Safety
2005	Kutless	Strong Tower
1998	MxPx	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
2007	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 Package	BEC Recordings/Tooth & Nail Records
	Jeremy Camp	Speaking Louder Than Before	Grammy	Nominated - Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album	BEC Recordings
	Underoath	Lost in the Sound of Separation	Grammy	Nominated - Best Recording Package	Solid State Records

Structure[]

Tooth & Nail contains multiple imprints, each catering to a different genre of music:

BEC Recordings mostly includes artists in the mainstream sect of commercial Christian rock such as Kutless and Jeremy Camp, with some exceptions (such as hip hop artists KJ-52 and Manafest).
Solid State Records distributes metal and hardcore albums^[3] by artists such as Living Sacrifice, Demon Hunter, Haste the Day, Underoath and August Burns Red.
Plastiq Musiq (founded by Ronnie Martin of Joy Electric) primarily signed electronic music artists.^[3] Tooth & Nail entered a partnership to distribute Plastiq Musiq albums in 1998 and 1999.^[7] Plastiq Musiq continues to release albums independently.
Fugitive Recordings primarily is made up of artists marketed outside of the Christian market, including Denison Witmer, The Presidents of the United States of America, and Young London.
The label acquired Takehold Records, an independent record label, in 2002. This acquisition brought several bands to Tooth & Nail including Underoath, Further Seems Forever, Few Left Standing and Narcissus.

On March 13, 2013 it was announced that Brandon Ebel had sold the entire Tooth & Nail music catalog to Capitol Christian Music Group (formerly EMI Christian Music Group) and by doing so was able to buy back the 50% stake in Tooth & Nail formerly owned by EMI making it an independent record label. It will retain the rights to all future releases with a new distributor, RED Distribution.^[8]

Label artists[]

Current[]

Acceptance
Anchor & Braille
Alexander Fairchild
Artifex Pereo
CIVILIAN
Copeland
Death Therapy
Deep Al Brindle
Disciple
Empty Isles
Aaron Gillespie
Hearts Like Lions
Idle Threat
John Van Deusen
Kids
Le Voyageur
LOYALS
Mae
Make Sure
Mantric
Mike Mains & The Branches
Mirours
Tyson Motsenbocker
Off Road Minivan
Paradise Now
Salt Creek
Slick Shoes
Aaron Sprinkle
Starflyer 59
Tigerwine
We Are the City
The Welcome Wagon

source:^[9]

Former: active[]

Abandoned Pools
Anberlin
As Cities Burn (currently on Equal Vision Records)
The Blamed (reunited and currently independent)
Blank Books
Bleach (currently active)
Blindside (currently unsigned)
Brave Saint Saturn (signed to Department of Biophysics Records)
Children 18:3
The Classic Crime (currently on BC Music)
Corey Crowder (currently unsigned)
Craig's Brother (currently on Takeover Records)
Crash Rickshaw (side project for members of Project 86)
Damien Jurado
Danielson (currently on Secretly Canadian)
The Dingees (officially changed their name to Peg and the Rejected)^{[citation needed]}
Discover America (currently on Lujo Records)
Dogwood (currently on Roadside Records)
The Drawing Room (side project of Thousand Foot Krutch)
Emery (currently on BC Music)
Everdown (reunited, two new demos on MySpace)
Family Force 5 (currently on Transparent Media Group / Word Records)
Fighting Jacks
Focused (unsigned)
The Fold (independent)
Further Seems Forever (currently on Rise Records; members became part of Dashboard Confessional, Action Reaction and Fields Forever)
Goodnight Star (currently on Miniature Records)
Hawk Nelson (currently on Fair Trade Services)
Holland (changed name to The Lonely Hearts; currently unsigned)
Hyland
The Huntingtons (reunited)
Icon for Hire (independent)
The Juliana Theory (currently on Equal Vision Records)
Kings Kaleidoscope (currently on Rainbow Records)
Klank (indepMende the)
The Letter Black (currently on EMP Label Group)
The Lonely Hearts
Love & Death
Luxury (currently on Northern Records)
Matt & Toby (currently on BC Music)
mewithoutYou (currently on Run for Cover Records)
Mike Knott
MxPx (currently on Rock City Recordings)
Nine Lashes (currently on BEC Recordings)
Norway (independent)
Overcome (currently on Facedown Records)
P.O.D. (currently on Universal Music Group)
Project 86 (independent)
Rocky Loves Emily (currently unsigned)
Ruth
Sainthood Reps (currently on No Sleep Records)
Search the City (currently unsigned)
Seventh Day Slumber (currently on BEC Recordings)
Since October
Spoken (currently on Artery Recordings)
States (currently recording a second album)
Stavesacre (limited activity, members in Neon Horse)
Surrogate (Independent)
Swimming with Dolphins (currently unsigned)
Sullivan (currently on Spartan Records)
Thousand Foot Krutch (independent)
The Crucified
The Wednesdays (Currently with Thorp Records)
Underoath (currently on Fearless Records)
Write This Down (currently unsigned)

Former: disbanded[]

A Dream Too Late
Ace Troubleshooter (members now in Relient K and My Red Hot Nightmare)
All Wound Up
The Almost
And Then There Were None (members now in Young London / Contact)
AP2 (Contributors continue as lvl and Celldweller, among others)
Blenderhead (One member now in The Out Circuit)
Blessed by a Broken Heart (One member now in Still Remains)
Bloodshed (members now in My Compatriots, Justice Constantine and B is Bridgie)
Born Blind
The Brothers Martin (One-time Project)
Calibretto 13 (members now in Harley Poe, Everything, Now!, Divebomber and Encourager)
CHATTERbOX (members formed Stavesacre)
The Cootees (Former side project for members of MXPX, Ninety Pound Wuss, and Slick Shoes)
Crux
The Deadlines (members now in The Bullies, The Escape, Haunted Bayou, and Kisses Lose Their Charm)
Delta Haymax
The Deluxtone Rockets
Don't Know (Members have formed Blenderhead)
Driver Eight (members have played with Theft, Fastball, Paloalto and Golden State)
Element 101 (members formed ActionReaction)
Falling Up (Independent)
Fanmail (members in Radio Saints and My Compatriots)
Fine China (members now in The Foxglove Hunt)
Focal Point (One member formed Training for Utopia and is now in Demon Hunter)
For Love Not Lisa (members have started Puller)
Frodus (members formed The Out Circuit, The Black Sea, Decahedron, Frantic Mantis, The Dillinger Escape Plan and The Cassettes; and Shelby Cinca now records as a solo artist)
Furthermore
Ghoti Hook
Hangnail
Havalina (members now in Matt Death and the New Intellectuals)
Holland (members started The Lonely Hearts. One member joined Demon Hunter)
House of Wires
Joe Christmas (members in Summer Hymns)
Jonezetta
Lucerin Blue
Morella's Forest
Neon Horse (inactive side-project of members of Stavesacre, Starflyer 59, and Project 86; members now in White Lighter)
New Empire
Ninety Pound Wuss (members are now in Raft of Dead Monkeys and Suffering and the Hideous Thieves)
The O.C. Supertones
Off the Record
Outer Circle
Pedro the Lion (David Bazan now performing solo)
Pep Squad
Plankeye (members have formed Fielding and Fanmail)
Poor Old Lu (members have formed Fair, Rose Blossom Punch, and perform solo)
Puller
Queens Club
Roadside Monument (members have formed Unwed Sailor, Raft of Dead Monkeys, and Suffering and the Hideous Thieves)
Rob Walker
Royal
Sal Paradise
Sent by Ravens
Shorthanded
Showbread
Side Walk Slam
Slow Coming Day
Sometime Sunday (members now in Tragedy Ann)
Squad Five-O (reunited for one off shows in 2012 and 2017)
Strongarm (members now in Further Seems Forever)
Terminal (members now in Alive in Wild Paint, Oh, Sleeper)
Sunsets for Julia
Too Bad Eugene
Twothirtyeight (Chris Staples formed Discover America and performs solo)
Unashamed
The Undecided
Upside Down Room
Value Pac (Members in Radio Saints)
Velour 100
Waking Ashland (Jonathan Jones went solo Immortal Records and also formed We Shot the Moon)
Watashi Wa (members formed Eager Seas, then disbanded; members now in Lakes, and Briertone)
We Are the Becoming (members are now part of Project 86)
Wish for Eden

Former: On hiatus or inactive[]

Bon Voyage
Capital Lights
Dead Poetic
A Dream Too Late
Far-Less
FM Static (side project of Thousand Foot Krutch)
Halo Friendlies
I Am Empire (members in Talkie and Disciple)
Ivoryline
Joy Electric (currently on EEP Society, performing as Said Fantasy)
Mortal (Jerome Fontamillas now in Switchfoot)
The River Bends
Run Kid Run
Secret and Whisper
The Send
The Wedding
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References[]

^ "Capitol Christian Music Group Completes Acquisition of Tooth & Nail's Catalog, T&N to Re-Launch". Billboard. March 13, 2013. Retrieved October 5, 2014.
^ Brown, Bruce A. (February 1994). "R.E.X. Begins to Distribute for Grrr Records". CCM Magazine. 16 (8): 12.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Bonham, Chad (May–June 1998). "Tooth & Nail". 7ball (18): 22–25. ISSN 1082-3980.
^ "Underoath – Define the Great Line". Billboard. Archived from the original on April 11, 2013. Retrieved April 7, 2009.
^ "Tooth & Nail celebrates 20 years". CBA. Retrieved January 18, 2017.
^ http://76.74.24.142/C0BA6DD1-CBDD-ADFF-640D-FF2E63E89351.pdf^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Tooth & Nail Records". Discogs. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
^ "CCMG Purchases Tooth & Nail Catalog". allaccess.com. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
^ Tooth & Nail. "Tooth & Nail - Artists". Tooth & Nail Records. Retrieved February 3, 2016.

External links[]

[1] "Capitol Christian Music Group Completes Acquisition of Tooth & Nail's Catalog, T&N to Re-Launch". Billboard. March 13, 2013. Retrieved October 5, 2014.

[CCM_16_8-2] Brown, Bruce A. (February 1994). "R.E.X. Begins to Distribute for Grrr Records". CCM Magazine. 16 (8): 12.

[7b_18-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Bonham, Chad (May–June 1998). "Tooth & Nail". 7ball (18): 22–25. ISSN 1082-3980.

[4] "Underoath – Define the Great Line". Billboard. Archived from the original on April 11, 2013. Retrieved April 7, 2009.

[5] "Tooth & Nail celebrates 20 years". CBA. Retrieved January 18, 2017.

[6] ttp://76.74.24.142/C0BA6DD1-CBDD-ADFF-640D-FF2E63E89351.pdf^{[permanent dead link]}

[7] "Tooth & Nail Records". Discogs. Retrieved August 17, 2017.

[8] "CCMG Purchases Tooth & Nail Catalog". allaccess.com. Retrieved March 20, 2013.

[9] Tooth & Nail. "Tooth & Nail - Artists". Tooth & Nail Records. Retrieved February 3, 2016.

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