It’s July 5th and here are some reasons why this day matters in rock history: In 1965, Marty Balin and Paul Kantner formed a ...

Marty Balin, whose tenor voice provided hits for the '60s psychedelic rock band Jefferson Airplane, has died, his publicist and family said in a statement. Balin was 76.

Journeying on the Airplane Marty Balin’s career in music got started even before his first burst of fame with the Jefferson Airplane, as he released a few singles in the early ‘60s as a solo act.

Marty Friedman: There was no social media so all you had was what the record company did, which with Shrapnel was zero. Mike would get the record out and that would be it.

Thomas originally made his mark in 1976 as the lead vocalist for The Elvin Bishop Band, which produced the mega-hit “Fooled Around And Fell In Love.” In 1979, he joined Jefferson Starship following ...

He’s written the music and been musical director for stage musicals, including Rock Justice, which was co-written by Jefferson Starship’s Marty Balin. In 2010, Saunders signed with indie label San ...

Balin, an Airplane founding member and one-time Starship member, later fronted the Marty Balin Band and wrote and directed a rock musical, ”Rock Justice.” ...

Jefferson Airplane singer Marty Balin, watching as the set broke down, had had enough. He swore at Paul Hibbits, a Hells Angel known as “Animal” and wearing a fox-head hat. Hibbits socked him.

Above money and rock stardom and awards and all else, Marty Balin was about his music, from the songs that made him famous to the ones he was writing right up until the very end.

Interviewed in July, only a few months before his death, Jefferson Starship co-founder Marty Balin said he was still “writing songs right and left. It’s been a hell of a two years, but it hasn ...

Jefferson Starships’ Marty Balin, right, performs alongside Diana Mangano during the ‘Freedom Sings’ benefit concert sponsored by the First Amendment Center in New York Wednesday, June 20, 2001.

Marty Balin, lover and revolutionary, may you rest in peace. The corporate media may not appreciate you, but a lot of us regular folks sure did. Thanks for being a champion of love, peace and justice.