Jefferson Airplane

David Freiberg tells UCR how the band found its mojo again after things fell apart because of "a bunch of egos."

See pictures of the oceanfront property where Jefferson Airplane and the Grateful Dead used to jam.

Band's 1972 show in Akron, Ohio, turned into a melee between fans and police.

Top that? Challenge accepted.

Singer was "scared s---less" during her first Jefferson Airplane gig on Oct. 16, 1966.

Singer admits she sometimes wonders how she survived the ‘60s.

This week in 1966. Grace starts her flight at the Fillmore West in San Francisco with Jefferson Airplane.

The singer for both Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship has died of unknown causes at the age of 76.

The album ends with a moment by moment account of being in a nuclear explosion.

I missed a rock star birthday from yesterday and she's one of my favorites. Grace Barnett Wing was born on October 30,1939, in Chicago and she would eventually evolve into Grace Slick.

A later incarnation of the band used this moment as inspiration for a chart-topping single.