George Bunnell: Strawberry Alarm Clock, '60s Psych Out & Mosrite Guitars

Rock & Roll Nightmares by Staci Layne Wilson

Episode notes

Staci chats with George Bunnell, an original member of the psychedelic pop band Strawberry Alarm Clock on this episode of the Rock & Roll Nightmares podcast. Strawberry Alarm Clock is mostly remembered by casual music fans for their 1967 hit, “Incense & Peppermints” but there’s a lot more to be known about this long-lived Southern California rock band—in fact, they’re still performing and recording. Georges tells fun stories about the band being in the counterculture films Psych-Out (1968) and Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970), performing with The Who, their ill-fated deal with Mosrite Guitars, and much more. Lastly, Staci reads a passage about KISS from the upcoming Rock & ... 

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the whostrawberry alarm clockgeorge bunnell