# Tooth & Nail Records

Tooth & Nail Records is a record label founded by Brandon Ebel in California in November 1993. The label later moved to Seattle where it is today. Tooth & Nail has an imprint Solid State Records. BEC (Brandon Ebel Company) Recordings is Christian rock record label that is an imprint of Tooth & Nail Records. The label was formed in 1997 in partnership with EMI Christian Music Group.

## History

Brandon Ebel and Michael Knott conceived the label as a joint venture, before Knott backed out. Prior to forming Tooth & Nail, Ebel worked for Frontline Records.
Tooth & Nail's first album released was Wish for Eden's Pet the Fish. In 2002, the label bought out Takehold Records. In 2013, Brandon Ebel sold the entire back catalog of the label and all of its imprints to Capitol Christian Music Group.

## Overview

Eight 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.
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."

## RIAA gold certifications

| Year | Artist | Album |
| 2004 | Jeremy Camp | Carried Me: The Worship Project |
| 2002 | Jeremy Camp | Stay |
| 2004 | Jeremy Camp | Restored |
| 2006 | Jeremy Camp | Beyond Measure |
| 2008 | Jeremy Camp | There Will Be a Day |
| 2006 | Underoath | Define the Great Line |
| 2004 | Underoath | They're Only Chasing Safety |
| 2022 | 7eventh Time Down | God is on the Move |
| 2005 | Kutless | Strong Tower |
| 2006 | Kutless | Live from Portland |
| 1998 | 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 | |
| 2007 | 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 |
| 2009 | Jeremy Camp | Speaking Louder Than Before | Grammy | Nominated - Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album | BEC Recordings |
| 2009 | 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:
* Solid State Records distributes metal and hardcore albums
* Plastiq Musiq (founded by Ronnie Martin of Joy Electric) primarily signed electronic music artists.
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.

## Artists
### Tooth & Nail Records
#### Current

* Copeland
* Emery
* John Van Deusen
* My Epic
* Slick Shoes
* Tyson Motsenbocker
* Watashi Wa
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#### 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
* 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
#### Current

* 7eventh Time Down
* David Dunn
* Disciple
* Fearless BND
* Jordan St. Cyr
* Kutless
* Lion of Judah
* Rhett Walker
* Tasha Layton
* The Young Escape

#### Former

* Aaron Gillespie
* Ace Troubleshooter
* Adam Cappa
* Adie
* All Things New
* Among the Thirsty
* An Epic No Less
* Ashes Remain
* Jessa Anderson * Bon Voyage
* Freddie Bruno
* Cadet
* Jeremy Camp
* Citizens
* The Cross Movement
* Deepspace5
* The Dingees
* The Echoing Green
* Everman
* Falling Up
* Flight 180
* Fold Zandura
* Ghost Ship
* The Glorious Unseen
* Hangnail
* Hawk Nelson
* iLL Harmonics
* Kings Kaleidoscope
* 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)
* 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