Julian started drumming at the age of 6, as an original member of the Flying Dorios.

The band included his father and his older brother, Michael Dorio of Trances Arc.

The Whigs was signed to their current record label, Dave Matthews' ATO, in 2006.

[citation needed] Julian is the drummer for, and a founding member of, The Whigs, a garage rock band out of Athens, Georgia.

He was drumming for band at the Bataclan theatre in Paris during the terrorist attacks in November 2015.