The band played their first gig at Uxbridge Technical College in December supporting Screaming Lord Sutch to an audience of 10.

Their debut single "Shadow", the first release on Beggars Banquet Records, was voted by John Peel's listeners as twelfth best track of the year in 1977's Festive Fifty.

[7] A month after the release of this single, The Lurkers' track "I'm on Heat" appeared, alongside songs by more famous bands like The Jam and The Stranglers, on the punk compilation 20 of Another Kind (Polydor, POLS 1006).

Pete Stride collaborated with 'Honest' John Plain (of English punk band the Boys) and released an album in January 1980.

The current line-up is: Bassick (bass and vocals) who also plays for 999, Dave Kemp (guitar) and Stuart Meadows (drums).

They released a CD in 2012 entitled Chemical Landslide which contained tracks considered a lot heavier than anything they had previously recorded under the Lurkers name.

[13] The fruit of the collaboration with Cox – the single A Side High Velocity – was released on 24 November 2017 as a limited edition of 500 copies on 7-inch pink vinyl.

By February 2018 Cox, now known as Danie Centric, was enlisted as long-term vocalist for Esso, Stride and Moore's version of the band (while also continuing with The Featherz, with whom, during their set at the 2018 Rebellion Festival, she previewed live a new Lurkers song, "This Is Your Revolution.")

[17] In May 2021, Arturo Bassick disbanded his version of The Lurkers after 34 years, deciding to concentrate his live performances on his work with the band 999.