He is also an original founder member and guitarist of early 1980s British gothic rock/post-punk band The March Violets.
As a side project to The Violets, he also co-wrote and recorded the first album from The Batfish Boys, The Gods Hate Kansas.
In 1987 his music was featured in director John Hughes' coming of age drama, Some Kind of Wonderful.
A year later he co-wrote the score for Zelda Barron's teen thriller, The Bulldance, during his stint in London Records band Hard Rain.
Throughout the 1990s he was based in London and played in various bands, including Amania, with ex-Violets singer Cleo Murray and Craig Adams and also Bully, with Australian singer/songwriter/actress Abi Tucker.