The original group, '''Jefferson Airplane''', was a Bay Area {{Folk}} group with a sound comparable to TheByrds and the Lovin' Spoonful. According to Marty Balin, the name came from a friend who suggested a parody of the sort of nicknames {{Blues}} singers usually adopted (and possibly had Blind Lemon Jefferson in mind). This didn't stop rumours that the original name referred to an impromptu method of holding a too-short marijuana joint.

With the release of their 1967 album, ''Surrealistic Pillow'', they established themselves as a leading PsychedelicRock band. Focused around the songwriting nucleus of Marty Balin (lead vocals), Grace Slick (lead vocals, keyboards), Jorma Kaukonen (guitars) and Paul Kantner (guitars), they enjoyed Top 10 hit singles in America with "Somebody To Love" and "White Rabbit", played at the three most famous rock and roll festivals of TheSixties (Woodstock, Monterey and Altamont) and headlined the first Isle of Wight Festival. Unfortunately, the group seemed to run out of steam with the onset of TheSeventies; disillusioned with the psychedelic scene after the death of his close friend JanisJoplin, Marty Balin quit his band, and Jefferson Airplane had essentially disintegrated by 1972.

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