Reggie and The Full Effect
After playing with The Get Up Kids for a while, James began to write some of his own songs. However, he did not feel as though they fit with the distinct style of The Get Up Kids, so with the assistance of bandmate Matt Pryor, he recorded Greatest Hits 1984-1987, releasing it on Vagrant Records in 1998 under the name Reggie and the Full Effect. He continued to write songs, finally releasing his second album Promotional Copy two years later.
In 2003, he released a third album entitled Under the Tray. After this album released, his marriage to his first wife Megan began to break down. He was soon involved in a bitter divorce, much of which inspired his fourth album Songs Not to Get Married To, which he was writing and recording during the divorce.
After The Get Up Kids split up in the summer of 2005, James began touring with New Found Glory and My Chemical Romance as their touring keyboardist. Slowly, this started to take more time away from Reggie and the Full Effect.
However, on April 8, 2008, Alternative Press announced that they had received details on the new album from Reggie and the Full Effect. The 12 song album, Last Stop: Crappy Town was produced by Sean Beavan with tracks also done by Paul Gray from Slipknot and was released on June 17, 2008 through Vagrant Records
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