Formerly with Tubeless Hearts, he played with English pop band Christie from 1990 to 2003, and was featured in Graham Oliver's Saxon on two European tours, before other commitments resulted in John Ward taking over vocal duties for the resulting Oliver/Dawson Saxon CD releases.

Since 1998 he has been an occasional member of The Gonads, the punk band founded in the mid-1970s by journalist Garry Bushell, touring America and appearing on the albums Back and Barking and Schiz-oi-phrenia in addition to two videos of songs from the yet-to-be-released third Gonads album featured on the Bushell on the Box DVD.

In May 2009, Christie reconvened as the 1990 line-up for rehearsals and to begin a reunion European tour with dates through December.

In 2012, he joined the re-formed Danish metal band Witch Cross appearing at the Keep it True festival in Germany.

Subsequently, he co-wrote the band's 2013 follow up to their 1984 debut, entitled Axe to Grind[1]