His last teaching position was Head of Art at Ysgol Gyfun Rhydfelen near Pontypridd.

From 1989 he played with Guto Pryce in the punk band U Thant, before they both joined Super Furry Animals.

[2] In 2012 Bunford performed a mix of found sounds with artist Naomi Kashiwagi at the Whitworth Art Gallery of University of Manchester.

In 2019 Bunford and three other members of Super Furry Animals formed a new group under the name Das Koolies, an alter ego SFA used around 2000 for an experimental electronic album that was never officially released.

The only member of SFA not involved in Das Koolies is Gruff Rhys, who continues to work as a solo artist.