Tooth and Nail is a seminal compilation album[1] featuring six early Californian punk rock bands: the Controllers, the Flesh Eaters, U.X.A., Negative Trend, Middle Class, and the Germs.

[2][3][4] Except for Negative Trend and the Germs, all bands on Tooth and Nail were co-produced by the Flesh Eaters frontman Chris Desjardins[2] and Judith Bell.

Middle Class' "Love Is Just a Tool" and "Above Suspicion" were featured on their compilation album A Blueprint for Joy: 1978-1980,[nb 11] issued on CD by Velvetone Records in 1995.

The Flesh Eaters' "Pony Dress" was re-recorded for the 1982 punk rock compilation American Youth Report,[nb 14] a vinyl LP issued on Invasion Records, a sublabel of Bomp!

The three Germs songs on Tooth and Nail are early versions of the best known tracks of the same titles featured on (GI),[nb 19] the band's first and only studio album, released later in the same year.