Tooth & Nail Records
| Tooth & Nail Records | |
|---|---|
| File:Tooth and Nail Records logo.png | |
| Founded | 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, alternative rock, Christian metal, Christian punk |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Location | Seattle, Washington |
| Official website | www |
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]
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
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.
- Uprok Records was a hip hop label that included many of the genre's early successes, such as ILL Harmonics and KJ-52. It is dissolved, though hip hop albums distributed by BEC Recordings still bear its logo (most recently Glory by Manafest).
- 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. 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.[7]
Label artists
Current
- Anchor & Braille
- Artifex Pereo
- Children 18:3
- Civilian
- Copeland
- Disciple
- Aaron Gillespie
- Hearts Like Lions
- Tyson Motsenbocker
- Aaron Sprinkle
- Starflyer 59
- Underoath
- We Are the City
- XXI
source:[8]
Former: active
- Abandoned Pools
- Bleach (currently active)
- Blindside (currently unsigned)
- Brave Saint Saturn (signed to Department of Biophysics Records)
- The Classic Crime (currently unsigned)
- 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
- Discover America (currently on Lujo Records)
- Dogwood (currently on Roadside Records)
- The Drawing Room (side project of Thousand Foot Krutch)
- Emery (currently on Bad Christian Music)
- Everdown (reunited, two new demos on MySpace)
- Family Force 5 (currently on Transparent Media Group)
- 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)
- Joy Electric
- Kings Kaleidoscope(currently on BEC Recordings/Gospel Song Recordings)
- Klank
- The Letter Black
- The Lonely Hearts
- Love & Death
- Luxury (currently on Northern Records)
- Mae
- Matt & Toby (currently on BadChristian Records)
- 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)
- Write This Down (currently unsigned)
Former: disbanded
- A Dream to 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)
- AP2 (Contributors continue as lvl and Celldweller, among others)
- As Cities Burn
- The Blamed (members now in The Satire, Big Mess, and The Wiitala Brothers)
- 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)
- The Brothers Martin (One-time Project)
- Calibretto 13 (members now in Harley Poe, Mercury Radio Theater, Everything, Now!, Divebomber and Darling)
- 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 (members now in Gasoline Heart and Adam and Dave's Bloodline)
- Strongarm (members now in Further Seems Forever)
- Terminal (members now in Alive in Wild Paint, Oh, Sleeper)
- 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
- Mortal (Jerome Fontamillas now in Switchfoot)
- The River Bends
- Secret and Whisper
- The Send
- The Wedding
See also
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.
- ^ 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.
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- ^ "CCMG Purchases Tooth & Nail Catalog". allaccess.com. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
- ^ Tooth & Nail. "Tooth & Nail - Artists". Tooth & Nail Records. Retrieved February 3, 2016.