Rabbit (Australian band)

This article is about the Australian band. For the Japanese band, see Rabbit (Japanese band). For the South African band featuring Trevor Rabin, see Rabbitt.

Rabbit
Also known as
  • The Cherries
  • The Heroes
OriginNewcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Genres
Years active1973 (1973)–1977 (1977)
LabelsCBS
Past members
  • Jim Porteus
  • Phil Screen
  • Mark Tinson
  • Greg Douglas
  • Dave Evans
  • David Hinds
  • Barry Lytten

Rabbit (originally, The Cherries) were an Australian glam rock band from Newcastle, which formed in 1973 by Jim Porteus on bass guitar, Phil Screen on drums and Mark Tinson on guitar and vocals. In October 1974 they were joined by Dave Evans (ex-AC/DC) on lead vocals. The group relocated to Sydney and released two albums, Rabbit (1975) and Too Much Rock n Roll (1976), before disbanding in late 1977. Porteus, Screen and Tinson returned to Newcastle where they formed a hard rock band, Heroes, with Peter de Jong on guitar and vocals. They issued a self-titled album in October 1980 and disbanded in 1982.