Tooth & Nail Records
Tooth & Nail Records is a record label founded in 1993 that releases alternative rock, punk, emo, and metal music, historically rooted in the Christian music scene and also active in mainstream markets.www.toothandnail.com
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Sep 18, 2026
Jeremy Alan GouldHOST
Same here
Cody BonnetteGUEST
... those, quote-unquote, "secular bands" would lead me to, like, the, the Tooth & Nail world, which would be, like, uh, Value Pack, obviously MxPx.
Cody BonnetteGUEST
And then I started to like also like ska music, 'cause at that time in the late '90s, that was, like, really popping, you know? Um, so The Supertones, uh, Five Iron Frenzy, Squad Five-O, you know, these are just to name-
Jeremy Alan GouldHOST
Yeah
18 MINS LATER
Jeremy Alan GouldHOST
Kinda bring me through what you thought of it then, what you think of, uh, about it now, and, and how successful it was, uh, for you guys and Solid State.
Cody BonnetteGUEST
Sure.
Cody BonnetteGUEST
Um, I, like I said early on bef- uh, when I was, like, getting into the Tooth & Nail scene, like, that was the label that I wanted to be on, and we were, like, trying to send our demos, our little EPs to labels, like many, many, many labels, like, for a couple of years before we got to play in front of somebody at Solid State.
Cody BonnetteGUEST
And when we got that contract, it was like that was our dream come true.
Jeremy Alan GouldGUEST
And I really liked them.
Jeremy Alan GouldGUEST
But Tooth & Nail was really the thing that really resonated with me.
Jeremy Alan GouldGUEST
And it's weird because I'm not, like...
Jeremy Alan GouldGUEST
I don't think I was angry.
11 MINS LATER
Jeremy Alan GouldGUEST
Like, please.
Jeremy Alan GouldGUEST
And here's the thing.
Jeremy Alan GouldGUEST
Tooth & Nail influenced me, and I'm all about having the Tooth & Nail bands on, but there's other music that influenced me, you know? It's like...
Jeremy Alan GouldGUEST
jawbox was a huge influence on me so like you know being able to talk to him was unbelievable and you know other bands i had jeff schroeder from the pumpkins and in lassie foundation it's like what like how is this happening like man you know just stuff like that what i'm like i cannot believe this is real and then i'm like texting them two weeks later hey what's up and it's like what like this is
BrandonHOST
Let's do it.
BrandonHOST
Was this band on Tooth & Nail? Yes.
BrandonHOST
It narrows it down.
BrandonHOST
There's only about a thousand bands now.
Mark NicksGUEST
Have you ever played a show with them? Yes.
BrandonHOST
Um...
BrandonHOST
Was this album released while they were on Tooth & Nail?
JoelHOST
Technically, no.
Leah PayneHOST
It just so happened that members of a bunch of bands and owners of some record labels saw that unofficial set.
Andrew GillHOST
Word got around, and by the time Five Iron returned to Cornerstone the next year, they had offers from a bunch of Christian record labels, including Tooth & Nail.
Leah PayneHOST
Ultimately, they chose a smaller label called Five Minute Walk because it was more aligned with their mission.
Leah PayneHOST
Founder Frank Tate wanted to encourage people to spend five minutes each day talking to Jesus like a friend.
Justin HensleyHOST
Um, not sure if he had already passed away by the time they went to record their next album, but you know, it kinda carries on that production style.
Justin HensleyHOST
And before that we had Crux's Bring On Some Anarchy, the Portland punk band, Christian punk band, on Tooth & Nail Records.
Justin HensleyHOST
And I included it because I like that little weather cut in there.
Justin HensleyHOST
I thought that was kinda funny.
Justin HensleyHOST
Plus it's a new record so it's kind of fun.
Justin HensleyHOST
I really enjoyed The Blamed.
Justin HensleyHOST
They were like a cool like hardcore punk band on Tooth & Nail Records in the '90s and they kind of did a lot of different things over the years.
Justin HensleyHOST
But thank you all so much for listening.
JoelHOST
Let's do one more.
JoelHOST
So this one is put out by Tooth & Nail Records.
JoelHOST
They're kickstarting this.
JoelHOST
And it is a bunch of Tooth & Nail artists recording their versions of classic hymns.
JoelHOST
So MXPX, Amazing Grace, Starflower 59, Be Thou My Vision.
BrandonHOST
Yeah.
SarahHOST
Because
Matt FisherGUEST
like Frodus weren't Christians, but they were on Tooth & Nail and they didn't curse.
Matt FisherGUEST
So they sold a bunch of albums next to the Amy Grant records in the Christian bookstores.
Matt FisherGUEST
So I never experienced any big – I've heard that they've happened.
Aaron GreenGUEST
Yeah.
Aaron GreenGUEST
Yeah, he's like, so I heard you had an offer with Tooth & Nail.
Aaron GreenGUEST
You know, I mean, we're going to put together a sheet here for you, too.
Aaron GreenGUEST
But if I'm honest, I think that the Tooth & Nail offer is probably one you should go with.
Daniel CastadyGUEST
You're like, all right.
Aaron GreenGUEST
That's incredible.
Aaron GreenGUEST
At least he's
Josh OlsenHOST
shooting you straight.
OsterHOST
I'll go through a couple...
OsterHOST
I listened to The Ever Passing Moment by MXPX, which I think was their first outside of Tooth & Nail.
OsterHOST
It was the first record I listened to from them that wasn't... first record i bought was 10 years and running which is a best of record and then i listened to their live record constantly um but this was the first record it's the one that has responsibility on it which is the first mxbx song probably everyone our age heard um It's fine.
OsterHOST
It's way too fucking long.
Devin SheltonGUEST
It is.
Dan KochHOST
Um, so 2004, The Weakend comes out, and then 2005, The Question, both of those records on Tooth & Nail, and I think those really established you guys as firmly in that sort of post-hardcore screamo scene that was blowing up at that time.
Dan KochHOST
I wanna start just, especially to kind of listeners who are less familiar with your band, I think the best way to start is the way that essentially everybody has started with Emery, which is the first 20 or 30 seconds of the first track on The Weakend, Walls.
Dan KochHOST
It really serves as a, "Hey, welcome to the party.
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