These Folks Are The Greatest American Rock Bands Ever

Jefferson Airplane

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Credited with pioneering the genre of psychedelic rock, Jefferson Airplane was formed in 1965 in San Francisco, becoming the first band from the Bay Area to achieve international commercial success. During their height, they were headliners at three of the most famous American rock festival of the in the 1960s including Monterey Pop, Woodstock, and Altamont.

Their breakthrough album titled Surrealistic Pillow had “Somebody to Love” and “White Rabbit” on it, two of the band’s most popular songs to date. The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 and earned a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016.