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The Master's Grunt: Jefferson Airplane Tries Shock Rock

Judith Sims, Rolling Stone, 7 December 1972

NEW YORK — At a rainy concert in Gaelic Park, a girl on stage stripped off her blouse and urged the audience to do the same — "it'll stop the rain." Grace Slick shrugged, took off her blouse and nonchalantly sucked on a popsicle while Jefferson Airplane tuned up.

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