In 1984,
Paul Kantner left
Jefferson Starship. His former bandmates wanted to continue as Jefferson Starship, but Kantner, as the last founding member of
Jefferson Airplane, took legal action over the "Jefferson" name. Kantner settled out of court and signed an agreement that neither party would use the names "Jefferson" or "Airplane" unless all members of Jefferson Airplane, Inc. (Bill Thompson, Paul Kantner, Grace Slick, Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady) agreed. The band then took the name Starship. Keyboard player David Freiberg, who had been increasingly marginalized, left as well.
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