Homework and Peppermints

The Strawberry Alarm Clock were not an interesting band, that's a plain fact. Still, there was more going on there then I ever would have suspected, if I'd ever taken even a second to suspect anything at all:

...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. The song reached #1 on the Billboard pop singles chart in late 1967. 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. Some early Strawberry Alarm Clock songs were penned by George Bunnell and Steve Bartek (who would much later join Oingo Boingo). Bartek played flute on the debut album, but could not join the band because of school.

(via Chocoreve)