Wild Cherries

This article is about the Australian rock group. For the American funk rock band, see Wild Cherry (band).
The Wild Cherries
OriginMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
GenresR&B, jazz, psychedelia, hard rock
Years active1964–1966, 1967–1969, 1971–1972, 2002
LabelsFestival, Havoc, Raven, Half A Cow

The Wild Cherries were an Australian rock group, which started in late 1964 playing R&B/jazz and became "the most relentlessly experimental psychedelic band on the Melbourne discotheque / dance scene" according to commentator, Glenn A. Baker.[1][2]

The band had several personnel changes, the 1967 line-up featured Keith Barber on drums, Peter Eddey on bass guitar, founder Les Gilbert on keyboards, Lobby Loyde (ex-The Purple Hearts) on guitars, and Dan Robinson on vocals.[1] The band released four singles for Festival Records, including "Krome Plated Yabby" in June 1967 and "That's Life" in November, which peaked into the Go-Set National Top 40.[1][3] A compilation, The Wild Cherries: That's Life was released in 2007 by Half A Cow Records. Loyde went on to join Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs, then formed Lobby Loyde & the Coloured Balls and also had a solo career.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'The Wild Cherries'". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Archived from the original on 18 April 2004. Retrieved 15 October 2009.
  2. ^ Duncan Kimball, ed. (2002). "THE WILD CHERRIES". MILESAGO: Australasian Music and Popular Culture 1964–1975. ICE Productions. Retrieved 15 October 2009.
  3. ^ "Go-Set search engine results for "Wild Cherries"". Go-Set. Waverley Press. Retrieved 16 October 2009.