The Strawberry Alarm Clock

Location:
California, US
Type:
Artist / Band / Musician
Genre:
Classic Rock
Type:
Indie
Strawberry Alarm Clock was a psychedelic band of the mid-'60s, reaching the top of the charts with "Incense and Peppermints" at the height of the flower power era.



Originally called the Sixpence, the Californian group consisted of Ed King (lead guitar), Lee Freeman (rhythm guitar), Gary Lovetro (bass), Mark Weitz (organ), and Randy Seol (drums).



On the band's debut single, "Incense and Peppermints," lead vocals were sung by Greg Munford, a 16-year-old friend of the band. Before recording their full-length debut album, the band added George Bunnell, who also played bass; more importantly, Bunnell became the group's main songwriter.



In the summer of 1967, the Strawberry Alarm Clock contributed music to the film Psych-Out, as well as appearing in it. Gary Lovetro left the band before they recorded their second album, Wake Up It's Tomorrow, which also appeared in 1967.



Between 1968's The World in a Seashell and 1969's Good Morning Starshine, the band went through a number of lineup changes; as of Good Morning Starshine the band featured King on bass, Weitz, guitarist Jimmy Pitman, and drummer Gene Gunnels. By this time, the Strawberry Alarm Clock had lost much of its audience. They managed to keep performing until 1971, when the band finally broke up.



Ed King went on to join Lynyrd Skynyrd; several of the former members of Strawberry Alarm Clock reunited in the '80s to perform on oldies tours.



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