Strawberry Alarm Clock was a psychedelic rock band from Los Angeles, Califo… Read Full Bio ↴Strawberry Alarm Clock was a psychedelic rock band from Los Angeles, California, best known for their 1967 hit Incense and Peppermints. The group's name is a reference to The Beatles' song Strawberry Fields Forever.
The band originally consisted of Ed King (lead guitar), Mark Weitz (keyboards), Lee Freeman (rhythm guitar), Gary Lovetro (bass), and Randy Seol (drums). On their first and most famous single, Incense and Peppermints, lead vocals were sung by Greg Munford, a 16-year-old friend of the band.

Strawberry Alarm Clock's song reached #1 on the Billboard pop singles chart in late 1967, and it has since been included in many mutli-artist collections and also appeared in many films as an iconic tune of the swinging sixties. After that success, the band added George Bunnell (bass and rhythm guitar) before making their first LP in 1967, also titled Incense and Peppermints. Bunnell would also become their main songwriter.

Membership changes were many. which sadly foretold the band's falling fortunes. Gary Lovetro left the band before their second album, Wake Up It's Tomorrow, which was also released in 1967. Their single from that album, Tomorrow, was a minor hit and their only other top 40 appearance, reaching #23 in early 1968. Although the group followed up with more LPs in 1968 (The World in a Seashell) and 1969 (Good Morning Starshine), Strawberry Alarm Clock had begun to fall apart and their audience was mostly gone The group managed to keep performing in various forms until 1971, when Strawberry Alarm Clock finally broke up.

Strawberry Alarm Clock as a band has made two notable appearances in films, first in the 1968 Jack Nicholson movie Psych-Out, where they played several songs including Incense and Peppermints, Rainy Day Mushroom Pillow, and The Pretty Song from Psych-Out. They second' appeared in the 1970 Russ Meyer camp classic Beyond the Valley of the Dolls.

Ed King went on to join Lynyrd Skynyrd. Several members of Strawberry Alarm Clock reunited in the 80s to perform on oldies concert tours as well. Still, no additional albums came of that.

The original band lineup reunited one last time to perform an approximately one-hour set at the Virginia Theatre in Champaign, IL, on April 29, 2007. The event was part of the last day of film critic Roger Ebert's ninth annual Overlooked Film Festival and was preceded by a screening of Beyond the Valley of the Dolls. Despite being unable to speak due to recent surgery, Ebert made prepared remarks with the use of a device given to him by a U of I professor.

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Strawberry Alarm Clock Lyrics

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An Angry Young Man He was born on a Sunday In a one room rent His…
Barefoot In Baltimore Barefoot in Baltimore Heel and toe with you Summer turns th…
Bird Man Of Alkatrash Everytime the bird man comes He flies overneath the bridge …
Birdman Of Alkatrash Every time the bird man comes He flies over neath the…
Birds In My Tree Open the door, man Let all the good air come in Freshen…
Black Butter Take a mirror from any room, Hold it up until you…
Black Butter Future Step outside, walk down the street And if there's something …
Black Butter Past Take a mirror from any room, Hold it up until you…
Black Butter Present Take a mirror from any room Hold it up until you…

Blues For A Young Girl Gone Sing a song of sorrow For the young girl who's gone…
Changes Yeah, yeah Changes you asked for Changes you'll get And…
Curse Of The Witches Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? It was 21 years ago…
Dear Joy Weeping like a fountain Over the days that I'm not countin'…
Desiree When love is first made Like wind in the air And then…
Eulogy I was too young to know different When I first fell…
Good Morning Starshine Good morning starshine, the earth says hello You twinkle abo…
Hog Child Hog child bringin' myself down Hog child, there's one in eve…
Hummin' Happy Strollin' down the boulevard See the boys with lemonade sta…
Incense & Peppermints Ba, ba, ba, ba Ba, ba, ba, ba Good sense, innocence, crippl…
Lady Of The Lake When I was a boy I knew the lady of…
Lose To Live Two, three, four! For a piece of mind today You gotta se…
Me And The Township Yeah, Lord, it's me again Now, I got the mis'ry so…
Miss Attraction Oh, hey Miss Attraction, butterflies Turnin' my stomach, but…
Off Ramp Road Tramp Oh, yeah, don't you know? Well, I just can't decide, yes Whe…
Paxton's Back Street Carnival Get a pass, take a ride In the land that is…
Pretty Song From "Psych-Out" I can see you, you can see me as we…
Rainy Day Mushroom Pillow Song lyrics Rainy day mushroom pillow Colors green, brown, a…
Sea Shell We first met At the edge of an ocean Evening came Bringin…
Sit With The Guru Life's created, automated Yesterday's invalidated Hip mankin…
Sitting On A Star Glittering silver of solitude In the darkest whisk of blue …
Small Package There's a small package waitin' for me And I've got to…
Soft Skies No Lies On a rainy day, let the children play All the games…
Strawberries Mean Love Strawberries mean love What's it made of? Think you need l…
The Birdman of Alkatrash Everytime the bird man comes He flies overneath the bridge …
The World's On Fire The world (the world) Is on fire tonight (tonight) And th…
They Saw The Fat One Coming They said they saw him in the morning But they just…
Three Oh, I'm in trouble Can't you see me on the double? You…
Tomorrow Tomorrow Things won't be the same Tomorrow Life would be a d…
Unwind With The Clock Now we'll say goodbye to you The clock says we must…
Wooden Woman Wooden woman by the gate Wonders if she is too late She…

Write Your Name In Gold You have been the one I could confide in When troubles…

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