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Tooth & Nail Records
Tooth and Nail Records logo.png
Parent company Capitol Christian Music Group
Founded 1993 (1993)
Founder Brandon Ebel
Distributor(s)
Capitol Christian Music Group (US; 1994-2013)
RED (US; 2013-present)
Sony Music (Worldwide)
Diamante Music Group (former)
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 has been home to many well-known musical acts, including Underoath, Hawk Nelson, Emery, The Almost, FM Static, Family Force 5, 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]




Contents






  • 1 Overview


  • 2 RIAA gold certifications


  • 3 Nominations and awards


  • 4 Structure


  • 5 Label artists


    • 5.1 Current


    • 5.2 Former: active


    • 5.3 Former: disbanded


    • 5.4 Former: On hiatus or inactive




  • 6 See also


  • 7 References


  • 8 External links





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




























Artist
Album

Jeremy Camp

Carried Me: The Worship Project

Stay

Restored

Beyond Measure

There Will Be a Day[6]

Underoath

Define the Great Line

They're Only Chasing Safety

Kutless

Strong Tower

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


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



  • Anchor & Braille

  • Artifex Pereo

  • CIVILIAN

  • Copeland

  • Disciple

  • Empty Idles

  • Alexander Fairchild

  • Aaron Gillespie

  • Hearts Like Lions

  • Le Voyageur

  • LOYALS

  • Mae

  • Mike Mains & The Branches

  • Tyson Motsenbocker

  • Off Road Minivan

  • Aaron Sprinkle

  • Starflyer 59

  • We Are the City

  • The Welcome Wagon




source:[9]



Former: active



  • Abandoned Pools


  • 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)


  • Kings Kaleidoscope (currently on BEC Recordings/Gospel Song Recordings and associated with BC Music)

  • Klank


  • 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)

  • New Empire


  • Nine Lashes (currently on BEC Recordings)

  • Norway (independent)


  • The O.C. Supertones (currently on BEC Recordings)


  • Overcome (currently on Facedown Records)


  • P.O.D. (currently on Universal Music Group)


  • Project 86 (independent)


  • Rocky Loves Emily (currently unsigned)


  • Run Kid Run (recently archived)

  • Ruth


  • Sainthood Reps (currently on No Sleep Records)


  • Search the City (currently unsigned)


  • Seventh Day Slumber (currently on BEC Recordings)


  • Showbread (currently on Come&Live! Records)

  • 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

  • Anberlin


  • 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, B is Bridgie)

  • Born Blind


  • The Brothers Martin (One-time Project)


  • Calibretto 13 (members now in Harley Poe, Mercury Radio Theater, Everything, Now!, Divebomber and Encourager)


  • CHATTERbOX (members formed Stavesacre)

  • Children 18:3

  • 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 Action Reaction)


  • 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

  • The Juliana Theory

  • Lucerin Blue

  • Morella's Forest


  • Neon Horse (inactive side-project of members of Stavesacre, Starflyer 59, and Project 86; members now in White Lighter)


  • Ninety Pound Wuss (members are now in Raft of Dead Monkeys and Suffering and the Hideous Thieves)

  • 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


  • Side Walk Slam (members now in Run Kid Run)

  • Slick Shoes

  • 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

  • Secret and Whisper

  • The Send

  • The Wedding

  • XXI



See also



  • Tooth & Nail Records Discography

  • List of record labels



References





  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..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ Brown, Bruce A. (February 1994). "R.E.X.". CCM Magazine. 16 (8): 12.


  3. ^ abc 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 18 January 2017.


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


  7. ^ "Tooth & Nail Records". Discogs. Retrieved 2017-08-17.


  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.




External links



  • Official website

  • Interview with A&R Chad Johnson, HitQuarters Oct 2006

  • A list of past Tooth & Nail artists




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