[3] His first appearance on a recording was in 1984 as guitarist and lead vocalist on the sole album by the pub rock-ish Major Setback Band, which also included his older brother Ian on bass.
[5][7] After leaving the Godfathers in 1990,[7] Dollimore participated in a demo recording session for Stiv Bators (Dead Boys, the Lords of the New Church).
[11][12] He joined Scottish alternative rock band Del Amitri in 1997 for their Some Other Sucker's Parade tour[13] and participated in the recording of their 2002 album Can You Do Me Good?
With fellow Del Amitri guitarist Iain Harvie, Dollimore served as musician and producer on American singer-songwriter Eileen Rose's Party Dress EP and Long Shot Novena album, released in 2001 and 2002, respectively.
The band, which included former Damned drummer Rat Scabies and Godfathers vocalist Peter Coyne, played a few gigs and recorded a demo before disbanding a year later.