MODERN TIMES
Modern Times is a 1981 album by Jefferson Starship. Grace Slick appeared on this album after a three-year absence. She joined the band officially for the 1981 tour. MTV debuted in 1981, and this was the first Jefferson Starship album to have promotional music videos. It was also the first album to feature a charting single on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, which had premiered earlier in the year. The single “Find Your Way Back” reached #3 on the Mainstream Rock chart. (More from Wikipedia)
In 1979, Mickey Thomas joined Jefferson Starship as a new lead vocalist and first appeared on Freedom at Point Zero (1979). His striking vocal style changed the direction of the band, as he had previously done with the blues rock outfit Elvin Bishop Group when he sang lead on the band’s biggest hit song, “Fooled Around and Fell in Love” (1976). Grace Slick appeared with the band on three more albums, beginning with the following album, Modern Times (1981).
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