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(1994 – present)

The Halo Benders are a band formed in 1994 by Calvin Johnson of Beat Happening and Doug Martsch of Built to Spill. They released their first album, called 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.

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

Following a hiatus through the early 2000’s, The Halo Benders reformed in March 2007 for a pair of shows at the Visual Arts Collective in Boise, ID. The band featured Doug Martsch, Ralf Youtz, Calvin Johnson, and Brett Netson.

The Halo Benders’ music is characterised by untraditional sounds, movements, and song structures. Additionally, the vocals of the baritone Johnson and the pitchy Martsch overlap often, even though often entirely unrelated. Johnson has said that the two write lyrics for songs largely independently.
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  • PsychoDave

    sometimes I'm broke. Why shouldn't I get to eat at the Ritz?

    2 May 3:26pm Reply

  • Nimbie

    suddenly, awesome.

    27 Apr 7:38pm Reply

  • TheSeasonsGuy

    sometimes you're broke. Why shouldn't I get to experience the tunes?

    21 Mar 2:54pm Reply

  • vwsquirl

    Calvin and Doug, simply amazing. Punch Joe, get a job so you can pay for good music.

    18 Feb 4:19am Reply

  • cool4dude

    How about you go out and purchase them?

    13 Feb 3:32am Reply

  • Punching_joe

    can someone upload these albums to mediafire, please? [2]

    8 Feb 5:53pm Reply

  • TheSeasonsGuy

    can someone upload these albums to mediafire, please?

    26 Jan 10:45pm Reply

  • Giygaszor

    Doug Martsch and Calvin Johnson are truly a match made in heaven.

    12 Jan 6:22pm Reply

  • Ennuiunbridled

    Your Asterisk is their best song with its wonderful lyrics, perfect tempo and Marsch's background guitar notes flying in all directions. I have to admit that few of their songs are as good as this one, but a some are, for example Rebels Got a Hole in It. I put that one on almost every time I was making out with a girl (back in the days). It is worth having that song on any let's make out/have sex-playlist. You will be rewarded in both sex and indie-cred.

    19 Nov 2011 Reply

  • rtom87

    beat happening>halo benders>>>built to spill

    7 Nov 2011 Reply

  • markthom2

    Doug Martsch and Calvin Johnson, in the same band.. somehow this works, really well..

    3 Nov 2011 Reply

  • PinkFloydrulez

    is there any link between this band and guided by voices? because I remember somehow finding out about GBV through this band

    15 Oct 2011 Reply

  • wallernotweller

    damn perfect

    9 Oct 2011 Reply

  • riskygeek

    Torrents?

    27 Sep 2011 Reply

  • JrrToken1

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOEirlzbss4&feature=related thats my band covering a halo benders song! Yay!

    25 Jul 2011 Reply

  • fkesserieusman

    it's the haalooooo beeeeeeeeendeeeeerrrsssss

    16 Jul 2011 Reply

  • whylessness

    omg this band is so good i cant even [3]

    28 Mar 2011 Reply

  • whylessness

    omg this band is so good i cant even [2]

    27 Mar 2011 Reply

  • AClassicCaseOf

    Must say... a very good band

    17 Feb 2011 Reply

  • mrmocha

    but somehow i like this better than either beat happening or built to spill [2]

    16 Feb 2011 Reply
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