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Laura Ballance

The Formidable Laura Ballance: Superchunk Bassist And Merge Co-founder On Punk And The Paranormal

By Laura Pellicer & Frank Stasio • Aug 19, 2019
Courtesy Merge Records

As a kid, Laura Ballance was most comfortable slipping into the background. Her introverted nature gave her plenty of space to think and create on her own. As a teenager, she found punk through a music video of Adam and the Ants, and the “otherness” they expressed spoke directly to her.

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