Banyan
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Nels Cline...and The Black Gang, as well as with members of Sonic Youth and country music legend Willie Nelson, and in the jazz/punk/improv band Banyan with Watt and ex-Jane's Addiction drummer Stephen Perkins. He frequently participates in jazz projects... In this article: Nels Cline, Wilco, John Coltrane, Gregg Bendian, The Nels Cline Singers, Alex Cline, Mike Watt, Vinny Golia, and Sonic Youth |
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Wikipedia | October 24, 2009
Ninja academy (band)
...and available for purchase internationally. Other notable artists they have opened for are: Mike Watt & The Secondmen, Nels Cline Singers , Banyan (with Stephen Perkins), and Donita Sparks (L7 ). In 2008, Ninja Academy was awarded the 'Hear in...
In this article: Rickie Lee Jones, The Echo, Los Angeles, Quicksilver, L.A. Weekly, MTV, and Chet Zar
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Porno for Pyros
...band was scuttled when DiStefano was diagnosed with cancer. Perkins and Watt subsequently formed the jazz-punk improvisation group Banyan and, along with DiStefano, occasionally perform sets of Stooges cover versions in the Los Angeles area...
In this article: Porno for Pyros, Perry Farrell, Jane's Addiction, Peter DiStefano, Stephen Perkins, Martyn LeNoble, Mike Watt, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Good God's Urge, and Woodstock 94
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Firehose (band)
...and been involved in numerous musical projects including the longstanding bass duo, Dos (with ex-Blag Flag bassist and wife, Kira Roessler), Banyan (with Jane's Addiction drummer, Stephen Perkins), the Stooges and the Unknown Instructors...
In this article: Mike Watt, Ed Crawford, George Hurley, Minutemen, Sonic Youth, Firehose, San Pedro, Unknown Instructors, California, and Bob Dylan
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Banyan (band)
...venue of the same name), the band reduced itself to a four-piece unit of Perkins, Watt, Cline, and Waldman. Steve Kimock sat-in with Banyan during their August 26, 2007 perfornamnce at the Riverview Music Festival in Chicago, IL. In liner...
In this article: Porno for Pyros, Nels Cline, Stephen Perkins, Mike Watt, Rob Wasserman, Willie Waldman, David Turin, and Los Angeles
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The Master's Voice
...album by American improvisational band Unknown Instructors. The core quartet of Mike Watt (The Minutemen , fIREHOSE, The Stooges, Dos , Banyan), George Hurley (The Minutemen, fIREHOSE, Red Krayola), Joe Baiza (Saccharine Trust, Universal...
In this article: The Master's Voice, Mike Watt, Raymond Pettibon, David Thomas, Minutemen, Joe Baiza, Dos, and Unknown Instructors
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The Crew of the Flying Saucer
...The Engine Room, and has toured and recorded with him as part of both another Watt project band, The Black Gang, and in the jazz/punk group Banyan. Meghrouni would participate in another Watt project band, The Pair Of Pliers, in 1999 and 2000.
In this article: Mike Watt, The Crew of the Flying Saucer, Nels Cline, The Black Gang, Minutemen, Firehose, and Contemplating the Engine Room
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The Black Gang
...next solo album, The Secondman's Middle Stand. Watt and Cline frequently play together as members of the improvisational jazz/punk ensemble Banyan, in between Cline's commitments with Wilco and as a solo artist, and Watt's own schedule with...
In this article: Mike Watt, The Black Gang, Nels Cline, Joe Baiza, Saccharine Trust, Ball-Hog or Tugboat?, The Missingmen, and Wilco
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David Turin
...who is affiliated with Monsta, peopletree records, Milla Jovovich, the Dust Brothers, Perry Farrell, Stephen Perkins, Mike Watt and Banyan , Raygun Magazine, Bikini Magazine, David Pringuer and other media ventures. His main home is in...
In this article: Milla Jovovich, David Turin, Kate Garner, London, California, New Wave, Stephen Perkins, Mike Watt, and Perry Farrell
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Anytime at All
Anytime at All is the second album from Banyan , founded by Stephen Perkins of Jane's Addiction and Porno for Pyros fame, and David Turin. This is a unique record in that it features nearly two dozens players, half of which are well-known.
In this article: Anytime at All, Stephen Perkins, Rob Wasserman, Willie Waldman, David Turin, Mike Watt, Porno for Pyros, and Jane's Addiction
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Variety | December 03, 2007
Minutemen's Mike Watt Celebrates 50 With a Half-Dozen of His Bands - The Set List on Variety.com
...by heading into the studio with guitarist Nels Cline and Clawhammer drummer Bobl Lee. To celebrate his 50th - and Cline's 52nd - Banyan, his band with Stephen Perkins, Norton Wisdom, Willie Waldman and Cline, will perform at his Watt...
In this article: Mike Watt, Nels Cline, Minutemen, Key Club, Missingmen, Willie Waldman, and John Coltrane
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Banyan is an art rock band with heavy jazz and punk influence, based in Los Angeles, California.
The leader and co-founder is Stephen Perkins, who first played drums for Jane's Addiction (1986-1991, plus later regroupings), and then for Porno for Pyros. He co-founded the group with David Turin. The core members of the band are Nels Cline on guitar, Willie Waldman on trumpet and Mike Watt on bass. Both Mike Watt and Nels Cline generally play only West Coast dates and at various times the band has had Rob Wasserman on bass and Clint Wagner on guitar fill in when they are unavailable. Saxophone players Steve Mackay, Herman Green and guitar player Calvin Newborn have also joined the band during select live shows.
Los Angeles artist Norton Wisdom paints on a wet-erase board while the band plays, and the imagery he creates interprets the music much in the same way that lyrics might. To see the band in more than one performance, you will see some images that recur and some that are new, since the songs are compositions whose structure remains the same while there is also a large amount of improvisation, in the jazz tradition.
The first EP featured Money Mark as keyboardist labeled as the Freeway Keyboardist. The first album was engineered by the Dust Brothers at their studio and produced by Turin and Perkins.
Notable guest appearances on the second album Anytime at All include Flea, John Frusciante (both from the Red Hot Chili Peppers), Martyn LeNoble (Perkins' former bandmate from Porno for Pyros), Rob Wasserman and Buckethead.
For their third album Live At Perkins' Palace (named after the fact that it was recorded at Perkins' home studio, not after the live performance venue of the same name), the band reduced itself to a four-piece unit of Perkins, Watt, Cline, and Waldman.
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