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KBC Band | |
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Origin |
San Francisco,
California, United States |
Genres | Rock |
Years active | 1985–1987 |
Past members |
Slick Aguilar Marty Balin Jack Casady Keith Crossnan Tim Gorman Paul Kantner Darrell Verdusco |
KBC Band (also sometimes referred to as The Kantner Balin Casady Band) [1] [2] was formed in 1985 by former Jefferson Airplane (later Jefferson Starship) members Paul Kantner ( guitar and vocals), Marty Balin (vocals and guitar) and Jack Casady ( bass). Other members included Keith Crossan ( saxophone, guitar and vocals), Tim Gorman (keyboards and vocals), Slick Aguilar (guitar and vocals) and Darrell Verdusco ( drums). Their sole LP, KBC Band, featured the singles "America" and "It's Not You, It's Not Me." [3]
The band performed supporting tours from 1985 to 1987 before Kantner left for Nicaragua to investigate the Sandinista situation. [4] The band did not perform after his return. Kantner said that Balin was becoming "difficult" near the end of KBC's existence. [5] However, Kantner and Casady continued to perform onstage together during Hot Tuna concerts in late 1987 and early 1988, and the three reunited with Grace Slick and Jorma Kaukonen for a Jefferson Airplane reunion album and a reunion tour in 1989, along with Tim Gorman on keyboards for the tour.[ citation needed] The album included three songs that had been performed by KBC Band: "Planes", "Solidarity" and "Summer of Love". [6] They had also performed "Let's Go", which was considered for but rejected from that album. [7]
In 1992, Kantner, Casady, Aguilar, and Gorman reformed Jefferson Starship. Balin would also eventually rejoin them in 1993. All members of KBC Band except for Verdusco and Crossan participated in the recording of Deep Space/Virgin Sky and Windows of Heaven. Verdusco has been a member of Starship featuring Mickey Thomas since 1995.