Prior to Palace, Banyan was a name with an identity crisis. The "group"'s second album, 1997's Anytime at All, found Perkins hosting a revolving horde of roughly thirty musicians that...

To jam or not to jam? that is the question. Not so long ago, it would have been a total no-no for people like Peter Buck (R.E.M.), Barrett Martin (Screaming Trees), Stephen Perkins (Porno for Pyros) and Mike Watt (fIREHOSE) to convene for a spot of free-form improvising. But now, certain members of the Alterna-palooza Generation have grown up to become actual musicians – guys who, like Trey...