Starship's 'We Built This City' Gets Even Worse in New CommercialStarship's 'We Built This City' Gets Even Worse in New CommercialThe widely despised 1985 hit single hopes to change your toilet paper game. Matthew WilkeningMatthew Wilkening
Starship’s ‘We Built This City’ Wasn’t Meant to Be So TerribleStarship’s ‘We Built This City’ Wasn’t Meant to Be So TerribleCo-writers Bernie Taupin and Martin Page describe the original demo as "very dark."Matt WardlawMatt Wardlaw
35 Years Ago: How 'Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now' Split Starship35 Years Ago: How 'Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now' Split StarshipOn paper, the chart-topping single had all the markings of a career-capping triumph.Nick DeRisoNick DeRiso
In Defense Of: Starship’s 'We Built This City'In Defense Of: Starship’s 'We Built This City'People often make fun of the 1985 hit... But they also love it. Jed GottliebJed Gottlieb
Grace Slick Recalls When ‘Only Thing You Couldn’t Do Was Kill'Grace Slick Recalls When ‘Only Thing You Couldn’t Do Was Kill'Singer admits she sometimes wonders how she survived the ‘60s.Martin KieltyMartin Kielty
35 Years Ago: How a Brutal Fight Changed Starship Forever35 Years Ago: How a Brutal Fight Changed Starship ForeverOne of rock's most dramatic feuds boiled over when their 'Love Among the Cannibals' tour reached Scranton, Pennsylvania. Nick DeRisoNick DeRiso
Starship’s Mickey Thomas Stands Up for ‘We Built This City’Starship’s Mickey Thomas Stands Up for ‘We Built This City’He responds to new negative comments from Grace Slick over supposed worst song of the ‘80s.Martin KieltyMartin Kielty
Grace Slick Explains Her Decision to License a Starship Hit to Chick-Fil-AGrace Slick Explains Her Decision to License a Starship Hit to Chick-Fil-AGrace Slick's lifelong dedication to progressive politics doesn't jibe with the conservative causes funded by the company that owns Chick-Fil-A.Jeff GilesJeff Giles
Read the Oral History of Starship's 'We Built This City'Read the Oral History of Starship's 'We Built This City'Starship's "We Built This City" turned 30 last month, and its release (and eventual ascension to No. 1 on the Billboard chart) has been commemorated with a new oral history.Jeff GilesJeff Giles
How Jefferson Airplane Ultimately Became StarshipHow Jefferson Airplane Ultimately Became StarshipHow Starship traded in the Summer of Love ideals espoused by their original incarnation, Jefferson Airplane, for a handful of Top 40 hits.Jeff GilesJeff Giles