Tooth & Nail Records

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Tooth & Nail Records is a record label<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> 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.

HistoryEdit

Brandon Ebel and Michael Knott conceived the label as a joint venture, before Knott backed out.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Prior to forming Tooth & Nail, Ebel worked for Frontline Records.<ref name="7b_18">Template:Cite journal</ref>

Tooth & Nail's first album released was Wish for Eden's Pet the Fish.<ref name="CCM_16_8">Template:Cite journal</ref> In 2002, the label bought out Takehold Records.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2013, Brandon Ebel sold the entire back catalog of the label and all of its imprints to Capitol Christian Music Group.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

OverviewEdit

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.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

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."<ref name=alternativechristianrock>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

RIAA gold certificationsEdit

Year	Artist	Album
2004	Jeremy Camp	Carried Me: The Worship Project
2002		Stay
2004		Restored
2006		Beyond Measure
2008		There Will Be a Day<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1\|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2006	Underoath	Define the Great Line
2004	Underoath	They're Only Chasing Safety
2022	7eventh Time Down	God is on the Move<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1\|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2005	Kutless	Strong Tower
2006	Kutless	Live from Portland<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1\|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1998	MxPx	Slowly Going the Way of the Buffalo

Nominations and awardsEdit

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
	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

StructureEdit

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

Solid State Records distributes metal and hardcore albums<ref name="7b_18"/>
Plastiq Musiq (founded by Ronnie Martin of Joy Electric) primarily signed electronic music artists.<ref name="7b_18"/>

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>