Bez is best known as the maraca player, dancer, and de facto mascot of rock band Happy Mondays, having been invited by lead singer Shaun Ryder shortly after the band was formed. He is chiefly remembered for his bizarre style of dancing and use of maracas.

After the Happy Mondays broke up, Bez became a member of Ryder’s next group Black Grape, but he left them in 1997.