Wild Cherries - After Disbanding

After Disbanding

Loyde formed Lobby Loyde & the Coloured Balls in March 1972, while Dick and Toi later re-joined Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs. Loyde then established a solo career in the 1970s and was briefly a member of Rose Tattoo. Loyde died on 21 April 2007.

Gilbert dropped out of the music scene but in 1975 returned to university to study music, majoring in composition. He currently runs the company Magian Design Studio with his partner Gillian Chaplin and creates sound and multimedia installations.

Barber joined New Zealand band, The La De Das and they travelled to the UK in April 1969 where they recorded a cover of The Beatles' "Come Together" for Parlophone Records. He stayed with the group until the mid-1970s. He died of cancer in May 2005.

Dan Robinson replaced Malcolm McGee in The Virgil Brothers and also travelled to the UK where the trio recorded a cover of The Knight Brothers' "Temptation’s About To Get Me". He subsequently returned to Australia and later worked with the bands, Duck, Hit and Run, Champions and Rite on the Nite.

Barber, Loyde and Robinson reunited The Wild Cherries for Australia Day 2002, together with bass player Gavin Carroll and keyboard player John O’Brien, they performed The Wild Cherries’ four Festival singles at the Corner Hotel in Richmond, Victoria. It was the first time that all of the band’s recordings had been performed live and the first time that some of the tracks had been given a public airing. Half A Cow Records released a compilation album, The Wild Cherries: That's Life in 2007 shortly before Loyde's death.

Kevin Murphy after leaving the band travelled to the UK, where he played with the Graham Bond Organization, returning to Australia in 1967. He also played with the Virgil Brothers in 1967, Doug Parkinson (1968), Rush (1969) and Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs during 1970-71. He died in 1994, aged about 48 years. He should not be confused with another drummer of the same name associated with Tina Arena, Tommy Emmanuel and Peter Cupples.