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Acceptance: Major Label Guinea Pigs

Labeled: "The Stories, Rumors, & Legends of Tooth & Nail Records"

Release Date: 11/10/2020

Labeled: "The Stories, Rumors, & Legends of Tooth & Nail Records"

Terminal can be described in many ways. One and Done, One Hit Wonder, Casualty of the industry, a career that seemed over before it began. Similar to Beloved in many ways, with a single album destined for an explosive followup the bands had seemingly failed before their future fanbase could materialize. The bands were able to achieve great things quickly, but weren’t equipped to handle being a touring band. Had they made it just a little further, big things were likely to happen. But instead the band stopped, the members grew up, grew as people, and learned how to be friends. A tragedy and...

Hopesfall: A Should've been Solidstate Band

Labeled: "The Stories, Rumors, & Legends of Tooth & Nail Records"

Hopesfall is a very influential post hardcore/spirit filled hardcore band. They emerged in the North Carolina scene and the greater Southeast with bands like Beloved, Stretch Armstrong, he is legend, Underoath and Luti-Kriss around 2000. they were a Furnacefest band and a Cornerstone band. They were signed to Takehold Records who was acquired by Tooth and Nail in 2003 but due to some changes in the bands lineup and other factors, Hopesfall rejected the opportunity to be on Solidstate at that time and was allowed to instead sign to Trustkill records. This conversation begins...

Joe Musten of Beloved and Advent: The Purist

Labeled: "The Stories, Rumors, & Legends of Tooth & Nail Records"

Joe Musten is the heartbeat of Beloved. He is known for doing all the lead screaming while being an absolutely brutal drummer. I think of Joe as an uncompromising and incorruptible purist and someone who sees the whole picture. He is driven to authentically express his passion in every situation, from live performance, to the studio recordings, to fan interaction, to band member, friend or podcast guest. SPONSOR: Grandpa Loves Rhinos Song- Gimmie Gimme https://open.spotify.com/artist/0tUI0co94MZfQ539byIwyw?si=wxBnh0SgRmi31LlXaAt-7A&dl_branch=1 Music in this episode......

Chad Johnson- The Schemer

Labeled: "The Stories, Rumors, & Legends of Tooth & Nail Records"

Chad Johnson is a significant figure in this movement who was identifying next level talent that was yet to reach its potential and creating opportunities for them. He was quite successful in aggregating and attracting further talent primarily in the southeast region. Further Seems Forever, Underoath, twothirtyeight, hopesfall, and more. He created Furnace Fest which became in addition to Cornerstone, a Mecca and pilgrimage to legendary experience. His record label, Takehold Records, was acquired by Tooth & Nail in the early 2000's where Chad was A&R for many of the largest bands on...

Straight Edge South Carolina Hardcore: Chris McLaine of Stretch Armstrong

Labeled: "The Stories, Rumors, & Legends of Tooth & Nail Records"

One the first releases ever on Solid State, Stretch Armstrong were pioneers of the scene that was emerging in the southeast in the late 90’s. Known for being straight edge and positive, Chris McLaine was one of the most engaging front men of the era. His message was always to include and to encourage and to make a positive impact. From the beginning Chris truly understood the what a scene was and that its life-force was found at the community level. https://labeledpodcast.com/ Support Labeled on Patreon Join Labeled on Facebook SONGS YOU HEARD ON THIS EPISODE: Stretch Arm...

Big Shoes To Fill: Scott Mellinger of Zao

Labeled: "The Stories, Rumors, & Legends of Tooth & Nail Records"

Scott Mellinger joined the legendary band Zao to replace Brett Detar as a musician between the albums, When Blood and Fire Bring Rest and Liberate Te Ex Inferis. He immediately brought a new sonic element helping them arrive at their signature sound, but his influence didn't stop there. Despite being in a band with big personalities, Scott emerged as a leader and became the band's stabilizing point guard. Zao's streak of longevity was truly unexpected given their early years and the amount of environmental change that has occurred since the late ’90s, making them about as legendary as it...

"Git Snake Bit" with The Showdown

Labeled: "The Stories, Rumors, & Legends of Tooth & Nail Records"

The Showdown is a very special band who was able to break a lot of new ground and turn a lot of heads by taking what was going on in heavy music and amplifying it to extreme levels by adding new layers of performance that mixed art and crowd interaction with humor to create a symphony of chaos that played the audience like an instrument. Their front man David Bunton is a legend in the scene when it comes to stage persona. The Showdown blended metal with classic rock, and were a big part of the dirty southern heavy scene along with He Is Legend and Maylene and the Sons of Disaster. ...

Tooth & Nail All Purpose All Star: Randy Torres

Labeled: "The Stories, Rumors, & Legends of Tooth & Nail Records"

Lead singers tend to get and often deserve the most attention in most bands. They carry a large burden and the spotlight is not at all easy to manage, but some of the most talented and valuable people are not the ones in the limelight. Randy Torres has done it all in the Tooth & Nail world, and he has done it well. Guitarist for Project 86, engineer for Aaron Sprinkle, A&R for the label, touring musician for Anberlin, composer, sound designer and more. Coming from a supportive environment in SoCal at just the right time in the late 90's, Randy has been able to make a great...

Hanging with Hangnail

Labeled: "The Stories, Rumors, & Legends of Tooth & Nail Records"

Hangnail is an old school classic Tooth & Nail punk band and is back with new holiday music! It's their first new music in 17 years. This seemed like a good occasion to hang out with the whole band and look all the way back to the mid 90's as this group of best friends in high school, who never had a lineup change and were first generation Tooth & Nail kids just trying to play cover songs until they got their first big opportunity at Cornerstone '98. SONGS YOU HEARD ON THIS EPISODE: Hangnail "O Come All Ye Faithful" Plankeye "Goodbye" Slick Shoes...

Acceptance: Major Label Guinea Pigs

Labeled: "The Stories, Rumors, & Legends of Tooth & Nail Records"

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Acceptance is a Tooth & Nail artist a couple of decades in the making. They just made and released their first album on Tooth & Nail called Wild, Free this year. But it was right here in the Seattle Tacoma area where Acceptance was founded in 2003, right at the time that Tooth & Nail was transitioning to the new sound with the explosion of the 2nd generation. Acceptance, who were first generation Tooth & Nail kids, teamed up with Aaron Sprinkle, and instead of taking the indie path, they were one of the first bands to be scooped up by a major label right off the bat and in a lot of ways were the major’s guinea pigs. they created a landmark album called Phantoms that became a legend of the scene, but the band never truly found a groove before disbanding in 2006. Their music, however, would continue to rise in popularity thereafter, and is still known as a flagship Seattle band.

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SONGS YOU HEARD ON THIS EPISODE:

Acceptance “Take Cover”

Craig’s Brother “Insult to Injury”

Acceptance “Permanent”

Acceptance “So Contagious”

Acceptance “Cold Air”

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