Lost Cherrees

Formed in Sutton, south of London, Lost Cherrees emerged at the cusp of the 1970s and 1980s within the wake of the British anarcho-punk scene. The band developed a tense, direct punk, threaded with political and social lyrics, yet also incorporating less conventional elements for the scene, including keyboards, multiple female vocalists, spoken passages, and touches of reggae. Following early demos in the early 1980s, Lost Cherees released the No Fighting, No War, No Trouble, No More EP in 1983, then A Man’s Duty... A Woman’s Place in 1984 on Mortarhate, the central label of this movement. Their first album, All Part Of Growing Up, came out in 1985, followed that same year by the EP Unwanted Children, which broadened the band’s range with a brass section. Active until 1986, Lost Cherrees split up before reforming in 2003 around Steve Battershill and several former members. Since the return, the band has resumed performing and released new recordings, including Free To Speak.... But Not To Question in 2006, Who's Fucking Who? Who's Funding Who? in 2013, and Blank Pages in 2019. Across these periods, Lost Cherrees has remained associated with an open interpretation of English punk, both forthright in its message and more adaptable in form than many contemporary bands in the same scene.