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Everybody says they hate “We Built This City.” But… everybody doesn’t — even if it really seems like they do. In 2004, Blender magazine and VH1 ganged up on “We Built This City” and placed it at No. 1 on their list of The 50 Most Awesomely Bad Songs...Ever. In 2011, Rolling Stone’s readers named the Starship tune the worst song of the ’80s, and did so by a huge margin. GQ called it “the most detested song in human history.” In The New York Times, Stephen Holden called the album that spawned the song, Knee Deep in the Hoopla,...

Legendary singer-songwriter and guitarist David Crosby has drawn the ire of VAN HALEN fans for seemingly minimizing the talents of recently deceased guitarist Eddie Van Halen.After a Twitter follower asked Crosby for his opinion of Eddie, David replied simply: "Meh ...." His bluntness was seen as out of line by a number of other Twitter users, including TESTAMENT guitarist Alex Skolnick, who chimed in: "I appreciate @thedavidcrosby too much for this to get in the way, but a much better answer would have been: 'I know he meant a lot to so many but his sound & style just weren't...

Lead vocalist for song such as "Count On You", "Hearts" and "Miracles" with Jefferson Airplane/Starship and also solo.

According to a statement released on Balin's Facebook page Friday, the singer died on Thursday with his wife, Susan Joy Balin, “by his side." The cause of death was not announced. "Marty and I shared the deepest of love — he often called it Nirvana — and it was," Susan said in the statement. "But really, we were all touched by his love. His presence will be within my entire being forever."

Septuagenerian rock singer Grace Slick of the group Jefferson Airplane wants to dose President Trump with the drug LSD. Slick, interviewed about the 50th anniversary of 1967's Summer of Love, offered the suggestion in an interview with Variety magazine:

Paul Kantner, one of the giants of the San Francisco music scene, died Thursday, Jan. 28, of multiple organ failure. Mr. Kantner, founding member of the Jefferson Airplane, was 74 and had suffered a heart attack earlier this week.

Signe Anderson, who fronted Jefferson Airplane on their debut, Jefferson Airplane Takes Off, died on Jan. 28 at the age of 74. Coincidentally, it was the same day that one of the band’s guitarists, Paul Kantner, passed away. The official cause of death has not yet been disclosed, but it’s known that she’d been fighting various cancers on and off since the mid-’70s. Airplane bassist Jack Casady wrote that she was moved into hospice care last week. “She was a real sweetheart with a terrific contralto voice coming from a solid folk background,” he added. “Listen to how she made...

Paul Kantner, one of the giants of the San Francisco music scene, died Thursday. Mr. Kantner, a founding member of the Jefferson Airplane, was 74 and had suffered a heart attack this week.

<p>We Built This City is the single worst single ever constructed, according to Blender's ranking of reeking tunes.</p>

January 4 2003 Two US pilots charged with manslaughter over a deadly "friendly fire" bombing that claimed the lives of four allied soldiers in Afghanistan were pressured to take amphetamines that may have impaired their judgement, their lawyers claim.They said the air force made pilots use the Dexedrine "go pills" because of their erratic schedule - flying day and night - but did not tell them of the manufacturer's warning against operating heavy machinery or engaging in hazardous activities.The F-16 pilots, Major Harry Schmidt and Major William Umbach, face court-martial for dropping a laser-guided bomb near Kandahar on April 17...