Uneducate Evil often performed at local benefits and shows organized by the small community of young musicians sharing recording gear, live sound equipment, and the all-ages performance space at The Shed.

They rarely performed outside of Virginia but were invited to play at the Rhode Island School of Design on May 1, 1998.

He contributed to the eponymous EP, but quit the band in 2003 onstage, during an encore, following an argument with Win Butler.

[3] In 2002 Reed founded Les Angles Morts with Myles Broscoe, Owain Lawson, and Kyle Fostner, an instrumental group that composed and performed scores for short videos created by the band members.

(2005) on Blue Skies Turn Black Records, and numerous untitled 3" mini CDs.