THE STARSHIP TAKES OFF...AGAIN
This City On Rock ’N’ Roil” and “Sara” been two of the biggest hits of the last several months, leading some people to wonder if this Starship group is some new band. Well, the answer to that is both yes and no. The Starship is a new band on one hand.
THE STARSHIP TAKES OFF...AGAIN
This City On Rock ’N’ Roil” and “Sara” been two of the biggest hits of the last several months, leading some people to wonder if this Starship group is some new band. Well, the answer to that is both yes and no. The Starship is a new band on one hand. On the other hand, the band is built on a legacy that goes back to the ’60s when people were talking about love, peace, flower power, revolution and something called the Woodstock Nation.
The roots of the Starship began with a band called the Jefferson Airplane, formed in the San Francisco hippie district called Haight-Ashbury during the mid30' The band was formed by Paul (antner and Marty Balin, began playing jhe local ballrooms, replaced their female eat. singer with Grace Slick, recorded [Somebody To Love” and ‘‘White Rabbit” 3a :d on Alice In Wonderland)—which loo :an still hear on the “oldies” radio stations today—and the rest is history.
The band was one of those most closely |ss‘. jiated with counterculture revolution, Jut oy the early 70s, internal friction sc n to split the band apart.