Tooth & Nail Records is a Christian rock record label 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, As We Speak and MxPx.
Tooth & Nail's first album released was Wish for Eden's Pet the Fish, 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.
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.
The label also released a limited edition hard cover book, with the proceeds going to benefit Music Cares.
RIAA gold certifications
Nominations and awards
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 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. 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.
Label artists
Current
Acceptance
Anchor & Braille
Alexander Fairchild
Artifex Pereo
CIVILIAN
Copeland
Death Therapy
Deep Al Brindle
Disciple
Emery
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
Tigerwine
Valleyheart
We Are the City
The Welcome Wagon
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