Editing Jefferson Starship (section)

===1984-1985: Kantner departs and transition to Starship===
While Balin and Slick 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.<ref name="UCR_Giles">{{Cite web|title=How Jefferson Airplane Became Jefferson Starship – And Then Just Starship|url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/jefferson-airplane-jefferson-starship-starship/|website=Ultimate Classic Rock|first=Jeff|last=Giles|date=August 15, 2014|access-date=December 25, 2015|publisher=[[Loudwire]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929212932/http://ultimateclassicrock.com/jefferson-airplane-jefferson-starship-starship/|archive-date=September 29, 2017|url-status=live|language=en-US|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

In October 1984, 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.<ref name=":0">{{cite book |last=Tamarakin |first=Jeff |year=2003 |title=Got a Revolution: The Turbulent Flight of Jefferson Airplane |publisher=Simon and Schuster |page=330|isbn=0-671-03403-0}}</ref> The remaining members renamed themselves [[Starship (band)|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.<ref name="UCR_Giles"/><ref name="AllMusicStarshipBio"/>

Shortly after leaving Jefferson Starship, Kantner formed the [[KBC Band]] with (among others) his former bandmates Marty Balin and Jack Casady. They released an [[KBC Band (album)|eponymous album]] in 1986, but soon broke up after Balin lost interest. In 1988, Kantner toured with Casady in [[Hot Tuna]]. This led to a full Jefferson Airplane reunion in 1989, which also resulted in an [[Jefferson Airplane (album)|eponymous album]] and subsequent tour. In 1991, Kantner toured with an acoustic ensemble called "Paul Kantner's Wooden Ships," a trio that included [[Slick Aguilar]] and [[Tim Gorman]] from the KBC Band.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-10-28-ca-352-story.html |title=Pop Music Reviews: Kantner's Idealism Still Flies |last=Hochman|first=Steve|date=October 28, 1991 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=January 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115071215/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-10-28-ca-352-story.html|archive-date=January 15, 2023|url-status=live|language=en-US|df=mdy-all}}</ref>