Tooth & Nail Records

Infobox record label
name = Tooth & Nail Records


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founded = 1993
founder = Brandon Ebel
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distributor = EMI CMG
genre = Christian rock
Alternative rock
Punk rock
Post-hardcore
Screamo
Emo
Pop punk
Electronic music
country = USA
location = Seattle, WA
url = [http://www.toothandnail.com/ toothandnail.com]

Tooth & Nail Records is a record label founded by Brandon Ebel in the U.S. state of California in 1993. The label later moved to Seattle, Washington, where it is situated today. Its first album distributed was Wish For Eden's "Pet the Fish", which was executive produced by Michael Knott and originally slated to be released by Blonde Vinyl. Although the label originally has distribution only in the Christian music market, it has released many albums that have crossed over to the secular market, many times by bands who prefer not to be labeled as Christian artists, but other times because the band or album is received well musically in spite of it being known as Christian music.

ublabels

* BEC Recordings
* Solid State Records
* Uprok Records

tructure

Tooth & Nail contains multiple sublabels, each catering to a different genre of music:

*BEC Recordings mostly includes artists in the mainstream sect of 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 Demon Hunter and Underoath.
*Uprok Records was a Christian hip hop label that included many of the genre's early successes, such as ILL Harmonics and KJ-52. It appears to be 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 signs electronic music artists, with some exceptions such as Pilots vs. Aeroplanes. Tooth & Nail entered a partnership to distribute Plastiq Musiq albums in 1998 and 1999.

The label acquired Takehold Records, an independent record label, in 2002.

EMI Christian Music Group owns a 50% stake in Tooth & Nail. [ [http://emicmg.com/about/timeline.aspx Welcome to EMICMG.com ] ]

Artist list

The following artists either are performing or have performed under the Tooth & Nail label.

Current

* Anberlin
*As Cities Burn
*The Almost
* The Becoming
*Bon Voyage
*Capital Lights
*Children 18:3
*The Classic Crime
*Copeland
*Corey Crowder
*Emery
*Fair
*Family Force 5
*Far-Less
*FM Static
*The Fold
*Hawk Nelson
*Inhale Exhale
*Ivoryline
*Jonezetta
*Joy Electric
*MewithoutYou
*MxPx
*Neon Horse
*Number One Gun
*Project 86
*Run Kid Run
*Ruth
*Search the City
*Secret and Whisper
*Showbread
*Since October
*Spoken
*Starflyer 59
*Surrogate
*Thousand Foot Krutch
*Underoath

Former Tooth And Nail Bands

*Ace Troubleshooter (Disbanded, members now in Relient K and My Red Hot Nightmare)
*A Dream Too Late (Active)
*All Wound Up
*Anberlin (Active, now signed to Republic Records)
*AP2 (Disbanded)
*Before The Grave (Disbanded)
*Beloved (Disbanded; members went on to Advent, The Almost, Classic Case, Dead Poetic)
*The Blamed (Disbanded; members now in The Satire, Big Mess, and The Wiitala Brothers)
*Bleach (Disbanded; members now in Royal Empire Music, Wild, Wonderful, and Comrade)
*Blenderhead (On hiatus)
*Blindside (Active; currently have no label)
*Bloodshed (Disbanded)
*Brave Saint Saturn (Active; side project for members of Five Iron Frenzy and Roper)
*The Brothers Martin (Status unknown, most likely a one-time project)
*Calibretto 13 (Disbanded; members now in Harley Poe, Everything, Now!, Divebomber, and Darling)
*CHATTERbOX (Disbanded; members went on to form Stavesacre)
*The Cootees (Disbanded; former side project for members of MXPX, Ninety Pound Wuss, and Slick Shoes)
*Craig's Brother (Active; currently on Takeover Records)
*Crash Rickshaw (Active; side project for members of Project 86)
*The Crucified (Disbanded; members went on to play in Stavesacre)
*Crux
*Damien Jurado (Active; currently on Secretly Canadian)
*Danielson Famile (Active; currently on Secretly Canadian)
*The Deadlines (Disbanded; members now in The Bullies, The Escape, Haunted Bayou, and Kisses Lose Their Charm)
*Dead Poetic (Active, plans to release one more album but has no plans to tour)
*Delta Haymax (Disbanded)
*The Deluxtone Rockets (Disbanded)
*Denison Witmer and the River Bends (On hiatus; Denison Witmer records as a solo artist on The Militia Group records)
*The Dingees (Active)
*Discover America (Active)
*Dogwood (Active; ex-member now in Reeve Oliver)
*Don't Know (Disbanded)
*Driver Eight (Disbanded)
*Element 101 (Disbanded; members went on to form Action Reaction)
*Everdown (Disbanded)
*Fanmail (Disbanded; members in Radio Saints and My Compatriots)
*Fighting Jacks (Active)
*Fine China (Disbanded; members now in The Foxglove Hunt)
*Focal Point (Disbanded, one member went on to form Training for Utopia and is now in Demon Hunter)
*Focused (Disbanded)
*For Love Not Lisa (Disbanded; members went on to form Puller)
*Frodus (Disbanded; members went on to form The Black Sea, Decahedron, Frantic Mantis, and The Cassettes; and Shelby Cinca now records as a solo artist)
*Furthermore (Disbanded)
*Further Seems Forever (Disbanded; members went on to form Action Reaction and Fields Forever)
*Ghoti Hook (Disbanded)
*Goodnight Star (Active; currently on Miniature Records)
*Halo Friendlies (On hiatus; one member is now in The Smashing Pumpkins)
*Hangnail (Disbanded)
*Havalina (Disbanded; members now in Matt Death and the New Intellectuals)
*Holland (changed name to The Lonely Hearts)
*House of Wires (Disbanded)
*The Huntingtons (Disbanded; members now in Main Line Riders)
*Joe Christmas (Disbanded; members in Summer Hymns)
*The Juliana Theory (Disbanded, one member in Vesta)
*Klank (Active)
*Living Sacrifice (Active, currently on Solid State Records)
*The Lonely Hearts (Active, one member in Demon Hunter)
*Lucerin Blue (Disbanded)
* Luxury (Active, currently on Northern Records)
*Mae (Active, currently on Capitol Records)
*Mike Knott (Active)
*Morella's Forest (Disbanded)
*Mortal (On hiatus)
*Ninety Pound Wuss (Disbanded, members went on to form Raft of Dead Monkeys and Suffering and the Hideous Thieves)
*Norway (Active, independent)
*Off the Record (Disbanded)
*Outer Circle (Disbanded, former side project for members of Stavesacre)
*Overcome (Disbanded, members went on to form Indwelling)
*The O.C. Supertones (Disbanded, members now in Relient K, and Demon Hunter)
*Pedro the Lion (Disbanded, David Bazan now in Headphones and performing solo)
*Pep Squad (Disbanded)
*Plankeye (Disbanded; Ex-members went on to form Fielding and Fanmail)
*P.O.D. (Active, currently on Columbia Records)
*Poor Old Lu (Disbanded, members went on to form Fair, Rose Blossom Punch, and perform solo)
*Puller (Disbanded)
*Roadside Monument (Disbanded, members went on to form Unwed Sailor, Raft of Dead Monkeys, and Suffering and the Hideous Thieves)
*Rob Walker (On hiatus)
*Royal (Disbanded)
*Sal Paradise (Disbanded)
*The Send (On hiatus, currently writing material for a new album)
*Shorthanded (Disbanded)
*Side Walk Slam (Disbanded, members now in Run Kid Run)
*Slick Shoes (On indefinite hiatus, members now in Sigmund)
*Slow Coming Day (Disbanded)
*Sometime Sunday (Disbanded, members went on to form Tragedy Ann)
*Aaron Sprinkle (Solo status unknown, currently the lead singer of Fair)
*Squad Five-O (Disbanded, members now in Gasoline Heart, Marah, and Adam and Dave's Bloodline)
*Stavesacre (has announced plans to disband, members rumored to be in Neon Horse)
*Strongarm (Disbanded, members went on to form Further Seems Forever)
*Sullivan (Disbanded, members now in Surprises and Small States)
*Terminal (Disbanded, members now in Alive in Wild Paint, Oh, Sleeper)
*Too Bad Eugene (Disbanded)
*Training for Utopia (Disbanded, members went on to form Demon Hunter)
*Twothirtyeight (Disbanded, members went on to form Discover America)
*Unashamed (Disbanded)
*The Undecided (Disbanded)
*Upside Down Room (Disbanded)
*Value Pac (Disbanded, members in Radio Saints)
*Velour 100 (Disbanded)
*Waking Ashland (Disbanded, Jonathan Jones went solo Immortal Records. Jones also formed We Shot The Moon with members of Sherwood, Joe Greenetz and Dan Koch. Sherwood is unaffected by this side project.)
*Watashi Wa (changed name to Eager Seas, then disbanded; members now in Lakes, and Briertone)
*The Wednesdays (Active, currently with Thorp Records)
*Wish For Eden (Disbanded)
*Zao (Active)

ee also

* Tooth & Nail Records Discography
* List of record labels

References

External links

* [http://www.toothandnail.com/ Official site]
* [http://toothandnail.com/artists/archive/ A list of past Tooth & Nail artists]
* [http://www.osualum.com/s/359/file_lib/1/17/200708Stater_rock_solid_633240682261425772.pdf "Oregon Stater": Rock Solid]