current_members associated_acts years_active label article_title background genre origin
ron mankey harley feinstein mael russell mael john mendelsohn earle mankey jim sparks 1968 -- 1971 bearsville records halfnelson -lrb- band -rrb-
 group_or_band rock , pop , psychedelic pop los angeles , california , usa
halfnelson -lrb- band -rrb-

halfnelson -lrb- sometimes spelled half nelson -rrb- was an american rock band , which was a precursor to the more successful sparks .
halfnelson was formed in pacific palisades , los angeles in 1968 by brothers ron -lrb- keyboards -rrb- and russell mael -lrb- vocals -rrb- , the first incarnation also including friend and electro-whizz earle mankey -lrb- guitar -rrb- .
