[4] The band was formed by Joe Elliott from Def Leppard, London rock drummer Phil Martini, Ronnie Garrity from Raw Glory, and Paul Guerin, Guy Griffin, and Keith Weir from The Quireboys, to open for Mott the Hoople on the last night of the ensemble's tour at London's Hammersmith Apollo in 2009.

[2][5] The band made an appearance at the 2010 High Voltage Festival, launched their own branded beer, and also announced it would be performing with Paul Rodgers in April 2011 as the opening act on the latter's UK tour.

In an interview given by Joe Elliott to Irish TV programme Ireland AM the singer revealed the support dates were never meant to happen and only occurred due to Rodgers insistence.

Recorded live at Hammersmith Apollo when the Down n Outz opened for Mott The Hoople on the last night of their five-night run back in October 2009.

In March 2011, it was revealed that the band parted ways with Ronnie Garrity, and they intended to publish original material for their third album, rather than their fourth.

On 9 June 2014, it was announced that Down ’n’ Outz would be the special guests on the main stage at Planet Rock Radio’s "Planet Rockstock" on 6 December at Park Dean Holiday Park in Trecco Bay, Porthcawl, Wales, joining Vandenberg's Moonkings, Magnum, The Cadillac Three, Tax The Heat and Voodoo Six among others.

[11] On 17 August 2018, guitarist Guy Griffin announced during an interview with Sean Bennett on The Rockpit website [12] that the band were almost at the stage of completing a third album, this time composed of original tracks written by the group.