He is the guitarist and principal songwriter for EMF,[1] who scored a major international hit reaching number 1 in the United States with "Unbelievable" in 1991.
He attended The Crypt School in Gloucester from 1975, where one year at Prizegiving, his chosen prize of "100 Greatest Rock Licks" was somewhat frowned upon, compared to the preferred academic tomes of others.
[6] Dench co-wrote "Colours" on the Prodigy's 2009 album, Invaders Must Die, and "Red" a top 5 hit for Daniel Merriweather in the UK in May 2009.
[9][10] From March 2009 until November 2010, Dench was Vice President of A&R at Epic Records in New York, where he A&R'd albums by Alice Smith and Augustana and signed the acts Progress in Color and HeyHiHello.
[13][14] In 2018, Dench worked with Amanda Ghost and Marius de Vries on the song "The Wonder" for the musical King Kong on Broadway.
In 2009, he was nominated for a Golden Globe as co-writer of "Once in a Lifetime", sung by Beyonce as the part of the soundtrack from Beyoncé's film, Cadillac Records.