Jefferson Airplane

When I was in high school in the late 80's, hair metal and radio-friendly rap were the two types of music everyone listened to. Read More

By wrapping the lyrics in an Alice in Wonderland motif, White Rabbit was one of the first songs to manage to sneak drug references past censors and onto the radio (and unless any out there think this is another case of Puff the Magic Dragon-esque misunderstanding by overly-suspicious middle Americans, Grace Slick herself has admitted as much). Read More

It's been a little more than 11 months since I first posted this controversial view. Read More

Following on from Tamboosh's post the other day, I'll share my particular Halloween geekiness. Read More

Since I haven't been vibing on any music lately, except for Shellac (obviously), and I can only post the same 5 Shellac songs so many times before someone'll throw a brick at my head until I can't lift it anymore, I had to come up with something. Read More

(MVD) Rock & Roll hall of famer Marty Balin, formerly of The Jefferson Airplane and The Jefferson Starship, is one of the key personalities of the San Francisco sound that also launched The Grateful Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Steve Miller Band and Janis Joplin. Read More

A Chicago musician claims that a song he wrote in 1968 was later performed by the Jefferson Airplane rock group, included on a concert recording and subsequently made part of the group's repertoire, without giving him him any credit or compensation. Read More

The market has been inundated this year with all kinds of releases commemorating the 40th anniversary of Woodstock, almost to the point of causing a bit of confusion for the buyer. Read More

There is no Jefferson Airplane without singer Marty Balin, anymore than there's a Beach Boys without Dennis and Carl Wilson. Read More