Poppy AOR ready for the radio - Love it. It is embedded with that '80s magic impossible to resist. The uptempo 'No More Heartaches' is one of my favorite songs on the album, an urgent uptempo AOR track full of synths and a ridiculously catchy chorus. This song recently found renewed interest (due to the lyrics) after the Septemattacks. On the classic rockin' 'America' the vocals are shared again for good effect. 'Hold Me' is a slow track in the Americana style with a fine guitar work and sweet vocals by Balin, a bit long to my tastes. Written by Van Stephenson, this is a beautiful mid-tempo tune with an anthemic chorus and a melodious guitar / sax interplay. 'It's Not You, It's Not Me' was the first single and a minor hit in the charts, which attracted airplay on AOR radio. Opener 'Mariel' is a catchy rock&pop song that somehow sounds British to my ears, maybe 'cos the political lyrics (Kantner was an activist at the time). On some tracks the vocals are shared between Kantner and Balin, but it's Marty Balin who handles almost all of the lead vocals, resembling on many parts his stupendous solo albums from the beginning of the eighties. It's commercial, yes, including catchy poppy AOR tunes with heavily-layered vocal harmonies, some bombastic electronic drums and tons of synthesizers, but lyrically has some kind of defiantly message and musically the band adds saxophone (heavily compressed) dueling with the guitar. 'KBC band' is a pretty different beast from the typically mid-eigthies stuff. Their lone self-titled album was released in 1986. KBC band (Kantner-Balin-Casady band) was born, and after a 6-month writing period, the group ink a deal with a major label.

The duo agreed to form a band with a new sound, and for the purpose they called the also ex Jefferson Airplane bass player Jack Casady. Kantner was looking for new horizons, and soon joined forces with his former Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship bandmate Marty Balin who was playing live with his own band. Grace Slick and lead vocalist Mickey Thomas continued on simply as Starship.

When vocalist and guitar player Paul Kantner left Jefferson Starship in 1984, the group disbanded. Requested in 'Request & Fill Corner' section. DAN HILL - Partial Surrender (1981) restored audio.

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