He has also contributed lyrics to albums by 808 State and Lost Witness. He branched out into music video direction for the initial release of "Sit Down" by James in 1989 in which he also makes a cameo appearance. His television appearances have included performances on "The Tube" and Tony Wilson's "The Other Side of Midnight". He was rumoured to have appeared on "Wogan" in the late 1980s playing guitar in Tears for Fears' backing band. His radio appearances have included at least one guest spot on "The Mark Radcliffe Show", during which he gave a live rendition of his song   In the mid-1990s he released "Hush", a series of albums and 12" singles of a cappella songs specifically designed to be used as samples. This resulted in "Happiness" a hit for Norman Cook’s pre-Fatboy Slim project, Pizzaman, and "Happiness Happening", "Red Sun Rising" and "7 Colours", a trio of hits by Lost Witness featuring singers Tracey Carmen (who produced much of the Hush material) and Nina Henchion. He’d subsequently work on projects with Mark Day of Happy Mondays and Larry Gott from James. In the 2000s he ran successful monthly performance nights in Manchester called Misery. He also spent some time in a psychiatric hospital. In 2009 he issued a new album, "And A Panda". His recent band, Edward and the Babymen, included the teenage sons of Graham Massey (808 State), Mike Baker (The Get Together) and DJ Greg Wilson and Tracey Carmen.