Hailing from Warren, Ohio, Mom's Apple Pie was a young 10-piece band that formed in 1970. Sporting two lead vocalists and a horn section, the group, several of them still teenagers, were heavily influenced by the sound of the first Chicago Transit Authority album and the approach of bands like Three Dog Night.

Shortly after forming, the group's manager booked a demo session in Cleveland with recording engineer, Kenneth Hamman, the man behind the mega-successful Grand Funk Railroad albums. On the strength of these demos alone, the band was signed by Terry Knight, Grand Funk's manager, who assigned Hamman the task of producing their first album.

The self-titled debut was released the following year, with a second album following in 1973. The band toured extensively, performing at college campuses, clubs, concert halls, and even Madison Square Garden, opening for the likes of Grand Funk and up-and-comers like the Doobie Brothers and David Bowie.

Both of the band's albums have since become sought-after collector's items, due in no small part to the risqué cover art on the band's self-titled debut, which was almost immediately banned and replaced with an alternate cover. At first glance, the cover seemed to be an American Gothic style painting of a Mom holding out a freshly baked pie. Upon closer inspection, the pie itself contained an unmistakably detailed vagina, which immediately sent censors into a tizzy.