[8][9] Mayhew cited Jimmy Page, Steve Howe, Alex Lifeson and Joe Perry as his early music influences when he learned to play guitar.
[9] His music career began in 1979 at age 15, when he joined New York City horror-punk band the MAD as a bass player for a few weeks.
While making music in Cro-Mags, Parris began directing music videos, first for Cro-Mags and then for other bands, including Biohazard ("Shades of Gray", "Punishment", "Tales From The Hard Side", "After Forever"), Onyx ("Slam"), Run DMC ("Ooh Whatcha Gonna Do?
1"), Public Enemy, Sepultura, King's X ("Dogman"), Insane Clown Posse ("Chickin Huntin"), Nuclear Assault ("Trail Of Tears"), Anthrax ("Belly Of The Beast", Live Noize and the documentary Attack Of The Killer B's), Flotsam and Jetsam, Gang Green, among dozens others.
[18] Cro-Mags domain name ownership was a matter of dispute when Savoia NYC, an entity related to Harley Flanagan, filed the complaint with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).