STARSHIP [US] Pop/Rock

Starship ft. Mickey Thomas (2013)

Line-up changes

Vocals (male): Mickey Thomas
Vocals (female): Grace Slick > Melisa Kary & Christina Marie Saxton > Melisa Kary > Christina Marie Saxton > Stephanie Calvert
Guitars: Craig Chaquico > Jeff Tamilier > Erik Torjesen > Mark Abrahamian > John Roth
​Keyboards: Gabriel Katona (+ saxophone) > Mark Morgan > John Lee Sanders & Bill Slais (+ saxophone) > Phil Bennett
Bass: Pete Sears > Brett Bloomfield > Bobby Vega > Brett Bloomfield > John Garnache > Jeff Adams
​Drums: Donny Baldwin > Kenny Stavropoulos > T. Moran > Darrell Verdusco
​Trumpet: Max Haskett

Discography

1. Knee Deep In The Hoopla (Grunt/RCA, 1985)
US #7 (Platinum)
RYM 2.59 (247)
​Hit singles: We Built This City (US #1, Gold), Sara (US #1), Tomorrow Doesn't Matter Tonight (US #26), Before I Go (US #68)
2. No Protection (Grunt/RCA, 1987)
US #12 (Gold)
RYM 2.79 (164)
​Hit singles: Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now (US #1, Gold), It's Not Over 'Til It's Over (US #9), Beat Patrol (US #46)
3. Love Among The Cannibals (RCA, 1989)
US #64
​RYM 2.76 (102)
​Hit singles: Wild Again (US #73), It's Not Enough (US #12), I Didn't Mean To Stay All Night (US #75)
4. Loveless Fascination (Loud And Proud, 2013)
RYM​ 3.20 (29)
​Note: RYM = RateYourMusic, scores are out of 5, number of ratings is between brackets.​

Rock Report's choice

KNEE DEEP IN THE HOOPLA
Grunt/RCA, 1985 (Sept. 10)
​Produced by Peter Wolf & Jeremy Smith

Line-up

Mickey Thomas (vocals)
Grace Slick (vocals)
Craig Chaquico (guitars)
Pete Sears (bass, synth bass)
Donny Baldwin (drums, electronic drums, vocals)
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Peter Wolf (keyboards)
Les Garland (DJ voice on track 1)
Peter Beckett, J. C. Crowley, Siedah Garrett, Ina Wolf (additional background vocals on track 3 & 9)
Kevin Dubrow (additional vocal on track 4)
Dave Jenkins (additional background vocal on track 5)
Simon Climie, Lorraine Devon, Phillip Ingram, Martin Page, Chris Sutton, Oren Waters (additional background vocals on track 9)

Track listing

1. We Built This City
(Bernie Taupin, Martin Page, Dennis Lambert, Peter Wolf)
​US #1 (Gold)
2. Sara
​(Ina Wolf, Peter Wolf)
US #1 (Gold)
3. Tomorrow Doesn't Matter Tonight
​(Steven Cristol, Robin Randall)
US #26
4. Rock Myself To Sleep
​(Kimberley Rew, Vince De la Cruz)
5. Desperate Heart
(Randy Goodrum, Michael Bolton)
6. Private Room
​(Craig Chaquico, Mickey Thomas)
7. Before I Go
​(David Roberts)
​US #68
8. Hearts Of The World (Will Understand)
(Stephen Broughton Lunt, Arthur Stead)
9. Love Rusts
​(Bernie Taupin, Martin Page)

Videos (YouTube)

We Built This City
​Sara
​Tomorrow Doesn't Matter Tonight

​Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now
​It's Not Over 'Til It's Over
​It's Not Enough

Links

Starship websites:
Starship ft. Mickey Thomas
​https://www.facebook.com/starshipcontrol
​https://twitter.com/starshipcontrol
​Starship on YouTube:
​https://www.youtube.com/user/starshipcontrol
​https://www.youtube.com/user/StarshipVEVO/videos
​https://www.youtube.com/user/JeffersonStarshpVEVO/videos
Starship on Wikipedia:
​https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starship_(band)
Starship on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/0kObWap02DEg9EAJ3PBxzf

Last updated on February 10, 2017