James Dewees formerly of the now defunct Get Up Kids is the brainchild behind the hardcore Reggie and the Full Effect. Their new album is called Songs Not to Get Married To.

Check out the official site for Reggie and the Full Effect

Daniel Robert Epstein: Hey, how are you doing?

James Dewees: I'm good; I'm in New York traffic

DRE: Where are you? I'm in New York too.

JD: We are on our way to Fuse.

DRE: Have you ever heard of SuicideGirls?

JD: Yeah I'm friends with a bunch...

6underground

United Kingdom

December 2003

AUG 30, 2005 08:24 AM

I saw them open for Alkaline Trio. Not bad. Not bad at all really. Worth a listen.

_DictionaryGirl_

NEWSWIRE

San Diego, CA

AUG 30, 2005 09:45 AM

Reggie's one of my all-time favorites. Awesome interview.

grayblue

Astoria, NY

November 2002

AUG 30, 2005 12:13 PM

i got to hang out with james at the last get up kids show in KC, and at the warped tour stop in indy. he's a good dude.

euthanizedbylove

Redford, MI

April 2005

AUG 30, 2005 01:30 PM

reggie and the full effect has been melting my face since i was a freshman in high school...and the still continue to melt my face. i saw them a couple months back here in detroit....oh yes, the face was melted. keep rocking out reggie!

Koda

SUICIDEGIRL

Florida, USA

AUG 30, 2005 02:06 PM

dude, reggie frickin' rules. i saw them a couple of years back and it was probably the most hilarious show of my life. kinda sucks that he won't be in costume anymore but damn, i wouldn't wanna wear all of that stuff on stage either.

setaside

Kansas City, MO

August 2005

AUG 30, 2005 02:34 PM

I remember James talking to some kids after a Coalesce show at the Fusebox in KC about this "pop band" he was working on called Reggie and the Full Effect. I overheard this and just kind of went ... what the fuck? I stored the name away and looked it up when I got home. He had an .mp3 of Girl, Why'd You Run Away up on the site. I was immediately hooked.

James is a pretty fucking cool guy too. At least he was the last time I talked with him ('97 or '98 I think).

raven6241

Australia

July 2005

AUG 30, 2005 03:26 PM

Got into these guys after hearing them in a snowboard video of all things.

Ace band.

Ryan

SUICIDEGIRL

Greenland

AUG 30, 2005 03:30 PM

james and i have matching tattoos on our left wrists.
i suppose that counts for something, right?

Tryst

SUICIDEGIRL

Virginia, USA

AUG 30, 2005 04:01 PM

Girl, why'd you run away?

Katie

SUICIDEGIRL

California, USA

AUG 30, 2005 04:16 PM

awww, james.
he sure makes a mean reggie-colada!
xoxo

setaside

Kansas City, MO

August 2005

AUG 30, 2005 07:45 PM

Tryst said:
Girl, why'd you run away?

Absolutely! That song rocks so damn hard.

Check a sample at
Amazon

Dewees

SUICIDEGIRL

I'm lost

AUG 30, 2005 08:56 PM

the only picture i have up in my dorm is me kissing james' cheek outside of the house of blues in orlando a few years ago.

i'm lame.
i love reggie to the death.
all the way to death! for real!

saw them twice on warped tour, and it rocked so hard. i don't even want to meet him anymore because i get [what i imagine is] this really creepy look in my eyes.

....swoon

edited to add this...

[Edited on Aug 30, 2005 by EmilyEve]