Reggie and the Full Effect

Reggie and the Full Effect is a Kansas City, Missouri-based rock band helmed by James Dewees, who also serves as keyboardist of the pop punk band The Get Up Kids. Formed in the mid-1990s primarily as a solo musical endeavor for Dewees, Reggie and the Full Effect would go on to play a number of shows around its native Missouri region before entering the studio to record its 1998 debut LP, Greatest Hits 1984-1987. Though the group has maintained an erratic existence, going on hiatus several times so Dewees could focus on his other music projects, Reggie and the Full Effect has nevertheless managed to hold onto its dedicated Midwestern fan base.