Although the four-piece of Such Sweet Thunder hailed from the small town if Kearney, Nebraska, their roots were firmly planted in Lincoln. This collaboration of Steve Streit (bass), Scott Roth (vocals), Sven Deepe (drums), and Dan Ostdiek brought on a power pop influence of the Replacements, Hüsker Dü, and R.E.M. as they made their stage debut in 1988. Soon after, the band would self-release a handful of cassettes (with original bassist Doran Fellmer) before their first album, Burning Ditches, came out in 1991. By 1992, Ismist Records followed with the band's second full-lengt...