Tooth & Nail Records is a record label[1] founded by Brandon Ebel in California in November 1993. The label later moved to Seattle where it is today.
| 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, pop rock, rock, punk, emo, metal, metalcore |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Location | Seattle, Washington |
| Official website | toothandnail |
History
editBrandon Ebel and Michael Knott conceived the label as a joint venture, before Knott backed out.[2][3] Prior to forming Tooth & Nail, Ebel worked for Frontline Records.[4]
Tooth & Nail's first album released was Wish for Eden's Pet the Fish.[5] In 2002, the label bought out Takehold Records.[6][7]
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.[8]
Overview
editEight 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.[9]
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."[10]
RIAA gold certifications
edit| Year | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Jeremy Camp | Carried Me: The Worship Project |
| 2002 | Stay | |
| 2004 | Restored | |
| 2006 | Beyond Measure | |
| 2008 | There Will Be a Day[11] | |
| 2006 | Underoath | Define the Great Line |
| 2004 | They're Only Chasing Safety | |
| 2022 | 7eventh Time Down | God is on the Move[12] |
| 2005 | Kutless | Strong Tower |
| 2006 | Live from Portland[13] | |
| 1998 | MxPx | Slowly Going the Way of the Buffalo |
Nominations and awards
edit| 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
edit| Solid State Records | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Parent company | Tooth & Nail Records |
| Founded | 1997 |
| Founder | Brandon Ebel |
| Distributor(s) | Capitol Christian Music Group (US; 1993–2013), RED (US; 2013–present), Sony Music (Worldwide) |
| Genre | Heavy metal, hardcore punk, metalcore |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Location | Seattle, Washington |
| Official website | solidstaterecords |
Tooth & Nail has multiple current and former imprints:
- Solid State Records distributes metal and hardcore albums[4][14] 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,[15] Gwen Stacy,[16] He Is Legend,[17] the Famine,[18] Training for Utopia,[19] 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.[4]
Notable artists
editTooth & Nail Records
edit- Current
source:[20]
- Former
- Aaron Sprinkle
- 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
- 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
- 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
edit- Current
- Former
- Aaron Gillespie
- 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
- 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)[21]
- 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
edit- Current
- Former
Active former artists
edit- Advent
- The Agony Scene
- As Cities Burn
- As They Sleep
- August Burns Red
- Azusa
- Beloved
- Blindside
- Death Therapy[26]
- 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
edit- 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
edit- 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
editReferences
edit- ^ "Capitol Christian Music Group Completes Acquisition of Tooth & Nail's Catalog, T&N to Re-Launch". Billboard. March 13, 2013. Retrieved October 5, 2014.
- ^ McGinnis, Kelsey Kramer (March 18, 2024). "Died: Michael Knott, Christian Alternative Musician Who Helped Launch Tooth & Nail". Christianity Today. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
- ^ Gotrich, Lars (March 14, 2024). "Michael Knott, who changed the course of Christian rock, dies at 61". NPR. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
- ^ a b c Bonham, Chad (May–June 1998). "Tooth & Nail". 7ball (18): 22–25. ISSN 1082-3980.
- ^ Brown, Bruce A. (February 1994). "R.E.X. Begins to Distribute for Grrr Records". CCM Magazine. 16 (8): 12.
- ^ Van Pelt, Doug (August 14, 2009). "TGIF: Chad Johnson Interview". HM Magazine. Retrieved November 20, 2024.
- ^ Keegin, Joseph M. (July 14, 2022). "The Death and Life of Christian Hardcore". Plough. Retrieved November 20, 2024.
- ^ "CCMG Purchases Tooth & Nail Catalog". allaccess.com. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
- ^ "Underoath – Define the Great Line". Billboard. Archived from the original on April 11, 2013. Retrieved April 7, 2009.
- ^ Gotrich, Lars (March 14, 2024). "Michael Knott, who changed the course of Christian rock, dies at 61". NPR Music. NPR. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
- ^ "RIAA Gold, Platinum, Multi-Platinum Awards" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 11, 2014. Retrieved May 29, 2022.
- ^ "Gold & Platinum". Recording Industry Association of America.
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- ^ "About". Solid State Records. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
- ^ "Stretch Arm Strong". Punknews.org. November 13, 2003. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
- ^ Denning, Jake (July 26, 2010) Interview: Geoff Jenkins of Gwen Stacy at the Wayback Machine (archive index). Soundwavenw.com. Retrieved on May 12, 2016.
- ^ "He Is Legend - 09.20.06 - Interview". AbsolutePunk.net. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
- ^ "Interview: Famine Frontman Isn't Going to Wave a Flag". Buzzgrinder.com. February 16, 2011. Archived from the original on February 22, 2011. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
- ^ "Demon Hunter Embrace Their Christian Band Status". Noisecreep. March 19, 2010. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
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- ^ "Joseph Rojas Announces Launch of Rockfest Records". www.newreleasetoday.com.
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- ^ "Miss May I Enlist Bleeding Through, August Burns Red, Carnifex, Etc. Members For Newly Re-Recorded "Apologies Are For The Weak" Album". Theprp. July 10, 2024. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
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