Tooth & Nail Records

Tooth & Nail Records
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

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  1 Overview
  


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  2 RIAA gold certifications
  


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  3 Nominations and awards
  


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  4 Structure
  


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  5 Label artists
  
  
  
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    5.1 Current
    
  
  
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    5.2 Former: active
    
  
  
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    5.3 Former: disbanded
    
  
  
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    5.4 Former: On hiatus or inactive
    
  
  
  
  


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  6 See also
  


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  7 References
  


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  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:

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  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).


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  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.


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  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 Isles


• 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


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  As Cities Burn (currently on Equal Vision Records)


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  The Blamed (reunited and currently independent)


• Blank Books


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  Bleach (currently active)


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  Blindside (currently unsigned)


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  Brave Saint Saturn (signed to Department of Biophysics Records)


• Children 18:3


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  The Classic Crime (currently on BC Music)


• Corey Crowder (currently unsigned)


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  Craig's Brother (currently on Takeover Records)


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  Crash Rickshaw (side project for members of Project 86)


• Damien Jurado


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  Danielson (currently on Secretly Canadian)


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  The Dingees (officially changed their name to Peg and the Rejected)^{[citation needed]}
  


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  Discover America (currently on Lujo Records)


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  Dogwood (currently on Roadside Records)


• The Drawing Room (side project of Thousand Foot Krutch)


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  Emery (currently on BC Music)


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  Everdown (reunited, two new demos on MySpace)


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  Family Force 5 (currently on Transparent Media Group / Word Records)


• Fighting Jacks


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  Focused (unsigned)


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  The Fold (independent)


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  Further Seems Forever (currently on Rise Records; members became part of Dashboard Confessional, Action Reaction and Fields Forever)


• Goodnight Star (currently on Miniature Records)


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  Hawk Nelson (currently on Fair Trade Services)


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  Holland (changed name to The Lonely Hearts; currently unsigned)


• Hyland


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  The Huntingtons (reunited)


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  Icon for Hire (independent)


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


• Klank


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  The Letter Black (currently on EMP Label Group)


• The Lonely Hearts


• Love & Death


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  Luxury (currently on Northern Records)


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  Matt & Toby (currently on BC Music)


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  mewithoutYou (currently on Run for Cover Records)


• Mike Knott


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  MxPx (currently on Rock City Recordings)


• New Empire


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  Nine Lashes (currently on BEC Recordings)


• Norway (independent)


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


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  Overcome (currently on Facedown Records)


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


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  Project 86 (independent)


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  Rocky Loves Emily (currently unsigned)


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  Run Kid Run (recently archived)


• Ruth


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  Sainthood Reps (currently on No Sleep Records)


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  Search the City (currently unsigned)


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  Seventh Day Slumber (currently on BEC Recordings)


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  Showbread (currently on Come&Live! Records)


• Since October


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  Spoken (currently on Artery Recordings)


• States (currently recording a second album)


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  Stavesacre (limited activity, members in Neon Horse)


• Surrogate (Independent)


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  Swimming with Dolphins (currently unsigned)


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  Sullivan (currently on Spartan Records)


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  Thousand Foot Krutch (independent)


• The Crucified


• The Wednesdays (Currently with Thorp Records)


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  Underoath (currently on Fearless Records)


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  Write This Down (currently unsigned)

Former: disbanded

• A Dream Too Late


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  Ace Troubleshooter (members now in Relient K and My Red Hot Nightmare)


• All Wound Up


• The Almost


• Anberlin


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  And Then There Were None (members now in Young London / Contact)


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  AP2 (Contributors continue as lvl and Celldweller, among others)


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  Blenderhead (One member now in The Out Circuit)


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  Blessed by a Broken Heart (One member now in Still Remains)


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  Bloodshed (members now in My Compatriots, B is Bridgie)


• Born Blind


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  The Brothers Martin (One-time Project)


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


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  CHATTERbOX (members formed Stavesacre)


• Children 18:3


• The Cootees (Former side project for members of MXPX, Ninety Pound Wuss, and Slick Shoes)


• Crux


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  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)


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  Falling Up (Independent)


• Fanmail (members in Radio Saints and My Compatriots)


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  Fine China (members now in The Foxglove Hunt)


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  Focal Point (One member formed Training for Utopia and is now in Demon Hunter)


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  For Love Not Lisa (members have started Puller)


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  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


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  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


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


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


• Off the Record


• Outer Circle


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  Pedro the Lion (David Bazan now performing solo)


• Pep Squad


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  Plankeye (members have formed Fielding and Fanmail)


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  Poor Old Lu (members have formed Fair, Rose Blossom Punch, and perform solo)


• Puller


• Queens Club


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  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


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  Side Walk Slam (members now in Run Kid Run)


• Slick Shoes


• Slow Coming Day


• Sometime Sunday (members now in Tragedy Ann)


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  Squad Five-O (reunited for one off shows in 2012 and 2017)


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  Strongarm (members now in Further Seems Forever)


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  Terminal (members now in Alive in Wild Paint, Oh, Sleeper)


• Sunsets for Julia


• Too Bad Eugene


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  Twothirtyeight (Chris Staples formed Discover America and performs solo)


• Unashamed


• The Undecided


• Upside Down Room


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  Value Pac (Members in Radio Saints)


• Velour 100


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  Waking Ashland (Jonathan Jones went solo Immortal Records and also formed We Shot the Moon)


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  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


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  FM Static (side project of Thousand Foot Krutch)


• Halo Friendlies


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  I Am Empire (members in Talkie and Disciple)


• Ivoryline


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  Joy Electric (currently on EEP Society, performing as Said Fantasy)


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  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 .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .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 .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .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 .citation .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-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.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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