woosey played in a thin lizzy tribute band called "black rose". it had a show in bristol, england that was named "vagabonds of the western world". woosey was the lead guitarist in a malvern-based band called "taxi". it was featured on local bbc radio shows during its uk tours. in this period woosey split his time between studying at keele university and touring with taxi. taxi remained unsigned although they recorded several self-released albums. they split in 2005 after which time woosey went solo and toured throughout the uk.