Grace Slick

Known in the ‘70s for: Performing as the lead singer of Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, and Starship
Upon hearing Grace Slick’s name, some ‘60s psychedelic songs like White Rabbit and Somebody to Love would come to mind. Though Slick was a sarcastic, assertive, and occasionally wild rock star as the lead singer of Jefferson Starship (created in 1974 after Jefferson Airplane’s crash).

Her shrieking voicework and energetic presence on stage stayed with the band as they veered away from the psychedelia genre towards arena rock. Despite the band’s success, Slick’s struggle against alcoholism made her even more uncontrollable than the rising mortgage of a large-scale estate as time wore on. The band later kicked her out in June of 1978. Now that Slick retired, she could not quickly turn her back to art as she became a visual artist and exhibits in different art galleries in the United States.