Tooth & Nail Records 10th Anniversary Box Set
Published January 03, 2004
That is all fine and dandy if you own the 4th Anniversary box set. Then you'll have a very comprehensive look at Tooth and Nail history. However, I think I can safely assume that most of us do not own it. And I can also safely say that the advertising for this box set is decieving. When the sticker on the cover says "Celebrate 10 years of T&N history..." I expect the set to celebrate and cover the entire ten years.
My other complaint is how much BEC and Uprok get ignored. Out of the entire list of releases from the two sub-labels I count nine bands represented (many of which are more Tooth and Nail bands than BEC bands, anyway). For goodness sake, they don't even include anything from Project 86, who are arguably one of the most influential Christian hard bands out there. If you're going to admit BEC and Uprok as a part of Tooth and Nail, you can also give them their due place in the box set.
Aside from those two issues (major though they may be) the song selection and flow is pretty good. Even though only six years are represented, it's still six cds chock full o' music. I might not pay the sticker price for the set, however, if you can pick it up cheap somewhere it will be a fun investment. It is always fun taking a compilation as broad as this one and seeing what kind of treasures show up.
- Tooth & Nail Records 10th Anniversary Box Set
- Published: January 03, 2004
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- Filed Under: Music: Alternative Rock, Music: Christian and Gospel, Music: Hard Rock, Music: Indie Rock, Music: Rock
- Writer: The Theory
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Thanks TT, excellent job!
I would also be interested to see if Plastiq Musiq is represented. I know it's not really pushed as a tooth and nail sub-print but it's owned by tooth and nail and ran by Ronnie Martin.
brown: it would be interesting to know what you have heard.
eric: thanks
frost: there is nothing from plastiq represented, nor are they mentioned in any of the liner notes (which features a complete T&N discography).
I fall into the Love group. I love T&N, no other way to put it. What other label would dare sign mewithoutYou? Ok, so the Militia Group would, but no one else. Good article.
I loved tooth and nail very much whilst in my mid-teen high school years. When starflyer 59's "silver" album came out, I hadn't heard anything like that before...from a christian or secular band.
To me, they're not as relevant anymore and they don't boast the great roster of artists they once did with the "initial" tooth and nail bands, if you will. But anyway...
T&N are a daring and exciting record label with some of the most intense and awesome 'alternative' bands around - Anberlin, Emery, Project86 to name a few. T&N give christian bands a good home and christian labels a good name!
hello. i think your record is amazing. i have an all girl screamo band and we have a big fan base and an EP. check us out some time please.
maybe somebody can help...i am trying to remember the name of a band from like 96-99...i am pretty sure they were signed to tooth and nail. The only thing i can remember about them is one of the lyrics said something about a cat in a box. and i think the inside of the cd cover had a pic of the band and one of them had a cowboy hat on....hellllp please!!
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I'm fitting into one of your two groups. I haven't heard one good release from Tooth and Nail records.