[1][2][3] Mitchell was a member of Young City Stars when he was asked by BCR manager Tam Paton to replace Alan Longmuir.
[5][6] He also guest performed with South African band The Passengers which was fronted by Neill Solomon.
During the 90's, Ian performed in groups with former Bay City Rollers lead vocalist, Duncan Faure, such as The Joybuzzers[4] in 1991 and The Blue Bottles.
[8] Ian moved to California in the '80s[1] and worked as a computer programmer and a motivational speaker.
[6] Mitchell is mentioned in the Friends episode "The One with Rachel's Book", when whilst planning Monica Geller's wedding, asks for the BCR to attend, leading Chandler Bing to reply "Well, you couldn’t get them anyway, I mean Ian doesn’t even play any more.