Trevor Burton vocal, guitar
Steve Gibbons vocal, harmonica
Keith Smart drums
Denny Laine bass guitar, vocal
Mike Kellie drums
Richard Tandy keyboards
Alan White drums
Dave Morgan bass guitar
Jackie Lomax guitar, vocal

An ill-fated attempt at producing a Birmingham "supergroup", the band was named by ex-Move guitarist Trevor Burton as part of a cheeky attempt to gain publicity. The group would also include future Wizzard and Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) members.

Trevor Burton, who had left the chart-topping Move in early 1969, was originally rumoured to be forming a new group with Noel Redding from the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Nothing came of this although Trevor and Noel did share an apartment in London at that time. Trevor then teamed up with Steve Gibbons who fronted the long-established Birmingham group The Uglys. They, along with Uglys' drummer Keith Smart (whom Trevor had played alongside in Danny King's Mayfair Set prior to forming The Move), got together with Denny Laine, ex-singer/guitarist of the Moody Blues to create a new band which was named Balls.

Balls was managed by one-time Moody Blues/Move manager Tony Secunda. Following in the trend of Chris Blackwell's Traffic, Secunda arranged for the new group to "get it together" in the country at a rented cottage on the Berkshire Downs and also hired Traffic's producer Jimmy Miller for the groups' recording sessions. With Tony Secunda arranging a large Malcolm McLaren style cash advance from the record company, the group started to compose and record new material while playing a few local gigs.

Various other musicians also drifted through the Balls line-up including former Uglys members Richard Tandy and Dave Morgan who later became members of ELO. Ex-Spooky Tooth drummer Mike Kellie replaced Keith Smart who left to join Mongrel and would later be part of Roy Wood's Wizzard (The Move). Mike Kellie was later replaced by Alan White who had been a member of John Lennon's famous Plastic Ono Band, but other problems soon arose including the use of "certain substances" at the cottage, as well as the inevitable disagreements over musical direction. Tony Secunda lost interest in the group when he took over management of soon-to-be teen idol/Glam Rock superstar Marc Bolan in 1970, and Balls disintegrated shortly after.

Despite the obvious potential of the group, it was unfortunate that the only record release was a solitary single that did not come out until September of 1971 by which time Balls had long since ceased to exist. The song Fight For My Country was a spirited anti-war anthem, composed and sung by Trevor Burton and also included backing vocals from Steve Gibbons and Denny Laine who played bass guitar on the track.

Steve Gibbons left Balls within a year to join the Birmingham group Idle Race which eventually became the Steve Gibbons Band. Denny Laine left to join Ginger Baker's Airforce, and later hooked up with Paul and Linda McCartney to become a founding member of Wings. That group would enjoy ten very successful years of international success, and Denny Laine co-wrote the song Mull Of Kintyre with Paul McCartney in the late 1970s which became one of the biggest selling British hit singles of all time. Trevor Burton eventually joined Steve Gibbons in the Steve Gibbons Band and the group enjoyed a hit single in 1976 with the Chuck Berry song Tulane as well as touring America extensively.

Trevor Burton continues to perform in and around Birmingham to this day as the hard-working singer and guitarist of his own Trevor Burton Band . Steve Gibbons also remains a well known figure on the local music scene while continuing to live in Harborne, Birmingham.