Big Boy Tomato were a support band for the likes of Stiff Little Fingers, The Cropdusters, The Godfathers, Mega City 4, Die Toten Hosen and The Toy Dolls.

The Lurkers toured Germany regularly as a result of Die Toten Hosen championing them with covers of the tracks 'New Guitar in Town' and 'Shadow'.

Sugarsnatch, a splinter group of Big Boy Tomato, featured Spencer on lead vocals and guitar for the first time.

In 1998 Toy Dolls frontman Michael Algar (aka Olga) invited Spencer to sing backing vocals on his forthcoming album One More Megabyte.

[10] The band continued to play live shows in 2017 appearing at KOKO in London as part of Camden Rocks in May as well as a headlining performance at Rebellion Festival on the Opera Stage in August.

[11] Spencer has made numerous appearances in other bands over the years including Banjoey Ramone – a skiffle/punk outfit consisting of ex and current members of The Loyalties, Demented are Go!, Grit and Urban Voodoo Machine.

[15] He currently plays banjo and guitar with folk punk band The Men They Couldn't Hang, and appears on their albums Devil on The Wind (2009) and The Defiant (2014).

[16] His work is based on panel designs inspired by tattoo art and has been commissioned throughout the UK by private collectors, shops, bars and clubs.

In 2014–2015 his glass work is displayed in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London as part of the 'Tiki Love Truck' installation – a mobile mosaic mausoleum.