Blue Balls (Swe) • Swedish Hard And Heavy Encyclopedia

Band Info

Artist

Blue Balls

Country

Sweden (

Stenungsund, Gothenburg

)

Genre

Metal / Punk

Active

1988 - ca 1993

Members

Björn "Nalle" Oscarsson - Vocals, Guitar (Norden Light, Mentzer, So What!)

Tommie Ruuskanen - Bass R.I.P.

Hasse Chapskate - Drums (So What!)

Dan Helgesen - Keyboards (Don Patrol, Lake of Tears, Outrage, Motvind, Phenomena, Hawk On Flight, Black Ingvars, Valdemar, Sjunne Ferger, Stonefunkers, Mikael Rickfors, Jaquee, Schytts, Martin Gabriel, Jet Circus (guest), Sha-Boom (guest), Swedish Erotica (guest), Tone Norum (guest), Phenomena (guest), Dogface (guest), Sjunne Ferger (guest), Ultra Sound Machine (guest), Herrey (guest), Jarnack (guest), Salute (guest), Citybeat (guest), M-Rock (guest), Dina Ögon (guest), Arvidson & Butterflies (guest), Emrik Larsson (guest), Emrik Med Vänner (guest), Per Höglund (guest), Stefan Andersson (guest), Peter Simson (guest), Ulf Eson (guest))

Former / Past Members
Magnus Lindh - Bass (Treasure Land, Calilio, Toe Jam, Skull Parade, The Flow, Ichabod Crane)

Patrick Linhem - Bass

Elvis Soploher - Bass

Marco Bongiovanni

Biography

Info (from Janne Stark' Encyclopedia)
The band was formed as SO WHAT! around 1988, but changed to BLUE BALLS because of the Norwegian pop band. The name came from a sexual experience Björn had at the age of 13, with a much older woman. Patrik was only in the band for three gigs and bass on the album was played by Magnus Lindh (CALILIO, TREASURE LAND, SKULL PARADE) and keyboards by Dan Helgesen. After the album, the band found a steady bass player in Tommi Ruuskanen. The style now became more punkish and due to drugs the band took a bit of a halt. After two years the band was supposed to reunite, but Tommie died in 1995, only 25 years old. Björn has directed and written movies and music videos.

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