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BEC (Brandon Ebel Company) Recordings is a 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.[1]
| BEC Recordings | |
|---|---|
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| Parent company | Tooth & Nail Records |
| Founded | 1997 |
| Founder | Brandon Ebel |
| Distributor(s) | RED (US) Fontana (CAN) Warner (Worldwide) |
| Genre | Christian rock |
| Country of origin | U.S. |
| Official website | becrecordings |
The label promotes bands with more adult Christian rock sound than Tooth & Nail Records or Solid State Records, which concentrate on heavy metal, punk, and alternative rock. BEC's roster includes Jeremy Camp, KJ-52, Kutless, and Hawk Nelson. Uprok Records, a former imprint of Tooth & Nail, lists its catalog under BEC.
Roster edit
Active[2]
Former[3] Includes artists on Uprok Recordings
- Aaron Gillespie (active, currently independent)
- Ace Troubleshooter (disbanded, members now in Relient K and My Red Hot Nightmare)
- Adam Cappa (inactive)
- Adie (on hiatus)
- All Things New (active, currently independent)
- Among the Thirsty (inactive)
- An Epic No Less (active, currently independent)
- Ashes Remain (active, currently independent)
- Jessa Anderson (active, currently independent)
- Benjiman (active, currently on Save the City Records)
- BK & Associates (Status unknown)
- Bon Voyage (active, currently independent)
- Freddie Bruno (performing as part of Deepspace 5)
- Ray Buchanan (Status unknown)
- Cadet (disbanded)
- Jeremy Camp (active, currently on Sparrow Records)
- Citizens (active, currently on Running Club Records)
- The Company (disbanded)
- The Cross Movement (disbanded, most members now performing solo)
- Deepspace5 (active, currently on Deepspace5 Records)
- The Dingees (active)
- The Echoing Green (active, currently on A Different Drum Records)
- Everman (disbanded)
- Falling Up (disbanded)
- Flight 180 (disbanded)
- Fold Zandura (on hiatus)
- Ghost Ship (active, currently independent)
- The Glorious Unseen (active, currently independent)
- Grand Incredible (disbanded)
- Hangnail (disbanded)
- Hawk Nelson (active, currently on Fair Trade Services)
- iLL Harmonics (semi-active, currently independent)
- Kings Kaleidoscope (active, currently independent)
- KJ-52 (active, currently on The Paradigm Collective)
- Dustin Kensrue
- Joy Electric (on hiatus, currently on EEP Society, now performing as Said Fantasy)
- Jurny Big (active, currently performing without a label)
- The O.C. Supertones (disbanded)
- Phillip LaRue (active, currently unsigned)
- Jadon Lavik (active, currently independent)
- Lost Dogs (active, currently on Fools of the World Records)
- LPG (performing as part of Tunnel Rats)
- Mainstay (on hiatus)
- Manafest (active, currently independent)
- Andrew Marcus
- Mars Ill (active, currently unsigned)
- Sarah Masen (active)
- MG! The Visionary (disbanded)
- Matty Mullins
- Diane Michelle
- The Museum
- New Breed (status unknown)
- Nine Lashes
- Bebo Norman (Retired from the music industry)
- Peace 586 (active)
- Peace of Mind (on indefinite hiatus)
- Pep Squad (disbanded)
- Pivitplex (active)
- Plankeye (disbanded; members went on to form Fielding and Fanmail)
- Project 86 (active, currently independent)
- Propaganda (active, currently on Humble Beast Records)
- Raphi (performs as part of Tunnel Rats)
- Rapture Ruckus
- Jaymes Reunion (active, currently performing solo under Fugitive Recordings)
- .rod laver (disbanded)
- Seven Places (disbanded; members now in Kutless)
- Sev Statik (performs as part of Tunnel Rats)
- Seventh Day Slumber (active, currently with Rockfest Records)[4]
- ShineBright (disbanded)
- Shuree
- Soul Purpose (disbanded, one time project featuring KJ-52 and producer Todd Collins)
- Smalltown Poets (on hiatus)
- Ryan Stevenson (active, signed to Gotee Records)
- Jon Micah Sumrall
- Sup the Chemist (status unknown)
- Chris Taylor (active, independent)
- Telecast (disbanded)
- Tunnel Rats (on hiatus)
- Ultrabeat (status unknown)
- Underground Rise (disbanded)
- Value Pac (disbanded)
- Adam Watts (active, currently performing as the Adam Watts Band under Red Decibel Records)
- Josh White
- Sherri Youngward (active, currently unsigned)
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Hefner, April (March 1997). "Everything Changes / Big Deals". CCM Magazine. 19 (9): 12. ISSN 1524-7848.
- ^ "Artists". BEC Recordings. Archived from the original on May 15, 2014. Retrieved May 6, 2014.
- ^ "Artists | Alumni". BEC Recordings. Archived from the original on May 6, 2014. Retrieved May 6, 2014.
- ^ "Joseph Rojas Announces Launch of Rockfest Records". www.newreleasetoday.com.