Prior to his days in Buckcherry, Todd fronted the Hollywood glam rock band Slamhound.

In 1999, even before the debut Buckcherry album had ever been released, Todd was featured in one of Rolling Stone's last issues of 1999 as "What's Hot in the New Millennium," which included a center-fold photograph of him.

Todd and Nelson went on to play a tribute to Ozzy Osbourne/Mötley Crüe drummer, Randy Castillo, alongside former Guns N' Roses members Slash, Duff McKagan, and Matt Sorum.

The band went on to record about ten songs under the name "The Project" before the others decided to replace Todd and Nelson with Scott Weiland and Dave Kushner, respectively.

[8] In 2022, the album was released for the first time worldwide through music streaming services [9][10][11] and included the songs "Collide" and "Catastrophe".

In 2005, Todd reformed Buckcherry with Keith Nelson and new members Stevie D., Jimmy Ashhurst, and Xavier Muriel.

In 2008, Todd was one of the four backing vocalists for the hard rock band Mötley Crüe for the gang vocal version of "Saints of Los Angeles".

In 2008 Todd appeared on Escape the Fate's album This War Is Ours in the songs 10 Miles Wide and "Harder Than You Know".