"He was predatory and proud of it," Demaray wrote in an email to KPCC/LAist, adding that the "loud and boisterous" Kantner projected "the feeling of this is my castle and I can do anything I want it was an exerting of his power and he got off on it.". CORDOVA, ABIGAIL VS CORDOVA , NORMAN, III. The original line-up included vocalist Signe Toly Anderson, Kaukonen, drummer Jerry Peloquin and a bluegrass-inclined double bass player, Bob Harvey. January 29, 2016 / 8:42 AM They enjoyed further album chart success in 1967 with After Bathing at Baxters (much of which was written by Kantner), and the following year with Crown of Creation, on which Kantner composed the title song. An error has occured while loading the map. 2023 Rolling Stone, LLC. She quit but was rehired when she returned. [citation needed], A common misbelief is that her name was originally "god" (with a small "g"), and was only later changed to "China". There's a lot of pressure, but then as a way to kind of cope with all that, there's a lot of joking and teasing and it often goes too far. Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. 1 album, "Red Octopus.". Send us a tip using our anonymous form. KPCC/LAist determined the person's identity but she declined to be interviewed. First published on January 29, 2016 / 8:42 AM. Sturges's husband, Kalen Egan, told KPCC/LAist he remembers Sturges telling him details of both incidents shortly after they began dating in 2010. According to Sturges, she was typing an order into a computer on the patio, in full view of a restaurant filled with customers. She is also a former MTV VJ. Claire Cochran, a labor lawyer who specializes in women's rights and employment claims, said Steen's actions were not uncommon. Father of China Kantner and Gareth Alexander Kantner. Every weekday, you'll get fresh, community-driven stories that catch you up with our independent local news. In 1974, Kantner and Slick brought in new musicians and renamed the group Jefferson Starship. (Susanica Tam for LAist), The indoor-outdoor patio of Cafe Stella in Silver Lake. "Mr. Kantner never discussed his insurance policies with Mr. Demaray, nor would there have been an occasion or reason to have such a discussion with any of his staff members," Brettler wrote to KPCC/LAist. I would only ever go if I knew he wasn't there.". Two of the companies are still active while the remaining one is now listed as inactive. (Susanica Tam for LAist). Theater Structural Info Facts Pictures Filmography Known for movies The Stned Age (1994) as Jill Airheads (1994) as Female Rocker The Evening Star (1996) as Jane S.F.W. Before speaking with KPCC/LAist, Demaray had posted on social media that he personally witnessed Kantner's "inappropriate behavior" toward female employees. Our condolences go out to the friends, family and fans of Paul Kantnerof Jefferson Airplaneon the news of his passing, members of the Doors wrote on their Facebook page. After some early personnel changes, the classic Jefferson Airplane lineup announced itself definitively with 1967s Surrealistic Pillow album. 2023-03-06, Los Angeles County Superior Courts | Family | Brettler represented filmmaker Bryan Singer and singer-songwriter Ryan Adams when they were accused of sexual misconduct. Birth of China Wing Kantner. She has been given co-songwriting credits by her father on several of his songs. NEW YORK - Paul Kantner, a founding member of the Jefferson Airplane who stayed with the seminal San Francisco band through its transformation from 1960s hippies to 1970s hit makers as the eventual leader of successor group Jefferson Starship, has died at age 74. He was born in San Francisco, California. Paul Lorin Kantner (born March 17, 1941) was an American rock musician, known for co-founding the counterculture era psychedelic rock band Jefferson Airplane and its spin-off band Jefferson Starship. hair pulling), or lewd conduct.". If you do not agree with these terms, then do not use our website and/or services. Over the past 30 years, Kantner, Balin and Casady occasionally performed as the KBC Band and a reunited Airplane briefly toured and recorded. "Sometimes he would pull my hair really roughly, like the way that someone would pull someone's hair when they were having sex," she said, "and he would kiss my neck. He would breathe into my neck [and] whisper things into my neck.". Beautiful views aren't the only thing drawing Angelenos to the region. Slick kept her bands momentum with Starship, which earned a big hit with We Built This City, without Kantner. Mr. Kantner, a founding member of the Jefferson Airplane, was 74 and had suffered a heart attack this week. Kantner has appeared in the following films: Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. This case was filed in Los Angeles County Superior Courts, Stanley Mosk Courthouse located in Los Angeles, California. Four of the accusers allowed KPCC/LAist to use their names; two agreed to share their stories on the condition they remain unnamed. (China Kantner became an actress and MTV VJ.). Eve Sturges, a former server who worked at Cafe Stella for about a year starting in 2006, wrote broadly about Kantner's behavior on social media before talking to KPCC/LAist. Join Facebook to connect with Alexander Kantner and others you may know. [8] She contributed a section to the book Playing It Straight by David Dodd, alongside her mother and other recovering substance abusers such as Dennis Hopper, Steven Tyler, and Ozzy Osbourne. "I think that's part of the difficulty of people speaking out in these contexts, because we were a family," she said. Kantner and Jefferson Airplane would reform in 1989, when they put out a self-titled album, and again in 1996, when they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Residents of 90026 pay approximately $1,990 a month for a 2-bedroom unit. LAist dropped a report this morning about sexual harassment allegations, spanning from 2006 to 2014, against current Cafe Stella owner Gareth Kantner. "One night, he was wasted, and he grabbed my dick by the computer," Demaray said. Paul Kantner is a famous Rock Singer, who was born on March 17, 1941 in United States. Paul Lorin Kantner (March 17, 1941 - January 28, 2016) was an American rock musician. Sturges said she witnessed Kantner pull female employees into close and long embraces while telling them that everything they had was thanks to him. So powerless!" 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Finally, one place to get all the court documents we need. [2] She is a native of San Francisco, living first in the city itself, and later in Mill Valley. [Were] trying to make consciousness, he said. Formed by veterans of the folk circuit in the mid 60s, the Airplane combined folk, rock, blues and jazz and were the first group from a Bay Area scene that also featured Janis Joplin and the Grateful Dead to achieve mainstream success, thanks to the classics Somebody to Love and White Rabbit. Later that year, theyd score a lesser hit with The Ballad of You and Me and Pooneil, a harder-rocking song that Kantner wrote thatwould become the lead track on their After Bathing at Baxters album. He also recalled her discussing Kantner's penchant for grabbing female employees and making sexually inappropriate remarks. Echoing what she'd written in her journal, Steen told KPCC/LAist that Kantner's frequent touching and lewd comments took their toll. I don't usually go in for blondes but I'd sure as hell f--k that. "I was raised in a feminist family with a strong sense of self," she said. The case status is Pending - Other Pending. He believed deeply in the 60s dream, often citing an anecdote that for a few days in 1966 the stars were so aligned that you could expect any wish to be granted. Steen wrote, noting that his reaction made her fear for her job. Gareth Kantner Profiles in Los Angeles CA - Bizapedia GARETH KANTNER The information on this page is being provided for the purpose of informing the public about a matter of genuine public interest. Paul Kantner, musician. As of 2012, she is retired from performing and living in Malibu, California with her husband, Seth Isler. Paul Kantner, founding member of legendary San Francisco rock band the Jefferson Airplane, died Thursday at the age of 74. In her journal, Steen also recalled Kantner exclaiming, within earshot of several employees, "Look at that bitch over there. [6] As an MTV VJ, she interviewed her father for the MTV Summer of Love 20th anniversary celebrations. Just sitting around having a good time with all this shit going on around us. Kantner has several songwriting credits on various Jefferson Starship albums. In 1971, Slick gave birth to their daughter, whom the couple originally wanted to call God, but decided to name China. We want to hear it. The former waitress said Kantner expressed "surprise and consternation" upon learning that some former employees were accusing him of harassment, adding, he was "very distraught and distressed about the whole thing.". . If you can dream it, they're probably mixing it somewhere on property. He had been a science fiction reader since childhood and with friends David Crosby and Jerry Garcia among others recorded a 1970 concept album about space travel, Blows Against the Empire, credited to Kantner and Jefferson Starship. In an interview with KPCC/LAist, a friend of Steen's, who asked not to be named, confirmed that Steen spoke with her at the time about Kantner's behavior. In 1999, she married a Los Angeles dentist, Jamie Azdair, although the couple divorced in 2006. Sturges, who referenced her experiences on social media as the #MeToo movement first unfolded, cited the public's increased willingness to hear -- and believe -- women's stories as one of her motivations for speaking up. She is also a former MTV VJ, sometimes credited on-screen as China Slick Kantner. ", Steen told KPCC/LAist she went to Stella "about six times in three years" because it was "a block from where I used to live and my friends still worked there." However, she has also commented in interviews that she has no real musical aspirations of her own, claiming that she cannot sing very well. Looking back, all we were saying was, Look, were having a good time. And nothing else. Jefferson Airplane perform Somebody to Love in 1967, Jefferson Airplane play their song Volunteers at the Woodstock festival in 1969. On April 13, 2011, Kantner married actor and producer Seth Isler and now prefers to be known as China Isler. Gareth is related to Christine Marie Annigian and Paul Loren Kantner as well as 2 additional people. ", In one letter Brettler wrote: "In 20 years of operations, Cafe Stella has employed more than 500 individuals and never received a single complaint accusing Mr. Kantner, or anyone else at the company, of sexual harassment or similar misconduct. He had been admitted to a San Francisco hospital after falling ill earlier in the week, his former girlfriend and publicist Cynthia Bowman, the mother of one of his three children, said. Some had shared accusations on social media before coming to KPCC/LAist with stories about their experiences with Kantner. Can't get too close to Hanne. The former waitress who said Steen was one of Kantner's "favorites" told KPCC/LAist that during her three years at Cafe Stella, she witnessed many of the same behaviors. This was their most fully rounded album, including militant calls to arms in Kantners We Can Be Together and the title song Volunteers, as well as thunderous rock workouts in Hey Fredrick and the ecological flag-waver Eskimo Blue Day. But he became the conscience of the band and by the end of the '60s was shaping its increasingly radical direction, whether co-writing the militant "Volunteers" with Balin or inserting a profane taunt into his own incendiary "We Can Be Together," leading to an extended fight with their record company, RCA. Steen said that before she took a two-month trip to visit family in Italy in the summer of 2012, she was told she had to either find someone to fill all of her shifts or resign. But I remember on the inside, really wanting to grab a knife and like, fend him off.". They Took a Third Date to Costa Rica. He told KPCC/LAist that Kantner sexually harassed him once. Kantner has, over the years, made several contributions to the music of Jefferson Starship as both songwriter and singer. He had suffered a heart attack earlier. Its members supported various political and social causes, tossed out LSD at concerts and played at both the Monterey and Woodstock festivals. When she started working for the station at the age of 15, she was, at the time, the youngest MTV VJ ever. Like her mother, Kantner has, over the years, struggled with alcoholism. The guitarist and songwriter had survived close brushes with death as a younger man, including a motorcycle accident during the early 60s and a 1980 cerebral haemorrhage, and he recovered from a heart attack last year. Born on January 25, 1971 Kantner, 74, suffered a heart attack a. Cancellation and Refund Policy, Privacy Policy, and Brettler works at the law firm Lavely & Singer. 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