Jefferson Starship is an American rock band formed in the early 1970s by several members of the former
psychedelic rock group
Jefferson Airplane. The band has undergone several major changes in personnel and genres through the years while retaining the same Jefferson Starship name. The current Jefferson Starship, led by co-founder
Paul Kantner until his 2016 death, more closely resembled its original mix of psychedelic and electric folk music than the pop-driven tunes it was widely known for in the early to mid-1980s. It is not to be confused with
Starship, a spin-off of the group featuring former co-lead singer
Mickey Thomas that also periodically tours.