To me, the movie is pure camp.
I'd have to believe that Roger Ebert was a smart cookie with a wicked sense of humor...SAC was actually written into the script!

The Carrie Nations were not a real band...Lynn Carey, daughter of MacDonald Carey was the their voice in the studio.

Paul Marshall may be able to spread some light here.

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: Do you consider BTVOTD an art film?For me it
: was somewhere in between that and
: mainstream.Also,were the Carrie Nations a
: real band and if not,who really did their
: songs?
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: I quit the band with Randy Seol at the end
: of
: the third album...The World in a Seashell.
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: It was Ed King, Lee Freeman, Paul Marshall
: and Gene Gunnels in BTVOTD.
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: Mark Weitz quit the band after the fourth
: album, Good Morning Starshine, along with
: Jimmy Pitman.
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: Hey Guys!
: Finally caught "Beyond the Valley of
: the Dolls" on tv last night for the
: first time ever.Very interesting piece.I
: always knew,of course,that Roger Ebert wrote
: it,but I had no idea he collaborated on the
: script with future horror film maker Russ
: Meyer.I found that quite interesting.I just
: wish they showed you guys on camera
: more,like in the "Rainy Day Mushroom
: Pillow" scene from "Psych
: Out".In your brief appearance at the
: beginning of the film,I spotted Ed King and
: Lee Freeman but was that MArk weitz or Paul
: Marshall I saw singing "I'm Cominig
: Home" and "Girl From the
: City"?Also,I don't recall seeing George
: Bunnell anywhere.Did he quit the band in
: between "Good Morning Starshine"
: and this 1970 underground classic?
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