Rob Parissi (lead vocals & guitar) was raised in the tough, diverse steel mill town of Mingo Junction, Ohio. Parissi graduated from Mingo High School in 1968. Rob formed his first band in 1970 in Steubenville, Ohio, one mile north of Mingo Jct. along the Ohio River. The band's name "Wild Cherry" was selected off a box of cough drops while Rob was recuperating from a brief hospital stay. The band played the Ohio Valley region, the West Virginia panhandle, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The original lineup is not known.
These are photos from concerts where Wild Cherry played, so they may be of other bands that played the concert as well.
Al Green / Wild Cherry Apr 15, 1978 Owings Mills, Maryland, United States Uploaded by Zimtrim
Average White Band / Kool & The Gang / Wild Cherry Aug 17, 1976 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Uploaded by Zimtrim
