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. 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, 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.
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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."[1] Johnson has said that the two write lyrics for songs largely independently.
During one tour in the mid-1990s, the band was pulled over in St. George, Utah for driving in the left lane. Though he did not give verbal consent, the van's driver was patted down and a small amount of marijuana was found on him. He was arrested and fined $405. The encounter was videotaped and was featured on an episode of Real Stories of the Highway Patrol,[2][3] in which Johnson and Marstch are clearly visible with their faces blurred.
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