Tooth & Nail Records

**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 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*, 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.

## 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.[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.

## Label Artists

### Current

* Anchor & Braille
* Artifex Pereo
* CIVILIAN
* Copeland
* Disciple
* Empty Isles
* Alexander Fairchild
* Aaron Gillespie
* Hearts Like Lions
* John Van Deusen
* Kids
* Le Voyageur
* LOYALS
* Mae
* Mike Mains & The Branches
* Tyson Motsenbocker
* Off Road Minivan
* Paradise Now
* Slick Shoes
* Aaron Sprinkle
* Starflyer 59
* We Are the City
* The Welcome Wagon

### Former: active

* Abandoned Pools
* As Cities Burn (currently on Equal Vision Records)
* The Blamed (reunited and currently independent)
* Blank Books
* Bleach (currently active)
* Blindside (currently unsigned)
* Brave Saint Saturn (signed to Department of Biophysics Records)
* Children 18:3
* The Classic Crime (currently on BC Music)
* 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 (officially changed their name to Peg and the Rejected)[*citation needed*]
* Discover America (currently on Lujo Records)
* Dogwood (currently on Roadside Records)
* The Drawing Room (side project of Thousand Foot Krutch)
* Emery (currently on BC Music)
* Everdown (reunited, two new demos on MySpace)
* Family Force 5 (currently on Transparent Media Group / Word Records)
* 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)
* Kings Kaleidoscope (currently on BEC Recordings/Gospel Song Recordings and associated with BC Music)
* Klank
* The Letter Black (currently on EMP Label Group)
* The Lonely Hearts
* Love & Death
* Luxury (currently on Northern Records)
* Matt & Toby (currently on BC Music)
* 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)
* Underoath (currently on Fearless Records)
* Write This Down (currently unsigned)

### Former: disbanded

* A Dream Too 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 / Contact)
* AP2 (Contributors continue as lvl and Celldweller, among others)
* 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, Justice Constantine and B is Bridgie)
* Born Blind
* The Brothers Martin (One-time Project)
* Calibretto 13 (members now in Harley Poe, Everything, Now!, Divebomber and Encourager)
* 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 ActionReaction)
* 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)
* Slow Coming Day
* Sometime Sunday (members now in Tragedy Ann)
* Squad Five-O (reunited for one off shows in 2012 and 2017)
* Strongarm (members now in Further Seems Forever)
* Terminal (members now in Alive in Wild Paint, Oh, Sleeper)
* Sunsets for Julia
* 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
* Joy Electric (currently on EEP Society, performing as Said Fantasy)
* Mortal (Jerome Fontamillas now in Switchfoot)
* The River Bends
* Secret and Whisper
* The Send
* The Wedding
* XXI