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Tooth & Nail Records discography

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This is a comprehensive discography of the record label, Tooth & Nail Records,[1] and its imprints, BEC Recordings,[2] Solid State Records,[3] Gospel Song Records, and Uprok Records. Though noted for its stylistic diversity,[4] the label predominantly focuses on indie rock, emo, ska, and punk; hardcore, metalcore, metal, and other heavier music through its Solid State imprint; and, through the Uprok imprint, hip hop.[4][5][6][7] From 1998-2001, the electronic music label Plastiq Musiq was a subsidiary of Tooth & Nail.[8][9] Considered a Christian music record label, Tooth & Nail pursued a "fringe crossover" strategy that emphasized a common subgenre or stylistic identity rather than the faith identity of the potential listeners.[4] This enabled it to reach the entire metal music market rather than just Christian audiences.[4] Considered the most successful "Christian-oriented" label,[10] by the late 1990s, the label was releasing about 30 albums a year, nearly monopolizing the Christian alternative market.[11] In the mid-2000s, the label's Christian hardcore was ubiquitous in the United States, appearing on MTV and radio and in stores such as Target.[12] By the year 2000, it had released hundreds of albums for over 100 bands, selling millions of copies, sometimes 10,000 units at a time.[11] By 2014, the label had put out 600 albums by 200 bands.[5] Joel Heng Hartse in Christianity Today argues that it is hard to overstate how important the label's music was to developing an evangelical creative culture.[5] The label in the mid-1990s was distributed through Diamante, then in 1997 signed a distribution deal with EMI with the launch of the BEC imprint. After the resulting break from Diamante, in 1999 the entire label and imprint roster moved over to EMI for distribution.[11] In 2013, the label's founder, Brandon Ebel, sold the entire back catalog to Capitol Christian Music Group.[13]

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