2007-01-23 21:18:14 · 5 answers · asked by David 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
1974
2007-01-23 21:22:33 · answer #1 · answered by º°♥MeLiSsA♥°º 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jefferson Airplane was an American rock band from San Francisco, a pioneer of the LSD-influenced psychedelic rock movement. In August 1969, the band's performance at Woodstock is widely considered one of rock 'n' roll's most memorable moments.[citation needed]
Successive incarnations of the band have performed under different names, reflecting changing times and performer lineups, known as Jefferson Starship, and later simply Starship before becoming Jefferson Starship The Next Generation in 1991.
Jefferson Airplane was inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996.
2007-01-24 05:27:40 · answer #2 · answered by sheila_0123 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
As far as I know, Jefferson Starship only lasted as long as 'Blows Against The Empire' and maybe 'China'. Jefferson Airplane never ceased to exist....the Starship bit was created because it was an entity comprising many other people besides the Airplane lot.
2007-01-24 05:25:49 · answer #3 · answered by lou b 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
October 1974
During the recording sessions in July, Kantner reunited with Marty Balin to write the power ballad "Caroline," which Balin agreed to sing on the album. Kantner and Slick hedged their bets by putting their names on either side of the name "Jefferson Starship" on the cover of the album, Dragon Fly, when it was released in October 1974. They needn't have worried. Even though the single "Ride the Tiger" petered out at number 84, Dragon Fly just missed the Top Ten and went gold within six months, selling as well as Jefferson Airplane albums generally did. Balin joined the band on-stage at its performance at the Winterland ballroom in San Francisco on November 24 (four years after his final Jefferson Airplane appearance) and then agreed to join Jefferson Starship as a permanent member.
With Balin aboard, the eight-member Jefferson Starship went back into the studio in February 1975 to record its second album and came out in June with Red Octopus, which turned out to be the best-selling album of the entire Jefferson Airplane/Jefferson Starship/Starship career, largely due to the presence of Balin's ballad "Miracles," which became a Top Ten hit. (Slick and Sears' "Play on Love" was also a singles chart entry.) The album first hit number one (which no Jefferson Airplane album had ever done) in September, and bounced in and out of the top spot for the next two months. Eventually, it sold over two million copies. (At this point, Creach quietly exited the band.)
2007-01-24 05:28:43 · answer #4 · answered by Basement Bob 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
1970...and a short time later changed to simply Starship
2007-01-24 05:25:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋