Bands taking a journey in a ship (6)
I believe the answer is:
strips
'bands' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'a journey in a ship' is the wordplay.
'a journey' becomes 'trip' (trip is a kind of journey).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'a ship' becomes 'SS' (prefix in ship names eg SS Great Britain).
'trip' inserted within 'ss' is 'STRIPS'.
'taking' is the link.
(Other definitions for strips that I've seen before include "outfits" , "layers" , "Takes off clothes" , "Gets undressed" , "Long narrow pieces" .)