Editing Jefferson Airplane (section)

=== Decline and dissolution (1970–1972) ===

Internal tensions mounted in the early 1970s. Marty Balin, a founding member, largely 
withdrew from the band by 1971 following creative disagreements. Kaukonen and Casady 
devoted increasing energy to their blues-oriented side project, [[Hot Tuna]]. 

The album ''[[Bark (album)|Bark]]'' (1971) was the first released on the band's own 
Grunt Records label, but it met with diminished commercial and critical returns. 
''[[Long John Silver (album)|Long John Silver]]'' (1972) followed before the band 
officially dissolved. 

Kantner and Slick continued under the name '''Jefferson Starship''', which achieved 
considerable commercial success through the late 1970s and beyond.