Great Plains

Great Plains was a band from Columbus, Ohio active during the 1980s. Its vocalist and songwriter, Ron House, went on to found the much more successful band Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments. Great Plains was founded in 1981. Its first release was 1982's 'The Mark, Don & Mel' EP, which contained eight tracks. In 1984, they released their full-length debut, 'Born in a Barn', on Homestead Records. They released another full-length, 'Naked At The Buy Sell & Trade', in 1986, followed by their third such album, 'Sum Things Up', in 1987. In 1989, the band released a compilation album, 'Colorized!', on the Demon Records offshoot Diabolo Records. In 2000, a compilation album of 50 of the band's songs from their entire career, entitled 'Length of Growth, 1981-1989', was released on the Old 3C label. [SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA]