Tooth & Nail Records

{{Merge from|Solid State Records|discuss=Talk:Tooth & Nail Records#Proposed merge of Solid State Records into Tooth & Nail Records|date=November 2024}}

{{Infobox record label

| name = Tooth & Nail Records

| image = Tooth & Nail Logo New.jpg

| image_size = 300

| founded = {{start date|1993}}

| founder = Brandon Ebel

| distributor = US Catalog:
Capitol/EMI CMG (1994–2013)
RED Music (2013–present)
International Catalog:
EMI/Universal (1994–2013)
Sony Music (2013–present)

| genre = Christian Rock, Pop Rock, Rock, Punk, Emo, Metal, Metalcore

| country = United States

| location = Seattle, Washington

| website = {{URL|toothandnail.com}}

}}

Tooth & Nail Records is a record label{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/indies/1551725/capitol-christian-music-group-completes-acquisition-of-tooth-nails |title=Capitol Christian Music Group Completes Acquisition of Tooth & Nail's Catalog, T&N to Re-Launch |date=March 13, 2013 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=October 5, 2014}} 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.{{Cite web |last=McGinnis |first=Kelsey Kramer |date=2024-03-18 |title=Died: Michael Knott, Christian Alternative Musician Who Helped Launch Tooth & Nail |url=https://www.christianitytoday.com/2024/03/michael-knott-death-christian-alt-tooth-nail-lifesavers/ |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=Christianity Today |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Gotrich |first=Lars |date=March 14, 2024 |title=Michael Knott, who changed the course of Christian rock, dies at 61 |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/03/14/1238503679/michael-knott-christian-rock-pioneer-obit |access-date=November 14, 2024 |website=NPR}} Prior to forming Tooth & Nail, Ebel worked for Frontline Records.{{cite journal |last=Bonham |first=Chad |title=Tooth & Nail |pages=22–25 |date=May–June 1998 |issue=18 |journal=7ball |issn=1082-3980}}

Tooth & Nail's first album released was Wish for Eden's Pet the Fish.{{cite journal |last=Brown |first=Bruce A. |date=February 1994 |title=R.E.X. Begins to Distribute for Grrr Records |journal=CCM Magazine |volume=16 |issue=8 |page=12 }} In 2002, the label bought out Takehold Records.{{Cite web |last=Van Pelt |first=Doug |date=2009-08-14 |title=TGIF: Chad Johnson Interview |url=https://hmmagazine.com/tgif-chad-johnson-interview/ |access-date=2024-11-20 |website=HM Magazine |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Keegin |first=Joseph M. |date=2022-07-14 |title=The Death and Life of Christian Hardcore |url=https://www.plough.com/en/topics/culture/music/the-death-and-life-of-christian-hardcore |access-date=2024-11-20 |website=Plough |language=en}} In 2013, Brandon Ebel sold the entire back catalog of the label and all of its imprints to Capitol Christian Music Group.{{Cite magazine |author=Billboard Staff |date=2013-03-13 |title=Capitol Christian Music Group Completes Acquisition of Tooth & Nail's Catalog, T&N to Re-Launch |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/capitol-christian-music-group-completes-acquisition-of-tooth-nails-1551725/ |access-date=2024-11-20 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}

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.{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=henry gonzalez|chart=all}} |title=Underoath – Define the Great Line |access-date=April 7, 2009 |magazine=Billboard |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130411102441/http://www.billboard.com/artist/303442/henry+gonzalez/chart |archive-date=April 11, 2013 }}

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."{{Cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/03/14/1238503679/michael-knott-christian-rock-pioneer-obit |first=Lars |last=Gotrich |department=NPR Music |publisher=NPR |language=en-US |date=2024-03-14 |accessdate=2024-03-14 |title=Michael Knott, who changed the course of Christian rock, dies at 61}}

RIAA gold certifications

class="wikitable"
Year ! Artist ! Album
2004 \| rowspan="5" \| Jeremy Camp \| Carried Me: The Worship Project
2002 \| Stay
2004 \| Restored
2006 \| Beyond Measure
2008 \| There Will Be a Day{{Cite web \|url=http://76.74.24.142/C0BA6DD1-CBDD-ADFF-640D-FF2E63E89351.pdf \|title=RIAA Gold, Platinum, Multi-Platinum Awards \|website= \|access-date=May 29, 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140911001900/http://76.74.24.142/C0BA6DD1-CBDD-ADFF-640D-FF2E63E89351.pdf \|archive-date=11 September 2014 \|url-status=dead}}
2006 \| rowspan="2" \| Underoath \| Define the Great Line
2004 \| They're Only Chasing Safety
2022 \| 7eventh Time Down \| God is on the Move{{cite web \| url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=7eventh+#search_section \| title=Gold & Platinum \| website=Recording Industry Association of America }}
2005 \| rowspan="2" \| Kutless \| Strong Tower
2006 \| Live from Portland{{cite web \| url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=kutless#search_section \| title=Gold & Platinum \| website=Recording Industry Association of America }}
1998 \|MxPx \| Slowly Going the Way of the Buffalo

class="wikitable"

Year

! Artist

! Album

2004

| rowspan="5" | Jeremy Camp

| Carried Me: The Worship Project

2002

| Stay

2004

| Restored

2006

| Beyond Measure

2008

| There Will Be a Day{{Cite web |url=http://76.74.24.142/C0BA6DD1-CBDD-ADFF-640D-FF2E63E89351.pdf |title=RIAA Gold, Platinum, Multi-Platinum Awards |website= |access-date=May 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140911001900/http://76.74.24.142/C0BA6DD1-CBDD-ADFF-640D-FF2E63E89351.pdf |archive-date=11 September 2014 |url-status=dead}}

2006

| rowspan="2" | Underoath

| Define the Great Line

2004

| They're Only Chasing Safety

2022

| 7eventh Time Down

| God is on the Move{{cite web | url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=7eventh+#search_section | title=Gold & Platinum | website=Recording Industry Association of America }}

2005

| rowspan="2" | Kutless

| Strong Tower

2006

| Live from Portland{{cite web | url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=kutless#search_section | title=Gold & Platinum | website=Recording Industry Association of America }}

1998

|MxPx

| Slowly Going the Way of the Buffalo

Nominations and awards

class="wikitable"
Year ! Artist ! Album / Song ! Award ! Result / Category ! Other
2006 \| Norma Jean \| O God, the Aftermath \| Grammy \| Nominated - Best Recording Package \| Solid State Records
rowspan="2" \| 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 \|
rowspan="3" \| 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

class="wikitable"

Year

! Artist

! Album / Song

! Award

! Result / Category

! Other

2006

| Norma Jean

| O God, the Aftermath

| Grammy

| Nominated - Best Recording Package

| Solid State Records

rowspan="2" | 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

|

rowspan="3" | 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:

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/116306/ccmg-purchases-tooth-nail-catalog |title=CCMG Purchases Tooth & Nail Catalog |publisher=allaccess.com |access-date=March 20, 2013}}

Artists

= Tooth & Nail Records =

;Current

source:{{cite web|url=http://www.toothandnail.com/artists/|title=Tooth & Nail - Artists|author=|work=Tooth & Nail Records|access-date=February 3, 2016}}

;Former