In late 2010, The Effigies were slated to play a Riot Fest show commemorating the re-release of the 1981 "Busted at Oz" compilation. The show was to be at a Chicago venue called the Metro and featured a number of reunited groups that had appeared on the original compilation. Due to the band's long-standing objection to the Metro as a venue – alluded to in a 1993 interview with bassist Zamost – the show was moved to a smaller club, the Double Door. Initially agreeing to fill out the original lineup for what promised to be a compelling show, guitarist Letiecq pulled out within weeks of the show and just prior to the event posted a note on the Riot Fest website declaiming against the endeavor and vowing for unstated reasons never to perform with the original members again. Without their guitarist, the remaining band members withdrew from the show rather than appear as an unrehearsed and falsely billed original line-up. John Kezdy is the older brother of Naked Raygun bassist Pierre Kezdy. The Effigies can be seen in "You Weren’t There", a 2007 film about the Chicago punk scene from 1977 through 1984.