Jefferson Airplane/ Starship

In the 1960s, the San Francisco music scene was known for some names that could sound a bit over-the-top. The counterculture movement inspired bands with a lot of interesting names, some of which were Moby Grape or Quicksilver Messenger Service.

A group called Blind Lemon Jefferson Airplane was not as strange as it might be today. They named it after blues artist Blind Lemon Jefferson, but later decided to shorten it to Jefferson Airplane. In a reinvented version of the group, they shortened it to Jefferson Starship, thanks to Paul Kantner’s sci-fi obsession.