A book followed 'Pop Tart' detailing her groupie experiences with various rock stars before launching her singing career in New York to good reviews. This got her an appearance along with Wayne County on  the 1976 compilation Max's Kansas City with Shake Some Ashes before she moved over to London for an indefinite time with the Heartbreakers and Wayne County having heard there was a scene there.

So how did a trashy glitzed up 34 year old go down in in the aggressive UK London punk scene and why did they even give her the time of day? As we said before the NY connection plus the Heartbreakers was a big plus. Not only that she was FUN. She also didn't pretend to be a punk. She just got off on the energy. Appearing on the covers of Sniffing Glue and Zigzag also helped to cement her relationship with the Punk scene (The advert for that Zizag edition was banned by The Sun for being obscene!)

"What does Cherry think of the New wave?. She admits she didn't think much of the two bands she's seen when we talked to her - The Damned & The Vibrators...These kids are bringing energy back to music and the scene. They've created a focal point which we haven't had in years...they've got more to complain about. I've attained a reasonable standard of living, so I couldn't be a part of what these kids are." Zigzag 71

"Thats how you tell if the London kids like you, right? If they like you then they pogo!" Cherry Vanilla 1977

Selling her flat to come over a band was put together with guitarist Louie and Keyboardist Zecca. The band were completed by Stewart Copeland on Drums and Sting on Bass both from the fledgling band The Police who would also support her on her gigs. In fact The Police's first gigs were with Cherry in early '77

"After they went on to big fame...they sort of erased me from their history in all of their PR and Stewart made some hurting remarks about me in the press. Sting ... he's given me credit here and there for giving them their first gigs. So, at least there is some acknowledgment...I remember being at Stonehenge with them, just standing there in awe, in silence, with just the sound of the wind. That is my most vivid and cherished memory of them."

 http://www.d-filed.com/cherryvanilla.html

Did she leave a mark on Punk Rock? In all honesty...no. Did she influence any female performers...doubtful! Her legacy, if truth be told, is her life history in rock, the songs off 'Bad Girl' and THAT amazingly aggressively sexual shot with Sting in the background featured right.