Syd became a professional musician in 1974 when he joined pop rock band Hector, with whom he toured extensively in the U.K. and Scandinavia.
In 1976 he joined rock band Babe Ruth, with Ellie Hope (Ellie was the female singer featured on Oh boy) and Ray Knott.
When Babe Ruth split Syd and other members formed Liquid Gold who went on to achieve worldwide chart success with a string of hits.
It was during this time that Syd first met Les Gray, Rob Davis, Ray Stiles and Dave Mount, collectively known as MUD.
Syd joined the original line-up of MUD as the fifth member in the early eighties playing alongside Les, Rob, Dave, and Ray.
Unfortunately due to his commitments with Liquid Gold who were by then no.2 on the U.K. singles chart with Dance Yourself Dizzy Syd had to take a break from MUD.
In 1987 Syd re-joined Les with fellow Liquid Gold member Wole Rothe on drums and bassist John Berry.
Together as Les Gray's Mud they toured all over the U.K. Europe and as far as the middle east.

In 1998 Phil Wilson joined the band on drums alongside Les,Syd and John. This line up continued up until Les Grays last show in Belgium on 7 th December 2002
After a lengthy illness sadly Les passed away on 21st of February 2004

After consultation with the original members and Les Gray's estate it was decided to put the current line up together and tour as MUD II featuring members of Les Gray's Mud