Editing Reggie and the Full Effect (section)

===Early years<!--, ''Greatest Hits 1984–1987'', ''Promotional Copy'' and ''Under the Tray''--> (1998&ndash;2004)===
In the mid-1990s when he was playing with [[Coalesce (band)|Coalesce]], Dewees recorded four songs on a cassette tape as a joke, and would hand them out at concerts. After [[Matt Pryor (musician)|Matt Pryor]] received one, he urged Dewees to contact [[Ed Rose]] to record the material. With Pryor's help, Dewees recorded and released Reggie and the Full Effect's first album, ''[[Greatest Hits 1984–1987]]'', on [[Second Nature Recordings]] in 1999.

In April 2000, Reggie released their second full-length, ''[[Promotional Copy]]'', on [[Vagrant Records]]. The album caused much confusion in stores because of the album art, which is styled in the same manner as a [[promotional recording]] which is not intended to be sold. A similar joke fell flat when ''[[Under the Tray]]'' was released in February 2003. When the CD case was opened, buyers were shocked to find that there was no disc waiting for them in its usual resting place. Instead, the disc had been placed under the tray (hence the album title). On subsequent pressings, Vagrant added an illustration to show purchasers where to find the CD.{{citation needed|date=January 2017}} This album contained the single "Congratulations Smack and Katy", which would be the tune behind Reggie's first music video and appear in the video game ''[[Burnout 3: Takedown]]''.