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Starship is an American hard rock band from San Francisco, California. Formed as a successor to Jefferson Starship, the group originally featured vocalists Mickey Thomas and Grace Slick, guitarist Craig Chaquico, bassist Pete Sears, drummer Donny Baldwin and keyboardist David Freiberg – all were members of Jefferson Starship until October 1984, when rhythm guitarist and vocalist Paul Kantner (who had left in June) sued the band for the use of the name, forcing them to begin operating as simply Starship.

{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jefferson-starship-mn0000840050/biography |title=Jefferson Starship: Biography & History |last=Ruhlmann |first=William |website=AllMusic |access-date=October 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016014440/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jefferson-starship-mn0000840050/biography |archive-date=October 16, 2017 |url-status=live |language=en-US|df=mdy-all}}

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Freiberg left shortly after the group's formation, however, due to the dominance of keyboards in the band's sound.{{cite web |url=http://www.penncen.com/quicksilver/freiberg/interview.html |title=David Freiberg Interview |last=Barthel |first=John |publisher=penncen.com |date=September 4, 1997 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222114511/http://www.penncen.com/quicksilver/freiberg/interview.html |archive-date=February 22, 2012 |access-date=October 15, 2017 |language=en-US|df=mdy-all}} Sears left early into sessions for the group's second album No Protection, citing an opposition to the band's continued evolution into what he described as a "vacuous, sterilized, escapist" musical style.

{{cite web |url=https://www.gq.com/story/oral-history-we-built-this-city-worst-song-of-all-time |title=An Oral History of "We Built This City," the Worst Song of All Time |last=Tannenbaum |first=Rob |work=GQ |date=August 31, 2016 |access-date=October 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005170727/https://www.gq.com/story/oral-history-we-built-this-city-worst-song-of-all-time |archive-date=October 5, 2017 |url-status=live |language=en-US |df=mdy-all}}

{{cite web |url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/jefferson-airplane-jefferson-starship-starship/ |title=How Jefferson Airplane Became Jefferson Starship - And Then Just Starship |last=Giles |first=Jeff |work=Ultimate Classic Rock |publisher=Loudwire |date=August 15, 2014 |access-date=October 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929212932/http://ultimateclassicrock.com/jefferson-airplane-jefferson-starship-starship/ |archive-date=September 29, 2017 |url-status=live |language=en-US |df=mdy-all }}

Slick also departed Starship in early 1988, leaving Thomas as the band's sole lead vocalist.

{{cite news |url=https://www.axs.com/prairie-meadows-in-altoona-will-host-starship-featuring-mickey-thomas--75096 |title=Prairie Meadows in Altoona will host Starship featuring Mickey Thomas on Feb. 13 |last=Walton |first=Charles |publisher=AXS |date=January 31, 2016 |access-date=October 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016175317/https://www.axs.com/prairie-meadows-in-altoona-will-host-starship-featuring-mickey-thomas--75096 |archive-date=October 16, 2017 |url-status=live |language=en-US |df=mdy-all }}

{{cite web |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/starship-nothings-gonna-stop-us-now/ |title=35 Years Ago: How "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" Split Starship |last=DeRiso |first=Nick |work=Ultimate Classic Rock |publisher=Loudwire |date=January 30, 2022 |access-date=February 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220201045650/https://ultimateclassicrock.com/starship-nothings-gonna-stop-us-now/ |archive-date=February 1, 2022 |url-status=live |language=en-US |df=mdy-all }} Bassist Brett Bloomfield and keyboardist Mark Morgan were added to the group's lineup in time for the recording of Love Among the Cannibals, having both performed as touring members since the previous year.

{{cite news |url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1988-11-25/features/8803090030_1_never-say-die-band-rca-records-jefferson-starship |title=Fake Starship Returns |last=Wilker |first=Deborah |work=Sun-Sentinel |publisher=Tronc |date=November 25, 1988 |access-date=October 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016174601/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1988-11-25/features/8803090030_1_never-say-die-band-rca-records-jefferson-starship |archive-date=October 16, 2017 |url-status=dead |language=en-US |df=mdy-all }}

Baldwin was next to leave, after seriously injuring Thomas in a bar fight before a show on September 24, 1989; the fight was initially not revealed to involve the drummer, but within a few weeks of the incident he was dismissed from the group.

{{cite web |url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/starship-mickey-thomas-fight/ |title=26 Years Ago: Starship Fight! |last=DeRiso |first=Nick |work=Ultimate Classic Rock |publisher=Loudwire |date=September 24, 2015 |access-date=October 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170930064629/http://ultimateclassicrock.com/starship-mickey-thomas-fight/ |archive-date=September 30, 2017 |url-status=live |language=en-US |df=mdy-all}}

Once the vocalist had recovered, the tour resumed in early 1990 with Kenny Stavropoulos on drums. After the tour's conclusion in the summer of 1990, Chaquico, Bloomfield, Morgan, and Stavropoulos left the band. Thomas added producer Peter Wolf

{{cite book |last=Tamarkin |first=Jeff |title=Got a Revolution!: The Turbulent Flight of Jefferson Airplane |date=2003 |location=New York City, New York |publisher=Simon & Schuster |isbn=978-0671034047 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TKyYNB0pGIoC&pg=PA351 |access-date=October 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016175457/https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=TKyYNB0pGIoC&pg=PA351&lpg=PA351 |archive-date=October 16, 2017 |url-status=live |language=en-US |df=mdy-all }}

on keyboards and continued to record by utilizing session musicians. After the release of the greatest hits compilation Greatest Hits (Ten Years and Change 1979–1991) in the spring of 1991, the band was let go by RCA. Starship became inactive at this time.

In early 1992, Thomas reformed the band under the name "Mickey Thomas' Starship" (later "Starship featuring Mickey Thomas"), with a lineup also including guitarist Jeff Tamelier, bassist Bobby Vega, drummer T. Moran, keyboardist John Lee Sanders, saxophonist Bill Slais, trumpeter Max Haskett and former touring vocalist Melisa Kary.

{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/173887386/ |title=Mickey Thomas' Starship joins '92 celebration |work=Lassen County Times |page=64 |date=August 11, 1992 |access-date=October 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016174508/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/173887386/ |archive-date=October 16, 2017 |url-status=live |language=en-US |df=mdy-all}}

{{cite news |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19941125/1943737/starship-is-still-flying-landing-in-everett-next |title='Starship' Is Still Flying, Landing In Everett Next |last=Ellingsen |first=Linda |newspaper=The Seattle Times |date=November 25, 1994 |access-date=October 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016175308/http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19941125&slug=1943737 |archive-date=October 16, 2017 |url-status=live |language=en-US |df=mdy-all}} The following year, Vega was replaced by the returning Bloomfield. In 1995, Darrell Verdusco replaced Moran on drums.{{cite web |url=http://www.starshipcontrol.com/darrellverdusco.html |title=Darrell Verdusco - Drums |publisher=Starship |access-date=October 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620134046/http://www.starshipcontrol.com/darrellverdusco.html |archive-date=June 20, 2017 |url-status=live |language=en-US |df=mdy-all }}{{cite web |url=https://rockshowcritique.com/2019/10/thomas-starship/ |title=Thomas Brings Starship Back To The Falls |last=Suto |first=Joseph |date=October 10, 2019 |website=Rockshowcritique.com |access-date=April 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813032130/https://rockshowcritique.com/2019/10/thomas-starship/ |archive-date=August 13, 2020 |url-status=live |language=en-US |df=mdy-all }} Sanders, Slais and Haskett also left in 1995, with Phil Bennett taking over on keyboards.{{cite web |url=http://www.starshipcontrol.com/philbennett.html |title=Phil Bennett - Keyboards, Background Vocals |publisher=Starship |access-date=October 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022225907/http://www.starshipcontrol.com/philbennett.html |archive-date=October 22, 2017 |url-status=live |language=en-US |df=mdy-all }} Tamelier was replaced by Erik Torjesen in 1996, who performed with the group until 2000 when he was diagnosed with cancer (he died the following March).{{cite news |url=http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/TORJESEN-Erik-2937327.php |title=Torjesen, Erik |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=March 29, 2001 |access-date=October 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625050310/https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/TORJESEN-Erik-2937327.php |archive-date=June 25, 2018 |url-status=live |language=en-US |df=mdy-all }} John Garnache replaced Bloomfield on bass in 1997. Torjesen was replaced by Mark Abrahamian in 2000,

{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/starship-guitarist-mark-abrahamian-dead-at-46-20120904 |title=Starship Guitarist Mark Abrahamian Dead at 46 |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=September 4, 2012 |access-date=October 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016225836/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/starship-guitarist-mark-abrahamian-dead-at-46-20120904 |archive-date=October 16, 2017 |url-status=live |language=en-US |df=mdy-all }} while Jeff Adams replaced Garnache the same year.

{{cite web |url=http://rockshowcritique.com/2016/06/starship/ |title=Thomas & Starship Take Fans Through Time Machine |last=Suto |first=Joseph |publisher=Rock Show Critique |date=June 12, 2016 |access-date=October 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016174754/http://rockshowcritique.com/2016/06/starship/ |archive-date=October 16, 2017 |url-status=live |language=en-US |df=mdy-all}}

Stephanie Calvert joined in 2006. Abrahamian died on September 2, 2012, after suffering a heart attack after a show. He was replaced the following month by Winger guitarist John Roth.{{cite web |url=http://www.guitaraficionado.com/mickey-thomas-talks-new-starship-album-loveless-fascination-and-remembers-guitarist-mark-abrahamian.html |title=Mickey Thomas Talks New Starship Album, 'Loveless Fascination,' And Remembers Guitarist Mark Abrahamian |last=Wood |first=James |work=Guitar Aficionado |date=October 25, 2013 |access-date=October 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180912032740/https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitaraficionado/mickey-thomas-talks-new-starship-album-loveless-fascination-and-remembers-guitarist-mark-abrahamian |archive-date=September 12, 2018 |url-status=dead|language=en-US|df=mdy-all}}{{cite news |url=https://www.facebook.com/starshipcontrol/posts/353856211374503 |title=John Roth, welcome to the Starship family! |author=Starship |author-link=Starship (band) |publisher=Facebook |date=October 8, 2012 |access-date=October 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190307042622/https://www.facebook.com/starshipcontrol/posts/353856211374503 |archive-date=March 7, 2019 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all |language=en-US}} In September 2021, vocalist Cian Coey replaced Calvert.

{{cite magazine |url=https://www.musicconnection.com/starship-featuring-mickey-thomas-at-the-grove-of-anaheim/ |title=Starship Featuring Mickey Thomas at the Grove of Anaheim |magazine=Music Connection Magazine |date=February 3, 2022 |access-date=February 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220206045956/https://www.musicconnection.com/starship-featuring-mickey-thomas-at-the-grove-of-anaheim/ |archive-date=February 6, 2022 |url-status=live |language=en-US |df=mdy-all }} In November 2024, Chelsee Foster replaced Coey on vocals.{{cite web |url=https://www.oregoncoasttoday.com/home/starship-touches-down-in-lincoln-city |title=Starship Touches Down in Lincoln City |author=|website=Oregon Coast Today |access-date=April 30, 2025 |archive-url= |archive-date= |url-status=live |language=en-US |df=mdy-all }}{{cite web |url=https://www.starshipcontrol.com/biography |title=History + the Band |publisher=Starship |access-date=April 30, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250319112103/https://www.starshipcontrol.com/biography |archive-date=March 19, 2025 |url-status=live |language=en-US |df=mdy-all }}

Members

{{cite book |last=Tamarakin |first=Jeff |year=2003 |title=Got a Revolution: The Turbulent Flight of Jefferson Airplane |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=0-671-03403-0}}

{{cite web|url=http://melodicandprogressiverockbible.weebly.com/starship.html|title=Starship [US] Pop/Rock|publisher=Rock Report's Melodic & Progressive Rock Bible|access-date=June 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625050405/https://melodicandprogressiverockbible.weebly.com/starship.html|archive-date=June 25, 2018|url-status=live|language=en-US|df=mdy-all}}

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|Mickey Thomas

|{{hlist|1984–1991|1992–present}}

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|all Starship releases

|Darrell Verdusco

|1995–present

|{{hlist|drums|backing vocals}}

|rowspan="2"|{{hlist|Live at the Stanley Cup (1997)|Greatest Hits (2003)|Loveless Fascination (2013)}}

|Phil Bennett

|1995–present

|{{hlist|keyboards|backing vocals}}

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|Jeff Adams

|2000–present

|{{hlist|bass|backing vocals}}

|{{hlist|Greatest Hits (2003)|Loveless Fascination (2013)}}

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|John Roth

|2012–present

|{{hlist|lead guitar|backing vocals}}

|Loveless Fascination (2013)

|Chelsee Foster

|2024-present

|lead and backing vocals

|none

=Former=

{{anchor|Mark Abrahamian}}

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|Craig Chaquico

|1984–1990

|lead guitar

|rowspan="2"|{{hlist|Knee Deep in the Hoopla (1985)|No Protection (1987)|Love Among the Cannibals (1989)}}

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|Donny Baldwin

|1984–1989

|{{hlist|drums|electronic drums|backing vocals}}

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|Grace Slick

|1984–1988

|lead and backing vocals

|{{hlist|Knee Deep in the Hoopla (1985)|No Protection (1987)}}

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|Pete Sears

|1984–1987

|{{hlist|bass|backing vocals|synthesizers}}

|Knee Deep in the Hoopla (1985)

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|David Freiberg

|1984–1985

|{{hlist|keyboards|backing vocals}}

|none

|Brett Bloomfield

|{{hlist|1987–1990|1993–1997}}

|{{hlist|bass|backing vocals}}

|{{hlist|Love Among the Cannibals (1989)|Live at the Stanley Cup (1997)}}

|Mark Morgan

|1987–1990

|keyboards

|Love Among the Cannibals (1989)

|Melisa Kary

|{{hlist|1989–1990 {{small|(touring only)}}|1992–2000}}

|rowspan="2"|lead and backing vocals

|rowspan="2"|Live at the Stanley Cup (1997)

|Christina Marie Saxton

|{{hlist|1989–1990 {{small|(touring only)}}|1996–2006}}

|Kenny Stavropoulos

|1990

|{{hlist|drums|backing vocals}}

|none

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|Peter Wolf

|1990–1991

|{{hlist|keyboards|electronics}}

|"Good Heart" (1991)

|Jeff Tamelier

|1992–1996

|{{hlist|lead guitar|backing vocals}}

|rowspan="6"|none

|T. Moran

|rowspan="4"|1992–1995

|drums

|John Lee Sanders

|{{hlist|keyboards|saxophone}}

|Bill Slais

|{{hlist|saxophone|keyboards}}

|Max Haskett

|trumpet

|Bobby Vega

|1992–1993

|bass

|Erik Torjesen

|1996–2000

|lead guitar

|Live at the Stanley Cup (1997)

|John Garnache

|1997–2000

|bass

|none

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|Mark Abrahamian

|2000–2012 {{small|(his death)}}{{cite news |title=Starship Guitarist Mark Abrahamian Dies |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/475303/starship-guitarist-mark-abrahamian-dies |quote="Mark Abrahamian, the lead guitarist for the rock group Starship, died of a heart attack after a concert in Norfolk, Neb., his road manager said. He was 46. Road manager Scott Harrison said Abrahamian collapsed after a performance Sunday night." |newspaper=Billboard magazine |date=September 4, 2012 |access-date=September 4, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130529163506/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/475303/starship-guitarist-mark-abrahamian-dies |archive-date=May 29, 2013 |url-status=live |language=en-US |df=mdy-all }}

|lead guitar{{cite web |url=http://www.markabrahamian.com/bio.html |title=Mark Abrahamian |access-date=September 4, 2012 |quote=Born February 23, 1966, Mark Abrahamian was taught to play guitar at the age of 9 after being prompted by his mother to "pick something to do this summer." |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120906080219/http://www.markabrahamian.com/bio.html |archive-date=September 6, 2012 |language=en-US|df=mdy-all}}

|Greatest Hits (2003)

{{CSS image crop |Image=Starship2010.jpg |bSize=2200 |cWidth=75 |cHeight=75 |oTop=496 |oLeft=385}}

|Stephanie Calvert

|2006–2021

|lead and backing vocals

|Loveless Fascination (2013)

|Cian Coey

|2021-2024

|lead and backing vocals

|none

Timeline

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Lineups

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scope="col" style="width:20em;"|Period

!scope="col" style="width:25em;"|Members

!scope="col" style="width:22em;"|Releases

scope="col"|June 1984 – early 1985

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;Touring personnel

  • Gabriel Katona – keyboards, saxophone (1984–1986 tours)

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scope="col"|Early 1985 – May 1987

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  • Mickey Thomas – lead vocals
  • Grace Slick – lead vocals
  • Craig Chaquico – guitar
  • Pete Sears – bass, synthesizers
  • Donny Baldwin – drums, backing vocals

;Touring personnel

  • Gabriel Katona – keyboards, saxophone (1984–1986 tours)

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scope="col"|May 1987 – February 1988

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  • Mickey Thomas – lead vocals
  • Grace Slick – lead vocals
  • Craig Chaquico – guitar
  • Donny Baldwin – drums, backing vocals

;Touring personnel

  • Brett Bloomfield – bass
  • Mark Morgan – keyboards, synthesizers

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scope="col"|February 1988 – October 1989

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  • Mickey Thomas – lead vocals
  • Craig Chaquico – guitar
  • Brett Bloomfield – bass, backing vocals
  • Mark Morgan – keyboards, synthesizers
  • Donny Baldwin – drums, backing vocals

;Touring personnel

  • Melisa Kary – vocals (1989)
  • Christina Marie Saxton – vocals (1989)

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scope="col"|October 1989 – summer 1990

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  • Mickey Thomas – lead vocals
  • Craig Chaquico – guitar
  • Brett Bloomfield – bass, backing vocals
  • Mark Morgan – keyboards, synthesizers
  • Kenny Stavropoulos – drums

;Touring personnel

  • Melisa Kary – vocals
  • Christina Marie Saxton – vocals

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scope="col"|Summer 1990 – spring 1991

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  • Mickey Thomas – vocals
  • Peter Wolf – keyboards, electronics

;Studio musicians

  • Martin Page – background vocals (1991 – Track: "Good Heart")
  • Peter Maunu – guitar (1991 – Track: "Good Heart")

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scope="col" colspan="3"|Band inactive spring 1991 – early 1992
scope="col"|Early 1992 – summer 1993

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  • Mickey Thomas – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Melisa Kary – lead vocals
  • Jeff Tamelier – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Bobby Vega – bass, backing vocals
  • John Lee Sanders – keyboards, saxophone
  • T. Moran – drums
  • Bill Slais – saxophone, keyboards
  • Max Haskett – trumpet

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scope="col"|Summer 1993 – 1995

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  • Mickey Thomas – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Melisa Kary – lead vocals
  • Jeff Tamelier – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Brett Bloomfield – bass, backing vocals
  • John Lee Sanders – keyboards, saxophone
  • T. Moran – drums
  • Bill Slais – saxophone, keyboards
scope="col"|1995–1996

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  • Mickey Thomas – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Melisa Kary – lead vocals
  • Jeff Tamelier – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Brett Bloomfield – bass, backing vocals
  • Phil Bennett – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Darrell Verdusco – drums, backing vocals
scope="col"|1996–1997

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  • Mickey Thomas – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Melisa Kary – lead vocals
  • Christina Marie Saxton – lead vocals
  • Erik Torjesen – lead guitar
  • Brett Bloomfield – bass, backing vocals
  • Phil Bennett – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Darrell Verdusco – drums, backing vocals

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  • Live at the Stanley Cup (1997)
scope="col"|1997–2000

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  • Mickey Thomas – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Melisa Kary – lead vocals
  • Christina Marie Saxton – lead vocals
  • Erik Torjesen – lead guitar
  • John Garnache – bass
  • Phil Bennett – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Darrell Verdusco – drums, backing vocals

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scope="col"|2000–2006

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  • Mickey Thomas – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Christina Marie Saxton – lead vocals
  • Mark Abrahamian – lead guitar
  • Jeff Adams – bass, backing vocals
  • Phil Bennett – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Darrell Verdusco – drums, backing vocals

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  • Greatest Hits (2003)
scope="col"|2006 – September 2012

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  • Mickey Thomas – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Stephanie Calvert – lead vocals
  • Mark Abrahamian – lead guitar
  • Jeff Adams – bass, backing vocals
  • Phil Bennett – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Darrell Verdusco – drums, backing vocals

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scope="col"|October 2012 – September 2021

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  • Mickey Thomas – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Stephanie Calvert – lead vocals
  • John Roth – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Jeff Adams – bass, backing vocals
  • Phil Bennett – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Darrell Verdusco – drums, backing vocals

;Touring personnel

  • Cian Coey – lead vocals (substitute for Calvert in August-September 2021)

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scope="col"|September 2021 – November 2024

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  • Mickey Thomas – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Cian Coey – lead vocals
  • John Roth – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Jeff Adams – bass, backing vocals
  • Phil Bennett – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Darrell Verdusco – drums, backing vocals

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scope="col"|November 2024 – present

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  • Mickey Thomas – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Chelsee Foster – lead vocals
  • John Roth – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Jeff Adams – bass, backing vocals
  • Phil Bennett – keyboards, backing vocals
  • Darrell Verdusco – drums, backing vocals

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See also

References

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External links

  • [http://www.starshipcontrol.com/ Starship official website]

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