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The Halo Benders
Co-lead singer Calvin Johnson
Background information
Origin	Boise, Idaho and Olympia, Washington, U.S.
Genres	Indie rock alternative rock art punk
Years active	1994–2001, 2007, 2010
Labels	K Fire Records Atlas Records

Past members	Doug Martsch Calvin Johnson Ralf Youtz Wayne Flower Steve Fisk

Website	thehalobenders.bandcamp.com

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The Halo Benders was a band formed in 1994 as a side project by Calvin Johnson of Beat Happening and Doug Martsch of Built to Spill.^[1] They released their first album, God Don't Make No Junk, in 1994. They followed up in 1996 with Don't Tell Me Now and in 1998 with The Rebels Not In.

Following a hiatus through the early 2000s, the Halo Benders reformed in March 2007 for a pair of shows at the Visual Arts Collective in Boise, Idaho. The band featured Doug Martsch, Ralf Youtz, Calvin Johnson, Brett Netson, and Stephen Gere. November 2010, a reformed version with Doug, Calvin, Ralf Youtz and Wayne Flower appeared for a benefit for Friends of Mia, a child who had started an organization to help children with cancer and their families before herself passing away of cancer, at the Capitol Theater in Olympia, WA.

All three of the band's albums were released on Johnson's Olympia record label, K Records.

Music

The Halo Benders' music is characterized by untraditional sounds, movements, and song structures. The vocals of the baritone Johnson and the higher-pitched Martsch have been described as highly contrasting - "each seems to inhabit a completely different song."^[2] Johnson has said that the two write lyrics for songs largely independently.^{[citation needed]}

Featured on Real Stories of the Highway Patrol

While the band was touring Utah in the 90's, they were pulled over by police officers filming for the reality series Real Stories of the Highway Patrol.^[3]

Members

Doug Martsch - guitar, vocals, bass, keyboards, percussion
Ralf Youtz - drums, guitar
Calvin Johnson - vocals, guitar, samples
Wayne Flower - bass, drums
Steve Fisk - keyboards
Heather Dunn - studio musician, guitars on The Rebels Not In

Discography

Studio albums

God Don't Make No Junk (1994, K Records)
Don't Tell Me Now (1996, K Records)
The Rebels Not In (1998, K Records)

Singles & EPs

Canned Oxygen 7" (1994, Atlas Records)
Don't Touch My Bikini (1995, Fire Records)

References

^ "K Records page". 2021-05-06.
^ "188. Halo Benders "Virginia Reel Around the Fountain" [K; 1998]". The Top 200 Tracks of the 1990s. Pitchfork.com. August 30, 2010.
^ Josiah Hughes (2016-08-26). "Watch Calvin Johnson and Doug Martsch Get Handcuffed for Weed in This Surreal '90s Clip". Exclaim!. Retrieved 2021-05-06.

v t e Beat Happening
Calvin Johnson Heather Lewis Bret Lunsford
Studio albums	Beat Happening Jamboree Black Candy Dreamy You Turn Me On
EPs	Beat Happening/Screaming Trees
Compilations	Crashing Through Music to Climb the Apple Tree By Look Around
Related articles	The Halo Benders Dub Narcotic Sound System D+ The Go Team Cool Rays

v t e Built to Spill
Doug Martsch Steve Gere Jason Albertini Ralf Youtz Brett Nelson Scott Plouf Brett Netson Jim Roth
Studio albums	Ultimate Alternative Wavers There's Nothing Wrong with Love Perfect from Now On Keep It Like a Secret Ancient Melodies of the Future You in Reverse There Is No Enemy Untethered Moon When the Wind Forgets Your Name
Compilation albums	The Normal Years
Live albums	Live
Cover albums	Built to Spill Plays the Songs of Daniel Johnston
Extended plays	Built to Spill Caustic Resin
Singles	"Carry the Zero" "Goin' Against Your Mind"
Related articles	Discography Caustic Resin The Halo Benders Treepeople

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