Watch: Exclusive RockCellarTV Interview with The Strawberry Alarm Clock — Still Tickin’ After All These Years

Recently, the members of The Strawberry Alarm Clock paid a visit to Rock Cellar HQ for a sit-down interview tracing their history, career highpoints, inspirations and more, and the result is a candid, revealing and sometimes amusing entry to our RockCellarTV series. Click here to peruse our archive of sit-down interviews with the likes of Ringo Starr, Judy Collins, Stewart Copeland, Todd Rundgren, Gene Simmons, John Oates and many more.

A bit of history on the famed group:

The Strawberry Alarm Clock is a psychedelic rock band formed in 1967 in Los Angeles best known for their 1967 #1 hit single “Incense and Peppermints.” They have also been categorized as acid rock, psychedelic pop and sunshine pop and charted five songs including two Top 40 hits. Their current line-up includes 5 original members: Mark Stephen Weitz – keys, Randy Seol – drums, malletKAT, George Bunnell – bass, Gene Gunnels – drums percussion & Steve Bartek – guitar, flute, rain stick, plus guitarist Howie Anderson, who joined in 1987. (Original guitarist Ed King, who was also a member of Lynyrd Skynyrd, passed away August 22, 2018.)

Archive: One-Hit Wonder … Or Not? A Chat with George Bunnell of The Strawberry Alarm Clock About “Incense and Peppermints”

On left: The original 1967 album cover of The Strawberry Alarm Clock’s debut record, ‘Incense & Peppermints.’ On right: Their 2017 recreation of that 1967 album cover image to commemorate its 50th anniversary.

Enjoy the full video interview, which was conducted by Lauri Reimer, below.

Click here to watch a scene from Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, the 1970 film written by Roger Ebert that the band refers to in the interview above.

Keep tabs on The Strawberry Alarm Clock at the band’s official website (click here), Facebook page (click here) and Instagram (click here).

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