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