The Halo Benders

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.