Skip Spence, 52, an original member of the rock band Jefferson Airplane, died of lung cancer Friday at Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz, Calif., where he had been fighting a number of ailments ...

A talented multi-instrumentalist, Spence played guitar in his early bands but was recruited by Marty Balin to be the drummer in Jefferson Airplane and played on the group's 1966 debut Jefferson ...

When Omar Spence first met his father, Alexander “Skip” Spence, in the early 1990s, Skip was an alcoholic living in a halfway house. Omar knew that his dad was more than that; he knew t… ...

After releasing its debut album, "Jefferson Airplane Takes Off," in 1965, singer Grace Slick was brought in to replace Anderson and Spencer Dryden took over for Spence.

During his time in Jefferson Airplane and Moby Grape, Spence was “a triple Aries, full-blast, pedal-to-the-metal guy”, according to one eyewitness.

Alexander "Skip" Spence remains one of the most intriguing and puzzling figures in the history of rock 'n' roll. From his understated role as drummer in the first lineup of Jefferson Airplane ...