current_members label article_title past_members background genre origin name
jon snodgrass j.j. nobody chad price chris pierce suburban records , de rok home records , third world industries , wallride drag the river -lrb- colorado band -rrb-
 zach -lrb- 2005-2007 -rrb- casey prestwood -lrb- 2005-2006 -rrb- paul rucker boddicker -lrb- 1996-2005 -rrb- karl alvarez -lrb- 1997-2002 -rrb- chad rex -lrb- 1999-2004 , 2008-2010 -rrb- dave barker group_or_band alt-country , southern rock colorado , usa drag the river
drag the river -lrb- colorado band -rrb-

drag the river is an alternative country band hailing from fort collins , colorado , united states .
the band formed in 1996 when members chad price and jon snodgrass recorded 20 or so songs which were released as demos in 2000 .
all the members of the band come from a punk rock background .
price and ex-member karl alvarez have both been active in all since the 1990s .
in 2002 , j.j. nobody of the nobodys joined the band .
later , in 2004 casey prestwood of hot rod circuit and dave barker of pinhead circus joined and picked up the steel & lead guitar , and drums , respectively .
the band released the full length album called `` it 's crazy '' on june 6 , 2006 .
the band was also nominated for best new song for `` modern drunkard '' by the spanish magazine la movida .
the band took a brief hiatus in 2007 , released `` you ca n't live this way '' in 2008 and continues to play shows as a duo -lrb- price & snodgrass -rrb- and often as a full band .
