Graduating to the bass guitar two years later, he developed a unique, classically-rooted, extremely fast and funky style.

Aside from mastering classical, flamenco, rock, and bass guitar, Leigh taught himself to play the sitar, bouzouki, mandolin, and keyboards.

He started doing session work at 16 and went on to join a band called 57 Men, the first incarnation of which featured vocalist Glenn Gregory (who went on to form Heaven 17).

While gigging around town, Leigh was spotted by Knox of the Vibrators, who asked him to audition for Adam and the Ants.

", for which Gorman shared songwriting credit with McLaren, Ashman and Barbarossa,[2] holds the distinction of being the world's first-ever cassette single.

[13] In the early-90s, Gorman worked again with Malcolm McLaren, co-writing and producing the Paris album, featuring the voice of Catherine Deneuve.

Gorman wrote and produced micro-operettas, soundscapes, and hip-hop & soul jams for the small screen for such clients as Coca-Cola, Pepsi, MCI, Nike, Inc. and Renault.

In the summer of 1997, his remix of Mr. President's "I Give You My Heart" went Top 10 in the UK dance charts for 3 weeks.

The band achieved notoriety playing sunrise sets at the monthly, infamous ("undisclosed location"), Moontribe's[15] Full Moon Gathering[16][17][18][19][20] deep in the Mojave Desert.

Gorman and Lwin recorded a new song, entitled "A Thousand Tears", for Bill Fishman's 1999 film, Desperate But Not Serious (retitled Reckless + Wild in the US).

Gorman and Lwin also made cameos in this film that starred Christine Taylor and Claudia Schiffer.

In 2003 Gorman and Lwin reformed Bow Wow Wow again with Los Angeles guitarist Phil Gough and Adrian Young of No Doubt on drums to play the Inland Invasion show as part of KROQ-FM's 25th Anniversary celebrations.

When he's not on the road with Bow Wow Wow, Gorman lives and works in Los Angeles producing bands (most recently Morrissey and Calahan), doing remixes (including the alternative radio remix of the Meredith Brooks/Queen Latifah duet "Lay Down") and composing music for TV and film (Wimbledon and The Tenants).

[22][23] In 2014, actor/musician Zachary Throne (Sin City Sinners) joined the band on guitar.