Banyan – Anytime at All
Another Jane’s Addiction alumni, Stephen Perkins, formed a band Banyan and released this album. John is contributing his virtuosity to two tracks: Grease The System and La Sirena. Some of these sessions date as far as 1997 and they can be seen on YouTube under this link [warning: drug use present].
Banyan ‘Anytime At All’
(February 23, 1999)
Cyber Octave
ASIN: B00000I415
5. Grease The System
6. La Sirena
On the second out of their three albums, Stephen Perkins’ self-proclaimed “alt-rock graveyard” delivers a magnificent bunch of songs. John guests on two back-to-back tracks: Grease The System and La Sirena.
Banyan is an alt-rock graveyard for musicians from the era of Cindy Crawford, Wayne’s World and those nonsensical No Fear T-shirts. Tagged — and printed on every one of its albums — as the brainchild of former Jane’s Addiction/Porno for Pyros drummer Stephen Perkins, the supergroup has featured such blasts from the past as Rob Wasserman of Ratdog, Mike Watt of the Minutemen and fIREHOSE, and Red Hot Chili Peppers John Frusciante and Flea. The band has been described as experimental art rock or jazzy prog punk, but there’s really no reason to get all fancy: Simply put, Banyan is a jam band for jammy jamheads who jam out to instrumental jams. It’s dorm-room muzak that’s less album-oriented rock than it is a live experiment in hippie tolerance and improvisational groove. There’s no stopping the mellowed-out beats, the smoked-out tunes or that freaking trumpet — so cheers and jeers to Banyan for continuing to beat a Dead horse.
# Audio CD (February 23, 1999)
# Original Release Date: February 23, 1999
