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=== Jefferson Starship and Starship ===

After Jack Casady and Jorma Kaukonen left Jefferson Airplane to focus on [[Hot Tuna]], Slick formed Jefferson Starship with Paul Kantner and other bandmates, and also began a string of solo albums with ''Manhole'', followed by ''Dreams'', ''Welcome to the Wrecking Ball!'', and ''Software''. 

Slick struggled with alcohol dependency during this period, and Kantner asked her to leave the band in 1978; she rejoined in 1981. Kantner left Jefferson Starship in 1984, as he did not like the pop-oriented direction the band was taking. He later sued the band regarding its name, which prompted the remaining members to rename the band Starship in 1985. Starship had a string of hit pop rock songs in the 1980s, including "We Built This City" and "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now", featuring Slick on co-lead vocals with singer Mickey Thomas.