Paul Kantner had become fed up with most, if not all, of his Jefferson Starship bandmates around the time of 1984's "Nuclear Furniture", not least of them being his former lover Grace Slick and lead vocalist Mickey Thomas. Ultimately, he left the remaining members, whom continued on simply as Starship. However, in October of 1984, Paul appeared onstage with his former Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship bandmate Marty Balin who was playing live with his own band. Marty suggested that Paul stick around and play some shows with him, an offer which Kantner accepted. Marty and Paul then went on to recruit their former bandmate Jack Casady, whom they were still on friendly terms with. With that, the KBC Band (i.e., the Kantner-Balin-Casady Band) was born, and their lone, self-titled album was released in 1986. Don't come to this album expecting anything resembling acid rock. Frankly, apart from the songs "Mariel" and "America", which were primarily written by Kantner, this is virtually a Balin solo album--Marty handles almost all of the lead vocals, and it's also pretty obvious that he's primarily responsible for the choice of material. And as with his 1981 solo album "Balin", Marty demonstrates his knack for selecting excellent compositions. Production-wise, the sound is very dense, with heavily-layered vocal harmonies, crashing electronic drums, synthesizers, lots of saxophone parts, etc. But it's far superior to what the Starship did on "Knee Deep In The Hoopla", because it's much more sincere, and almost every song is insanely catchy.