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Red Lorry Yellow Lorry , también conocidos brevemente como The Lorries , son una banda de rock inglesa formada en Leeds a principios de 1981 por el guitarrista y compositor Chris Reed, el vocalista Mark Sweeney, el bajista Steve Smith y el baterista Mick Brown. Tras separarse en 1991, la banda se reformó en 2003 y ha publicado seis álbumes de estudio a lo largo de su trayectoria.

La banda fue formada por el guitarrista y compositor Chris Reed y el vocalista Mark Sweeney, junto con el bajista Steve Smith y el baterista Mick Brown (quien más tarde se uniría a The Mission ). ^{[ 1 ]} Sweeney dejó la banda a finales de 1981 y Reed asumió permanentemente el rol de vocalista, con Martin Fagan uniéndose como segundo guitarrista. El sonido del grupo, caracterizado por un zumbido de guitarra hipnótico, un bajo potente y vibrante , una caja de ritmos contundente y los tonos vocales cavernosos de Reed, hizo que los Lorries (como sus fans los llamaron) fueran rápidamente incluidos en la entonces incipiente escena del rock gótico por los periodistas pop, aunque la propia banda negó haber estado asociada alguna vez con el gótico y prefirió citar a Wire como una influencia, ^{[ 2 ]} y dijo que "se inspiraron principalmente en MC5 ". ^{[ 3 ]}

In 1982, the Lorries' manager Dave Hall provided independent record labelRed Rhino with a cassette of the group's demos.^[4] Impressed by the quality of the songs, Red Rhino label head "Tony K" (Tony Kostrzewa)^[5] signed the band and immediately released "Beating My Head" unchanged from the demo as the band's debut single.^[6] The song made a strong appearance on the influential NME independent record chart. Fagan and Smith soon departed the band, to be replaced by Dave Wolfenden and Paul Southern respectively.^[1] Afterwards, bassist Southern was replaced by Leon Phillips. While numerous additional personnel changes would occur in the history of the band, Wolfenden became a mainstay and a frequent songwriting partner of Reed's during the band's most productive period. In 1983 and 1984, the band released several more singles (including "He's Read" and "Monkeys On Juice", which reached No. 9 on the NME indie chart).^[7]John Peel was an early supporter, and the band recorded two radio sessions for him in March and November 1983^[4][8] (released on CD in 2014 as BBC Sessions 1983 - 1984, part of the band's 3-CD compilation See the Fire).

In 1985, the band's debut album, Talk About the Weather,^[1] was released and peaked at No. 3 on the NME independent albums chart.^[9] The album, which most fans consider to be the band's best, received generally positive reviews and sold well for a small label offering.^[6] "Hollow Eyes", a single taken from the album, attained good sales as well,^[10] as did follow-up non-LP singles "Chance" and "Spinning Round",^[11] the latter of which is generally felt to be the Lorries's strongest song.

The band released one more album on Red Rhino (Paint Your Wagon, which reached No. 1 on the UK Independent Singles and Albums Charts^[12] and No. 3 on the NME indie chart)^[13] in 1986, a single ("Cut Down") and a four track EP ("Crawling Mantra", utilizing the one-time band name change to "The Lorries"), before signing to Situation Two, an offshoot of Beggars Banquet Records.^[1] Two albums followed, 1988's Nothing Wrong and 1989's Blow.^[1] Neither of the Beggars Banquet albums appeared on any mainstream pop charts. Singles, including "Only Dreaming (Wide Awake)" and "Open Up" (which upon its release was chosen as NME’s 'Single of the Week'),^[14] also failed to chart, and the band was subsequently dropped by the label. In 1991, the band released a further single, "Talking Back", and then the Blasting Off album on the tiny Sparkhead label, after which Reed broke up what was left of the band.

In 2003, Reed revived the name Red Lorry Yellow Lorry and released four new songs in 2004, available via internet download only on the band's website. The band toured frequently in the UK during 2004 and 2005, but although journalist Mick Mercer wrote in 2014 that "new material is on its way",^[15] no additional Red Lorry Yellow Lorry music was subsequently released until 2024. In 2005, the band released Thunder in the Black Cave, a live DVD recorded in Belgium during their 2004 European tour.^[4] On November 14, 2005, Reed released an acoustic-based album, Minimal Animal, under the name 'Chris Reed Unit'.^[16]

In 2024, the band released their first new material in almost 20 years with the track "Driving Black" ^[17] posted on their website.

• Talk About the Weather (1985)
• Paint Your Wagon (1986)
• Nothing Wrong (1988)
• Blow (1989)
• Blasting Off (1991)
• Strange Kind of Paradise (2025)

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