bˈɔːɹn ɪn pˈɛkæm ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹɾi nˈaɪn, ɪnðə tˈuː θˈaʊzənd twˈɛlv stˈæɾəs kwˈoʊ dˌɑːkjuːmˈɛntɚɹi həlˈoʊ kwˈoʊ, lˈæŋkæstɚ stˈeɪɾᵻd ðæt hiː hæd ˈeɪ "ɡɹˈeɪt" ʌpbɹɪŋɪŋ.
Born in Peckham in 1949, in the 2012 Status Quo documentary Hello Quo, Lancaster stated that he had a "great" upbringing.