From Rolling Stone:
"Starship frontman Mickey Thomas is finalizing the group's first album since 1989's Love Among the Cannibals. He is collaborating with Foreigner bassist Jeff Pilson on the new LP, which will be called Loveless Fascination.

"After so many years of thinking about a Starship album, and stopping and starting, I got together with Jeff," Thomas told Ultimate Classic Rock. "He's just a great talent. A very energetic person. He had this great collection of songs, and he and I got together and our relationship just clicked. With Jeff's help, I've finally been able to put together a brand-new Starship album with totally new original material. I'm really excited about it."

In the meantime, Thomas will perform at the Raiding the Rock Vault series of shows in Las Vegas from July 5th to 9th. Organized by former Asia singer John Payne, the multimedia show is a history lesson in classic rock, featuring songs by the Stones, Hendrix, Zeppelin and more. L.A. Guns' Tracii Guns, Asia's Jay Schellen, Heart's Howard Leese and Quiet Riot's Paul Shortino are also slated to appear.

Loveless Fascination is set for release on September 17th on Loud and Proud Records.

Amazon's link lists an earlier release date, but I'll go with the RS article.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DDRKEB2/?tag=imwan-20

I wonder if the title Loveless Fascination was taken from The Church's "Under The Milky Way"...

jefferson airplane>>>>jefferson starship>>>>>starship

with nary a single original airplane member in the group. way to go mickey thomas, milk that cow baby.

If there are any hardcore JA completists in the congregation, last year's Starship entry in Sony's Playlist series includes two previously unreleased songs, one new and one from the vaults (don't remember which is which):



http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0091V6T1I/?tag=imwan-20

That's why it is Starship not Airplane and Renny, if any of these guys can make a buck why not? Most of these CDs can be bought for $6.00 so its a win-win for anyone who is interested.

Rick A.

From the back cover and listening to sound samples, "Keys To The City" is the vintage outtake and "Karma" is the new tune.

Good eyes and ears, Jay!

I've got that one. "Keys To The City" is an outtake from 1990, and is excellent. It could've been a Top 40 hit. "Karma" is also very good.

I believe it is part of the legal agreement between Kantner & Thomas; but since Kantner really resurrected JS the last 20+ years; I have a problem with Thomas using the SS name.

Oh well, I suspect Thomas doesn't really care what I think!

If Grace Slick is not involved with either band, who cares?

Several of the late PK releases were quite good. Diana Magnano was a fine replacement for Grace; & even a couple with Katner & Balin being the only vocalists are excellent.