They were massive in the 60s but didn't have a second wind with teenagers in the 80s and 90s like The Doors did. I don't know why. I always thought Grace Slick was iconic but nobody put pictures of her up in their dorm room like they did Morrison.
>>126869052
The Doors were broken up and their signer was dead and there was a legend and mystique built up around them, leading younger fans to rediscover their old music. Airplane on the other hand kept going through the 70s and 80s across endless lineup, style and name changes and were unrecognizable as their original selves. They had been a boring AOR band for over a decade by that point (though Miracles and Jane are kino I’ll admit) and gen X wanted nothing to do with them. We Built This City became a shorthand for everything indie hipsters loathed about mainstream boomer rock.
>>126869515
NTA but I don't think >Cream >Iron Butterfly >Hendrix >Strawberry Alarm Clock >Jefferson Airplane >Vanilla Fudge
translate at all for zoomers. if the psych canon ends up in their hands it will be cut down to like two bands.
>>126868821 (OP)
Not only were Jefferson Airplane highly successful at the time, the quality of their music was overrated if anything, which is why nobody besides boomers know about them today.
>>126868821 (OP)
not as good as doors/beatles/stones/cream
not as good as love or the stooges
better than steppenwolf maybe?
just a weird band that was not going to age well as they made music for a specific place and time
