BBC Radio 1 DJs John Peel and Mike Read championed the band which led to a bidding war between Virgin, Polydor, Sire and EMI records.
Mazda formed a new band, The Cosmetics, and went on to become the in house producer of IRS Records, working with punk/new wave acts such as The Fall, The Birthday Party, Wall of Voodoo, The Fleshtones, Tom Robinson (including playing guitar in his band),[2] Alternative TV, Yello, Suburban Lawns, Brian James, The Scientists and The Folk Devils.
[5] Later, Mazda turned his attention back to his first musical love and began working with R&B musicians such as Average White Band, The JBs, Neneh Cherry, Bootsy Collins and Ultra Nate.
As a writer he contributed to albums by Jamie J. Morgan, Average White Band, Clyde "Funky Drummer" Stubblefield and Nick Kamen.
In January 2005 he formed his own acting troupe, "The Queens Players" and, a year after emigrating to the USA, he scored an Off Broadway role as 'English' in Scott Brooks' Bag Fulla Money.