During the April leg of the tour, several dates in the South were canceled following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. In November 1967, and then again in April 1968, Strawberry Alarm Clock toured on a bill with the Beach Boys and Buffalo Springfield. Bartek later joined The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo and orchestrated Boingo frontman Danny Elfman's film scores. The latter played flute on the first two Strawberry Alarm Clock albums and would continue to be involved with the band's later incarnations.
Some early Strawberry Alarm Clock songs were penned by Bunnell with Bartek. Bunnell would also become their main songwriter. Also titled Incense and Peppermints, it hit No. Shortly after recording "Incense and Peppermints", the band added Bunnell (on bass, rhythm guitar, and vocals) before making their first album. A gold disc was awarded for sales of one million copies by the Recording Industry Association of America on December 19, 1967. 1 for one week, with 16 weeks in total on the charts. This instrumental was originally intended as a B-side to "The Birdman of Alkatrash", which ultimately became the B-side to "Incense and Peppermints". Weitz and King (also a member of Hunger) were denied songwriting credits by Slay because (according to him) they did not write the melody line or the lyrics, although the song was built on an instrumental by Weitz with a bridge by King. The band made a cameo appearance performing the song in the Richard Rush film Psych-Out. The song reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 during the week ending November 25, 1967. The Uni Records subsidiary of MCA picked up the record for national distribution, and the single was re-released in May 1967 with "Incense and Peppermints" as the A-side. The band was not impressed by songwriter John Carter's singing, so Slay chose Greg Munford, a 16-year-old friend of the band who was from another group called Shapes of Sound, to sing lead on the track. The song was initially released as a B-side by Thee Sixpence on All American Records, owned by Bill Holmes, the band's manager and producer. The first and most famous Strawberry Alarm Clock single was "Incense and Peppermints", produced by Frank Slay. The post-Strawberry Alarm Clock incarnation broke up before any success was realized. There were probably 10 songs in all that were recorded but Bunnell stated that both masters were stolen. There were two recording sessions with some of these personnel, one with Dave Hassinger at the Recording Factory and one with Bill Lazarus at Sunset Sound. However, according to Bunnell, many Strawberry Alarm Clock songs came from the band he had formed previously with Seol, Bartek, Randy Zacuto, Fred Schwartz, and Criss Jay, which performed under the names Waterfyrd Traene (pre-Strawberry Alarm Clock), Public Bubble (during Strawberry Alarm Clock), and Buffington Rhodes (post-Strawberry Alarm Clock). The inception of Strawberry Alarm Clock aside from Thee Sixpence is not well documented, largely because none of the latter band's recordings (subsequently lost) were released. Seol eventually brought in songwriters Bunnell and Steve Bartek, who participated in the writing and recording of Strawberry Alarm Clock's first album. Randy Seol (drums, vibes, percussion, vocals) and Mark Weitz ( keyboards, vocals) joined to replace the departing Gunnels, Rabe, and Luciano just as the name change to Strawberry Alarm Clock was occurring. Categorized as acid rock, psychedelic pop and sunshine pop, they charted five songs, including two Top 40 hits.Ĭareer 1966–1967: Formation and early success Ī history of the band written by George Bunnell stated that "The Strawberry Alarm Clock came about by parts of two bands, Thee Sixpence and Waterfyrd Traene, morphing into one." The group originally named Thee Sixpence initially consisted of Ed King (lead guitar, vocals), Michael Luciano ( vocals), Lee Freeman ( rhythm guitar, harmonica, vocals), Gary Lovetro (bass), Steve Rabe ( guitar, vocals), and Gene Gunnels ( drums).
They are best known for their 1967 hit single " Incense and Peppermints".
Strawberry Alarm Clock is a psychedelic rock band formed in 1967 with origins in Glendale, California, a city about ten miles north of downtown Los Angeles.
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