Grace Slick

Grace Slick is one of those figures who genuinely changed what rock could sound like, and I find myself coming back to her voice again and again. She brought an operatic power to Jefferson Airplane that felt almost out of place in the 1960s San Francisco scene — and that's exactly what made it electric. "Somebody to Love" and "White Rabbit" are not just hits; they're statements of intent, and her delivery on both is fearless in a way that most singers never manage once, let alone twice on the same album. The fact that she grew up in Palo Alto, attended the University of Miami, and essentially crashed into rock music sideways makes her story even better. And after decades of music, she pivoted to painting with the same boldness. I respect that enormously — she never seemed interested in coasting on her legend.

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Name (English)

Grace Slick

Name (Japanese)

グレイス・スリック

Reading

ぐれいす・すりっく

Born

October 30, 1939 (age 86)

Origin

Highland Park, Illinois, United States

Occupation

singer / singer-songwriter / painter / composer / recording artist

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Rabbit

High school

Palo Alto High School

University

University of Miami

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/graceslickofficial/
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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace%20Slick
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q229881

Tags

• Illinois
• singer
• singer-songwriter
• painter

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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