![]() ![]() Mark wanted to use Strawberry because of Strawberry Fields, so the band sat around in his bedroom trying to come up with something-anything. The record company said there were other bands named Sixpence and it was a lame name anyway and to come up with something better. How did you decide to use the name “Strawberry Alarm Clock”? Ed on lead guitar, Lee on rhythm guitar and sometimes out front lead singer and Randy sang lead as well. Randy and sometimes Lee on drums (when Randy stepped out front to play vibes or bongos). Anyway, the band became Gary and I both on bass, but I played a lot of percussion and guitar in the live shows. Steve played flute on “Rainy Day Mushroom Pillow” and “World’s On Fire”. Gary did play on the songs he had rehearsed with them but not on my songs. So, we went into the studio and recorded a handful of our songs. I was enrolled at Chenard Art School and scheduled to start in September 1967. I had just turned 18 and could make my own decisions, much to my mom’s chagrin. We said yes, but Steve’s mom said absolutely not as he was only 15 at the time. They loved them and wanted to record most of them. Randy suggested us to the group so we went over to Mark’s parents house where they rehearsed and played them a dozen songs. Steve and I grew up next door to each other and had started writing songs a couple of years earlier. But before all that, they got a record deal with UNI and needed more original songs. Randy then provided much of the background harmony for “Incense And Peppermints” and became the drummer and eventually a lead vocalist along with Lee Freeman and Mark Weitz (Mark sang the novelty flip side of “Incense And Peppermints”, “The Birdman Of Alkatrash”). When Gene Gunnels quit Thee Sixpence, at the behest of his then girlfriend, shortly after he recorded the drum track to “Incense And Peppermints”, the band’s manager sought to replace him. Steve Rabe and Mike Luciano both exited prior to SAC. Randy Zacuto (went on to found Mighty Mite Guitars.)įred Schwartz (wrote the music to World’s On Fire) ![]() Steve Bartek (went on to play lead guitar and produce Oingo Boingo then orchestrate over 100 films with Danny Elfman) Strawberry Alarm Clock was formed out of two very different bands, Waterfyrd Traene and Thee Sixpence. A half century on, the Southern California group’s lineup features five original members.Ĭan you elaborate the formation of Strawberry Alarm Clock? The Strawberry Alarm Clock interview with George Bunnell Interview with George Bunnell of Strawberry Alarm Clock, the legendary sixties psychedelic rock band from Los Angeles, California. ![]()
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