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Biography
Refimprove|date=February 2011 The Halo Benders was a band formed in 1994 as a side project by Calvin Johnson (musician)|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 2000s, 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 (musician)|Calvin Johnson , Caustic Resin|Bret Netson , and Stephen Gere. Recently in November 2010, a reformed version with both Doug and Calvin appeared for a benefit for Friends of Mia at the Capital Theatre in Olympia,WA.
Music
The Halo Benders' music is characterised 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."cite web| url= http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7854-the-top-200-tracks-of-the-1990s-200-151/2/ |title=188. Halo Benders "Virginia Reel Around the Fountain" K; 1998 |publisher=Pitchfork.com |work=The Top 200 Tracks of the 1990s |date=August 30, 2010 Johnson has said that the two write lyrics for songs largely independently.Citation needed|date=September 2009
Band members
Doug Martsch - guitar, vocals, bass, maracca,
Ralf Youtz - drums, guitar
Calvin Johnson (musician)|Calvin Johnson - vocals, guitar, samples,
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