Reggie and the Full Effect

Reggie and the Full Effect is a Kansas City indie pop band, the solo project for The Get Up Kids keyboardist James Dewees. In the late 1990s when he was still playing with The Get Up Kids, Dewees wrote several songs that he felt wouldn't fit with the band's style. However, he continued to write, and soon, with the help of The Get Up Kids lead singer Matt Pryor, he recorded and released Reggie and the Full Effect's first album Greatest Hits 1984-1... more

Reggie and the Full Effect is a Kansas City indie pop band, the solo project for The Get Up Kids keyboardist James Dewees. In the late 1990s when he was still playing with The Get Up Kids, Dewees wrote several songs that he felt wouldn't fit with the band's style. However, he continued to write, and soon, with the help of The Get Up Kids lead singer Matt Pryor, he recorded and released Reggie and the Full Effect's first album Greatest Hits 1984-1987 in 1998 on Second Nature Recordings. In April 2000, Reggie released his second full-length, Promotional Copy on Vagrant Records, and after a three-year hiatus, the third album Under the Tray was released in February 2003. This album contained the single Congratulations Smack and Katy, which would be the tune behind Reggie's first music video. Reggie's fourth studio album, Songs Not to Get Married To, was released on March 29, 2005. Most of the music from this album was inspired by the divorce Dewees went through with former wife Megan.... less