ARTIST · ROCK / POP

Starship

DX7 brass and gated tom temple—irony forgot the hooks were undeniable.

Rock
Pop rock
Arena rock

Updated 27 October 2026

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Biography

Knee Deep in the Hoopla married radio programming logic to leftover psychedelic brand equity.

Sara and Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now colonised film soundtracks and prom playlists.

Mickey Thomas vocal highs became sonic logo for mid-80s FM.

High-bitrate streams preserve Linn snap, chorus guitar sheen, and vocal doubles.

Starship grew out of Jefferson Starship, itself a descendant of Jefferson Airplane. After Grace Slick, Mickey Thomas, and Craig Chaquico moved toward pop, Knee Deep in the Hoopla (1985) delivered We Built This City, Sara, and the band’s biggest hits.

Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now, from the film Mannequin, reached number one in 1987. Thomas has continued to lead the band on tour.

Interesting facts about Starship

01 American rock band evolving from Jefferson Starship; Starship name used from the mid-1980s with Mickey Thomas on co-lead vocals.
02 Knee Deep in the Hoopla (1985) included We Built This City as a US number-one hit.
03 Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now (1987) also reached number one in the US.
04 Starship grew out of Jefferson Starship.
05 Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now was written for the film Mannequin.
06 Mickey Thomas has led the band on tour for many years.
07 Grace Slick sang on the early Starship hits before leaving the lineup.