The Apple Pie Motherhood Band was an American psychedelic group of the mid to late ‘60s started in Massachusetts. The band was originally referred to as Sacred Mushroom, but when they signed to Atlantic Records the name had to be changed because the label thought it too closely referenced drugs. Their first single as a signed band under the new name featured Felix Pappalardi, famous for his work on Cream’s famous 1967 sophomore album, “Disraeli Gears.” While that song is lost from their archived discography, their 1969 album “Apple Pie” features a seven-minute opening track entitled “Orangutang” that hits harder than any lost single.

Keeping with the fruit theme, Strawberry Alarm Clock is a more household psychedelic name of the 60’s rock scene. They’re most known for their hit “Incense And Peppermints” off an album with the same name. They appeared in a 1968 San Francisco adventure film about psychedelic music and hippies. Along with their biggest success song, they played the album’s opening track, “The World’s On Fire,” and their eccentrically titled hit “Rainy Day Mushroom Pillow.”

The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band was another California rock band of the mid-’60s and was known for their bizarre, almost eerie music. Their second studio album, “Part One” (not to be confused with their debut album, “Volume 1”) contains the song “I Won’t Hurt You,” which was featured in American director Wes Anderson’s 2018 stop-motion film “Isle of Dogs.”

The Chocolate Watchband formed out in California in 1965, but their first album, “No Way Out,” was released in 1967. Their second album, “Inner Mystique” holds two of their most popular songs to date—“Baby Blue” and a cover of The Kink’s “I’m Not Like Everybody Else.” Their biggest influence is The Rolling Stones, and that bleeds heavily into the style and vocals of their own music. “Baby Blue” could easily be mistaken for a Mick Jagger hit.