title: Fresh Sounds from Middle America (vol 2)
text: # Fresh Sounds from Middle America (vol 2)
  
  Fresh Sounds From Middle America (vol 2) was the second in a series of compilations featuring bands from the Midwest region of America. Volume 2 was a split compilation cassette-only release featuring 18 tracks from 5 bands.
  
  The "Fresh Sounds" series was organized by Bill Rich, of Talk Talk magazine, as a way to promote regional bands nationally.
  
  ## Track listing / personnel
  
  ### Side 1
  
  | Artist | Tracks | Personnel |
  | - | - | - |
  | The Buckthrusters | "Blu Light Special" "And It Is" "The Drive" "The Moment" "Ha! Ha!" | Jim Rosencutter - bass Britt Rosencutter - drums, vocals Staci Stull - guitar, vocals Greg Cowper - accordion, synthesizer, vocals Jim Skeel - keyboards, synthesizer, vocals Recorded and Produced by Jim Skeel, Greg Cowper and the Buckthrusters at Skeels, Wichita, KS |
  | The New Wave Brothers | "New Wave Brothers Rap" "I'm The Best" "DNA Monsters" | Jim Rosencutter - all instruments, vocals Britt Rosencutter - all instruments, vocals Alex Erickson - all instruments, vocals Court Thomas - all instruments, vocals |
  
  ### Side 2
  
  | Artist | Tracks | Personnel |
  | - | - | - |
  | Color Entertainment | "Instrumental" "Come On!" "Plants" "Fruit Of The Womb" | Fred Skellenger Kathi Inukai |
  | Monte Montclaire | "Period Piece" | Monte Montclaire |
  | The C. Lucas Experience | "Silliness" "Art" "Sincerity" "Indulgence" "And Acting Out" | Christopher Lucas - all sounds |
  
  ## Reception
  
  Snippets of the review from "The Offense":
  
  * The Buckthrusters: "lots of synths plus accordion, guitar, bass and drums, and these guys really had a good thing going (gone now)"
  * The New Wave Brothers: "a rap, a nap and a pile of crap"
  * Color Entertainment: "as dull for me as it was for the live audience assembled"
  * Monte Montclaire: "an overweight conceptualist who taped his voice and added echo"
  * C. Lucas Experience: "an underweight conceptualist obsessed with going either deaf or blind"
  