While Balin and Slick had come and gone over the years, in June 1984

While Balin and Slick had come and gone over the years, in June 1984, after the release of Nuclear Furniture , Kantner, the last remaining founding member of Jefferson Airplane, left the band due to disputes over the group’s artistic direction. “I think we would be terrible failures trying to write pop songs all the time. … The band became more mundane and not quite as challenging and not quite as much of a thing to be proud of,” said Kantner.