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| Living with the Grateful Dead at 2400 Fulton St. in San Francisco, THE JEFFERSON AIRPLANE became one of California's leading psychedelic bands in the late 60's. Surrealistic Pillow (1967), their second album, featured ragged textures and harmonies by singers Marty Balin and Grace Slick that were as revolutionary as the hippie sentiment that they expressed. The band had grown cynical by 1969, when the title track of their album Volunteers compared revolution to a garbage truck. In an attempt to change with the times, they renamed themselves the Jefferson Starship and released one more popular album before the departure of Balin and his songwriting skills. The band, with Slick as the only original member, continued to release pop/rock in the 80's under the name Starship.
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