Starship

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Starship is the name of more than one artist: 1) An American pop/rock band 2) Trance act 3) UK powerpop 4) Tech house group 5) 70s rock band with Micky Dolenz Also some scrobbles from K-Pop acts managed by the South Korean company Starship Entertainment are being scrobbled under the artist Starship. 1) Starship is an American pop/rock band best known for their hits "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" and "We Built This City" that operated from 1985 to 1989, reforming in 1992 although featuring just vocalist Mickey Thomas. In 1984, singer-songwriter Paul Kantner left the San Francisco, California group Jefferson Starship. His former bandmates wanted to continue with that name, but Kantner, as the last founding member of Jefferson Airplane, took legal action over the "Jefferson" name. Kantner settled out of court and signed an agreement that neither party would use the names "Jefferson" or "Airplane" unless all members of Jefferson Airplane, Inc. (made up of Bill Thompson, Paul Kantner, Grace Slick, Jorma Kaukonen, and Jack Casady) agreed. The band then took the name "Starship". Keyboard player David Freiberg, who had been increasingly marginalized, left as well. In contrast to Paul Kantner's more experimental and progressive rock direction, Starship moved towards a sleek arena rock direction reminiscent of contemporaries Foreigner and Journey. In 1985, the band, based primarily around dual vocalists Mickey Thomas and Grace Slick, released 'Knee Deep in the Hoopla' and immediatel

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Knee Deep in the Hoopla

No Protection

Greatest Hits (Ten Years And Change 1979-1991)

Platinum & Gold Collection

Love Among the Cannibals

VH1 Music First: Behind The Music - The Jefferson Airplane / Jefferson Starship / Starship Collection

Greatest Hits

Best of Starship

We Built This City

100 Movie Hits

100 Hits of the '80S

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80s Mania

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