After the Quireboys split up in 1993, he played in the United States, in Los Angeles, California, with a band called God's Hotel.

He also sang lead vocals on a cover of Hank Williams's country classic "Hey Good Lookin'", with C.C.

DeVille from the American glam-metal band Poison, for the soundtrack of the comedy film Son in Law (1993) that starred Pauly Shore.

Spike decided to record in other projects; the first was in 1994 with Darrell Bath of the English rock and roll band the Dogs D'Amour.

[5] In 2007, Spike became part of Damage Control, a British supergroup formed by guitarist Robin George, UFO bassist Pete Way and Chris Slade, former drummer with the Australian hard-rock band AC/DC.