[1][2] His godfather, horror director John Carpenter, helped to raise Davies during a portion of his high school years.

[2] Davies met Karma to Burn bass player Rich Mullins in a Hollywood grocery store in 2003.

The two became friends and formed the stoner rock band Year Long Disaster with Third Eye Blind drummer Brad Hargreaves in 2004.

[2][6] In 2009, stoner rock band Karma To Burn reunited, and in 2010 announced an American tour with Year Long Disaster.

[13] In 2014, Davies' godfather, director John Carpenter, began work on an album of instrumental music entitled Lost Themes.

[16] While recording the album, the trio also scored the main titles for the CBS television series Zoo.

In 2013, Davies composed the soundtrack to the Australian horror film I, Frankenstein (2014) in collaboration with ex-Filter guitarist Geno Lenardo under the name "By Maker".