<P> In 1979, the band released the first album without Marty Balin or Grace Slick, Freedom at Point Zero went Gold . The single "Jane," (Freiberg, McPherson, Chaquico and Kantner), peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 at #14 and spent three weeks at #6 on the Cash Box Top 100 . the new lineup toured, augmented by saxophonist Steve Schuster . (Schuster, along with horn player David Farey, had played on Jefferson Starship's 1978 tour, and he had also appeared on Freedom At Point Zero .) </P> <P> In early 1981, Grace Slick returned to the band, rejoining in time to sing on one song, "Stranger," (P. and J. Sears) #48 on US Billboard Charts, on the group's next album, Modern Times (1981). Modern Times, which also went Gold, included the hit song "Find Your Way Back" (Chaquico), #29 on US Billboard Charts, as well as the humorous "Stairway to Cleveland", in which the band defended the numerous changes it had undergone in its musical style, personnel, and even name . Slick remained in the band for Jefferson Starship's next two albums, Winds of Change (1982) and Nuclear Furniture (1984). Winds of Change, featured "Be My Lady," (P. Sears and J. Sears) which reached #26 in the US . The album featured Aynsley Dunbar on drums; however, by August 1982, he'd been replaced by Donny Baldwin who had performed with Thomas in the Elvin Bishop Group . Paul Kantner's 1983 solo album, Planet Earth Rock and Roll Orchestra, included the track "Circle of Fire", which was recorded by Jefferson Starship in the summer of 1982 . Other members of the band also appeared on additional tracks on this effort . Nuclear Furniture, produced by Ron Nevison, reached #28 and featured the single, "Layin' It On the Line" (Chaquico and Thomas). </P> <P> Around this time, the band began enthusiastically embracing the rock - video age, making elaborate videos typical of the era's superstar bands . They would appear frequently on MTV and other music - oriented television shows as Solid Gold, and 1984's Super Night of Rock and Roll, giving the band a high visibility in the MTV era . The band continued to release Top 40 singles like "Winds of Change" (#38--P. and J. Sears), "Be My Lady" (#28--P. and J. Sears), and "No Way Out" (#23--P. and I. Wolf). The band also remained a gold - selling (and thus a commercially credible) act and a popular concert draw . During this year, band groupie Patricia Lang helped establish a large "groupie following" with over one million fans using BBS services, which at the time was very progressive . It is believed by many to be one of the first uses of online services for gathering a large fan base support . </P> <P> While Marty and Grace had come and gone over the years, in June 1984, after the release of Nuclear Furniture, Kantner, the last remaining founding member of Jefferson Airplane, left the band due to disputes over the group's artistic direction . "I think we would be terrible failures trying to write pop songs all the time....The band became more mundane and not quite as challenging and not quite as much of a thing to be proud of", said Kantner . In October 1984, Paul Kantner took legal action over money he claimed he was owed and to prevent the remaining members from continuing to use the name Jefferson Starship . The lawsuit was settled in March 1985 . Kantner received a cash settlement, the name Jefferson Starship became the property of Grace Slick (51%) and Bill Thompson (49%), and all parties agreed to not use the name "Jefferson" going forward . The remaining members renamed themselves Starship, and continued to tour and record music . David Freiberg was dismissed from the band shortly after the lawsuit was settled . Pete Sears departed in 1987 . Grace Slick left Starship in early 1988, going on to join the reformed Jefferson Airplane for an album and tour in 1989 . Craig Chaquico departed in 1990 . The band has been billed as "Starship featuring Mickey Thomas" since 1992 . </P>

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