Reggie And The Full Effect

Started in 1998 as the solo project of The Get Up Kids’ keyboardist, James Dewees, Reggie and the Full Effect released the album “Greatest Hits 1984-1987” in 1998 on Second Nature Recordings. The following record, entitled “Promotional Copy” was released in 2000 and due to the nature of the album art had resulted in people being confused as to the album being a real copy. Additionally, when fans actually bought the disc for their third album, “Under The Tray,” they were shocked to find that there was no disc waiting for them in its usual resting place but instead, had been placed under the tray.

Inspired by Dewees’ divorce, Reggie and The Full Effect released their fourth studio album entitled “Songs Not To Get Married To” in 2005. After its release, the band set out on promotional touring, including shows with bands such as My Chemical Romance, Hellogoodbye and Alkaline Trio. After initially being shelved by their label, Vagrant Records, the band released “Last Stop: Crappy Town” in 2008. Also that year, the band announced that they would be embarking on their last tour.

Post Reggie and the Full Effect, Dewees worked on a number of projects, including writing a full album for his British electropop alter-ego "Fluxuation." However, in 2010 Reggie and the Full Effect performed again for the first time since 2008 at a New Year’s Eve show at the Theatre Of Living Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They followed up with this by going on a 5 show tour in 2013, as well as a release of a new album entitled “No Country For Old Musicians.”