[6] Parker had his own bands The Planets, Lopez & the Waveriders, Kingfishers Catch Fire, Holy Trinity,[7] Barra (Sony-ATV/English Garden Records),[8] and electronic guitar duo Marshall Star.

From the age of nine, Parker played in local show bands and working men's club's (Frimley Green;Camberley).

During the tour, and with Solar, Spizz and Lu Edmonds from The Damned as the line up, they played the Palladium in New York City as support band to Siouxsie and the Banshees.

The band played a week of sold-out shows at London's Marquee Club, with a matinee for younger fans.

[21] Kingfishers Catch Fire played support to Deacon Blue, and toured the UK college circuit after a favourable showing in Melody Maker, by writer Helen Fitzgerald.