2008 Woodie Awards
The Full Effect take the stage for a packed house
Whitney Hamrick
Issue date: 8/29/08 Section: Variety
Reggie and the Full Effect, MC Chris, Warship and LeATHERMOUTH kicked off the Last Stop: Crappy Town Farewell Tour at The Social Aug. 20.
The solo project of James Dewees, formerly of The Get Up Kids, streamed from writing songs that didn't seem to fit The Get Up Kids motif, which resonate a mocking glorification of the emo pop-rock genre he helped create.
"James kind of invented all that stuff 10 years before it got popular," Iero said. "The kids actually know what's up. I've been listening to Reggie since I was way young, they've been one of my favorite bands [since he showed at CBGB back in 1997] since his first tour."
Dewees tours extensively as a keyboardist with such bands as New Found Glory and My Chemical Romance, where he met rhythm guitarist Frank Iero, bandmate of Reggie and lead singer of LeATHERMOUTH. Typically for a Reggie tour, the set list consists of Dewee's friends creating a musical chairs rotation as everyone plays in the other's band.
LeATHERMOUTH dressed in all white except for the letters spelling "mouth" written haphazardly in permanent marker on the left shoulder of the band members, including Dewees on drums.
"This song is about you guys, it's for you guys," Iero said. "It's about cutting off your ears and setting yourself on fire, its called I'm going to kill the president of the United States of America."
Iero kneeled close to the edge of the stage, face buried in the pit of fans as he sang the lyrics to an album yet to be release yet the crowd sang back in unison.
"It's really weird," Iero said. "We don't even have a record out or anything. They really researched and found out about it. I didn't really expect anyone to know the words, which helped me out a lot because I didn't have any breath yet."
Iero frequently stopped singing to marvel at the crowd's ability to fill in. The perverse dedication of some was apparent when Iero spit into the air and a member of the crowd caught some on their palm and licked it clean.
The solo project of James Dewees, formerly of The Get Up Kids, streamed from writing songs that didn't seem to fit The Get Up Kids motif, which resonate a mocking glorification of the emo pop-rock genre he helped create.
"James kind of invented all that stuff 10 years before it got popular," Iero said. "The kids actually know what's up. I've been listening to Reggie since I was way young, they've been one of my favorite bands [since he showed at CBGB back in 1997] since his first tour."
Dewees tours extensively as a keyboardist with such bands as New Found Glory and My Chemical Romance, where he met rhythm guitarist Frank Iero, bandmate of Reggie and lead singer of LeATHERMOUTH. Typically for a Reggie tour, the set list consists of Dewee's friends creating a musical chairs rotation as everyone plays in the other's band.
LeATHERMOUTH dressed in all white except for the letters spelling "mouth" written haphazardly in permanent marker on the left shoulder of the band members, including Dewees on drums.
"This song is about you guys, it's for you guys," Iero said. "It's about cutting off your ears and setting yourself on fire, its called I'm going to kill the president of the United States of America."
Iero kneeled close to the edge of the stage, face buried in the pit of fans as he sang the lyrics to an album yet to be release yet the crowd sang back in unison.
"It's really weird," Iero said. "We don't even have a record out or anything. They really researched and found out about it. I didn't really expect anyone to know the words, which helped me out a lot because I didn't have any breath yet."
Iero frequently stopped singing to marvel at the crowd's ability to fill in. The perverse dedication of some was apparent when Iero spit into the air and a member of the crowd caught some on their palm and licked it clean.