The Balls, Live From Wormtown

This time we examine the Russian influence on the Wormtown Music Scene with an interview of The Balls from March of 2003. Yes, long before the election scandals, Worcester was infiltrated with a Russian operative by the name of Andrei Krutov, aka The General. Formed in 1999 along with Brian Hoffman/drums, Chris Kanaracus/guitar, and Charles Respess /bass, almost on a dare, they burst onto the stage of the Lucky Dog to sing songs about Relationships, Life and Sex. Soon, they built a fan-base on the merits of Krutovs' stage antics which consisted of disrobing throughout the set and eventually ending up almost completely naked. In 2004 they recorded a CD at Tremolo Lounge under the control of Roger Lavallee. It gave us such timeless classics as "Sucky Laundromat", "Shiny Nipple" and "Swedish Fish" to name a few.  Over the years there have been a few line up shifts and adding of additional band members, Wayne Winslow, Jon Ho and Lovina to give them a fuller live sound. They still get together every year or so to the delight of their followers and always pack the house.


The Balls, Live From Wormtown