In early 1992, Thomas reformed the band under the name "Mickey Thomas' Starship" (later "Starship featuring Mickey Thomas"), with a lineup also including guitarist Jeff Tamelier, bassist Bobby Vega, drummer T. After the release of the greatest hits compilation Greatest Hits (Ten Years and Change 1979–1991) in the spring of 1991, the band was let go by RCA. Thomas added producer Peter Wolf on keyboards and continued to record by utilizing session musicians. After the tour's conclusion in the summer of 1990, Chaquico, Bloomfield, Morgan, and Stavropoulos left the band. Once the vocalist had recovered, the tour resumed in early 1990 with Kenny Stavropoulos on drums. Baldwin was next to leave, after seriously injuring Thomas in a bar fight before a show on Septemthe fight was initially not revealed to involve the drummer, but within a few weeks of the incident he was dismissed from the group. Bassist Brett Bloomfield and keyboardist Mark Morgan were added to the group's lineup in time for the recording of Love Among the Cannibals, having both performed as touring members since the previous year. Slick also departed Starship in early 1988, leaving Thomas as the band's sole lead vocalist. Sears left early into sessions for the group's second album No Protection, citing an opposition to the band's continued evolution into what he described as a "vacuous, sterilized, escapist" musical style. Freiberg left shortly after the group's formation, however, due to the dominance of keyboards in the band's sound.
Formed as a successor to Jefferson Starship, the group originally featured vocalists Mickey Thomas and Grace Slick, guitarist Craig Chaquico, bassist Pete Sears, drummer Donny Baldwin and keyboardist David Freiberg – all were members of Jefferson Starship until October 1984, when rhythm guitarist and vocalist Paul Kantner (who had left in June) sued the band for the use of the name, forcing them to begin operating as simply Starship. Starship is an American hard rock band from San Francisco, California. Top: A lineup of Jefferson Starship performing live in 1984, shortly before Paul Kantner and David Freiberg left and the band became Starship.īottom: A lineup of Starship featuring Mickey Thomas performing live in 2010.
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