Drawing from members of local Cleveland bands, The Choir and Cyrus Erie, Raspberries form. The band is comprised of members, Eric Carmen, Wally Bryson, Jim Bonfanti and John Aleksic.   In direct opposition to the era’s progressive rock movement, typified by instrumental noodling and extended solos, Raspberries musical mission is simple.; they aim to to rekindle the magic and melodicism of Sixties bands like The Beatles, The Beach Boys, The Who, Small Faces, Rolling Stones, The Kinks, The Byrds, The Left Banke and others.   Raspberries perform their first live show on October 16, 1970 at Cyrus Erie in North Ridgeville, Ohio.   December 1970, John Aleksic departs Raspberries. The band continues for a short time as a three-piece.