![]() ![]() Before this, all they had ever done was cover tunes and a couple of original things. So, I got in the band right after this 'cause they needed to record an album. I got in the band right then and there, because they didn't have any other songs and I was a writer. This was actually happening before I was in the band. At the time, people did novelty songs to try and make a hit record. It was kind of an imitation of Sky Saxon and The Seeds. The record was actually the keyboard player, Mark Weitz, which was the flip side of "Incense and Peppermints", singing this gimmick song called "Birdman Of Alcatrash". Nobody ever thought anything of it because it was really just the B-side of the record. He sang the track that is actually the record. He was kind of like one of those guys who could play all the instruments and write and sing all the parts. Greg Munford happened to be in the studio because he was there doing his own thing. Greg Munford also had the same manager, Bill Holmes. And, Randy was a drummer, and it wasn't the traditional spot for the lead singer. He was having a lot to do with harmonies, but they hadn't fully considered him to be a lead singer because they had a lead singer. Then, Randy Seol, the drummer, was brand spanking new in the band. So, he wasn't putting forth his best effort. They couldn't get Lee, who was actually the lead singer at the time, to sing the song. He was in the band as long as it took him to sing the song.Ī - He was never in the band. This was actually with the mysterious lead singer of "Incense and Peppermints", Greg Munford, the guy that was never in the band, but sang the song. We haven't had the original line-up back together since the old days. I mean, a legitimate, class reunion sort of thing. You could've gotten a lot of work out of it." I think what they were thinking was that we are all in desperate need of doing it, whereas we were doing it as a reunion. Over the phone they were telling us "this could've been a good thing for you guys. Q - Good legal advice, or someone in the band knows about the law.Ī - We've all had our experiences. (laughs) They couldn't believe that we actually turned them down. So we said, no, we're not going to do that on a short notice. And it was like eight days before the show. We need everything! So then a couple of days go by and they said OK, we'll do everything. What's going on here? And they said can't you just take our word for it? We said no. So, we called 'em back and said nothing's here. when they sent us all of our contracts, nothing was what we had talked about over the phone before and we agreed upon was in the contracts. The Sixties thing that they have going, with the guys from Three Dog Night, Steppenwolf.that bunch. We were going to be part of the PBS Special that's actually on right now. We were going to play in December (2004) with the entire original line-up. Q - Would that be in Strawberry Alarm Clock?Ī - We do occasional things. Q - George, are you still involved in music in someway today? What's the story behind this "Flower Power" era rock group? We'll let bassist George Bunnell fill you in. Strawberry Alarm Clock enjoyed a big hit with the song "Incense and Peppermints" back in 1967. If their name sounds strange, then the title of their hit record sounds even stranger! ![]() Gary James' Interview With George Bunnell Of Gary James' Interview With George Bunnell Of Strawberry Alarm Clock ![]()
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