GAMEFACE / DRAG THE RIVER

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Lead by Jeff Caudill, Gameface has been combining the best elements of emo, pop, hardcore, indie, and punk since 1991 . Creating catchy melodies and heartfelt, honest rock is their strength. First release was a 7" on Nemisis Records 1991. In 1993 Network Sound released Good. After the tragic death of their original drummer Gameface took some time to regroup before signing with Dr. Strange Records. In 1995 Three to Get Ready gained the band a world-wide fan base. DSR released the Cupcakes EP in 1997. This release is the first featuring Steven Sanderson on drums. 1998 had Reminder, a compilation of older songs and demo recordings. After signing with Revelation Records, Every Last Time came out in 1999. This album features fan favorites My Star and Pirate Song. The year 2000 brought What's up Bro? (a split with Errortype: 11). That same year Revelation released Always On. 2000 had another big shakeup in the band with Guy Julian taking over bass duties. Firefly Recordings released the EP Feels a Lot Better in 2001. The EP Natural Selection, featuring updated recordings of Gameface classics, was released in 2003 on Eyeball Records. The full length Four To Go was released by Doghouse Records that same year. 2014 brought the much anticipated Equal Vison release of Now Is What Matters Now. The band's touring schedule is not as intense as it was in the 90s but Gameface still has managed to play many shows in the US, UK, Europe, Japan, and Brazil over the last few years.

Based out of Fort Collins, CO, Drag the River was a musical outlet for some of punk's seasoned veterans. All frontman Chad Price hooked up with Armchair Martian's Jon Snodgrass and Paul Rucker and The Nobodys' J.J. Nobody and formed Drag the River for a country-rock fix in 1996. Hobo's Demo's was released in mid-2000 (reissued by Suburban Home in late 2006) and captured Drag the River's rough-cut rock & roll woven around lyrical introspections. Pedal steel guitarist Zach Boddicker was added to the fray by 2001 and Drag the River prepped for a sophomore effort while playing gigs out west. Closed, which shaped into a booze-soaked storybook of heartbreak and loneliness, was issued on Upland in spring 2002. Recorded that July, Live at the Starlight was also released by the year's end through Mars Motors Records. Chicken Demos appeared in May 2004, comprised mostly of songs that didn't make the cut for Hobo's Demo's, before the Hey Buddies... EP followed late that fall. Boddicker then exited to return to school, and Chad Rex filled in from time to time before Hot Rod Circuit's Casey Prestwood took over steel duties. Rucker exited in late 2005 and was replaced on drums by Dave Barker (ex-Pinhead Circus). Drag the River then released It's Crazy in June 2006, also contributing the track "Portland" to October's Replacement tribute album, We'll Inherit the Earth. They closed out the year on tour dates with Lucero and spent the first part of 2007 on the road opening for Rocky Votolato. The latter tour Snodgrass saw dropping out of the band's ranks midway through (he simply left the tour, not the band), which left fans asking questions. Things didn't really get better for Drag the River, and in May members announced they were amicably going their separate ways. ~ MacKenzie Wilson, Rovi