History Music / BlowsAgainstTheEmpire

* RockOpera: One of the earliest, released only two years after ''Music/{{Tommy}}''.

* TyrannosaurusRex: Discussed as part of an analogy in "Mau Mau":
-->''Tyrannosaurus rex was destroyed before\\
By a furry little ball that crawled along\\
The primeval jungle floor,\\
And he stole the eggs of the dinosaur.''

[[caption-width-right:350:''Blows Against The Empire''.]]

It was nominated for a HugoAward for Best Dramatic Presentation, a category normally used for movies. Probably due to the influence of the controversial NewWaveScienceFiction movement, it came in second to "No Award", beating every other entry, but still not receiving the award.

'''''Blows Against The Empire''''' is the debut studio album by [[Music/JeffersonAirplane Paul Kantner]], released in 1970. A sci-fi concept album, it was released as his band Music/JeffersonAirplane began its downward spiral. The album was described as being by "Paul Kantner and Jefferson Starship", but this was before the official formation of the band known as Music/JeffersonStarship, and the album featured various friends of Kantner's, including Jerry Garcia of Music/TheGratefulDead, David Crosby of Music/TheByrds, Graham Nash of Music/TheHollies, and, of course, several former members of Jefferson Airplane, including Grace Slick who wrote or co-wrote several of the songs on the album.

Side 1

Side 2

--> ''You unlease the dogs''

# "Mau Mau (Amerikon)"
# "The Baby Tree"
# "Let's Go Together"
# "A Child Is Coming"
# "Sunrise"
# "Hijack"
# "Home"
# "Have You Seen The Stars Tonite?"
# "XM"
# "Starship"

-->''Hydroponic gardens and forests\\
Glistening with lakes in the Jupiter starlight.

And he stole the eggs of the dinosaur.

''Blows Against The Empire'' is the debut studio album by [[Music/JeffersonAirplane Paul Kantner]], released in 1970. A sci-fi concept album, it was released as his band Music/JeffersonAirplane began its downward spiral. The album was described as being by "Paul Kantner and Jefferson Starship", but this was before the official formation of the band known as Music/JeffersonStarship, and the album featured various friends of Kantner's, including Jerry Garcia of Music/TheGratefulDead, David Crosby of Music/TheByrds, Graham Nash of Music/TheHollies, and, of course, several former members of Jefferson Airplane, including Grace Slick who wrote or co-wrote several of the songs on the album.

'''''Blows Against The Empire''''' is the debut studio album by [[Music/JeffersonAirplane Paul Kantner]], released in 1970. A sci-fi concept album, it was released as his band Music/JeffersonAirplane began its downward spiral. The album was described as being by "Paul Kantner and Jefferson Starship", but this was before the official formation of the band known as Music/JeffersonStarship, and the album featured various friends of Kantner's, including Jerry Garcia of Music/TheGratefulDead, David Crosby of Music/TheByrds, Graham Nash of Music/TheHollies, and, of course, several former members of Jefferson Airplane, including Grace Slick who wrote or co-wrote several of the songs on the album.

'''Blows Against the Empire''' is a 1970 science-fictional concept album (and debut solo album) by Paul Kantner of Music/JeffersonAirplane, released as the band began its downward spiral. The album was described as being by "Paul Kantner and Jefferson Starship", but this was before the official formation of the band known as Jefferson Starship, and the album featured various friends of Kantner's, including Jerry Garcia of Music/TheGratefulDead, David Crosby and Graham Nash of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, and, of course, several former members of the Jefferson Airplane, including Grace Slick who wrote or co-wrote several of the songs on the album.

''Blows Against the Empire'' is a 1970 science-fictional concept album (and debut solo album) by Paul Kantner of Music/JeffersonAirplane, released as the band began its downward spiral. The album was described as being by "Paul Kantner and Jefferson Starship", but this was before the official formation of the band known as Jefferson Starship, and the album featured various friends of Kantner's, including Jerry Garcia of Music/TheGratefulDead, David Crosby and Graham Nash of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, and, of course, several former members of the Jefferson Airplane, including Grace Slick who wrote or co-wrote several of the songs on the album.

->''"What you gonna do when you see your lady rolling?\\

On the deck of a starship with her head hooked into Andromeda?"''

''Blows Against the Empire'' is a 1970 science-fictional concept album (and debut solo album) by Paul Kantner of Music/JeffersonAirplane, released as the band began it's downward spiral. The album was described as being by "Paul Kantner and Jefferson Starship", but this was before the official formation of the band known as Jefferson Starship, and the album featured various friends of Kantner's, including Jerry Garcia of Music/TheGratefulDead, David Crosby and Graham Nash of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, and, of course, several former members of the Jefferson Airplane, including Grace Slick who wrote or co-wrote several of the songs on the album.

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->''What you gonna do when you see your lady rolling?\\

On the deck of a starship with her head hooked into Andromeda?''

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''Blows Against the Empire'' is a 1970 science-fictional concept album by Paul Kantner of the Music/JeffersonAirplane, released as the band began it's downward spiral. The album was described as being by "Paul Kantner and Jefferson Starship", but this was before the official formation of the band known as Jefferson Starship, and the album featured various friends of Kantner's, including Jerry Garcia of Music/TheGratefulDead, David Crosby and Graham Nash of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, and, of course, several former members of the Jefferson Airplane, including Grace Slick who wrote or co-wrote several of the songs on the album.

* NewWaveScienceFiction: Although it was loosely based on a classic SF novel, the protagonists were replaced by a rag-tag band of hippies in search of free love and free music, and the musical experimentation on the album, especially the section where the Generation Ship launches, made it a favorite among New Wave SF fans.

''Blows Against the Empire'' is a 1970 science-fictional concept album by Paul Kantner of the Music/JeffersonAirplane, released shortly after the breakup of that band. The album was described as being by "Paul Kantner and Jefferson Starship", but this was before the official formation of the band known as The Jefferson Starship, and the album featured various friends of Kantner's, including Jerry Garcia of Music/TheGratefulDead, David Crosby and Graham Nash of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, and, of course, several former members of the Jefferson Airplane, including Grace Slick who wrote or co-wrote several of the songs on the album.

''Blows Against the Empire'' is a 1970 science-fictional concept album by Paul Kantner of the Music/JeffersonAirplane, released shortly after the breakup of that band. The album was described as being by "Paul Kantner and Jefferson Starship", but this was before the official formation of the band known as The Jefferson Starship, and the album featured various friends of Kantner's, including Jerry Garcia of the Music/TheGratefulDead, David Crosby and Graham Nash of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, and, of course, several former members of the Jefferson Airplane, including Grace Slick who wrote or co-wrote several of the songs on the album.

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