Skip Spence

Skip Spence
Skip Spence was a multi-instrumentalist best known for the drums. He played with “Jefferson Airplane” on their debut album “Jefferson Airplane Takes Off” and the classic “Surrealistic Pillow”. He left to form the short-lived “Moby Grape” which record execs purposely formed with the intent on becoming the next supergroup. He became the American acid-casuality version of Syd Barrett. Some of his best known feats include chopping down a friends door with an axe while high on acid. It was slowly downhill to the bottom from there and eventually wound up a homeless paranoid nut case. His only solo album “Oar” released in the late sixties is considered a “Cult Classic” among other musicians. He died from lung cancer on April 16th, 1999 at the age of 52.