Beginning (1976–1980) Alongside his friend
Riff Regan, Moss joined the
punk band
London in 1976, after being tried out as a drummer with
the Clash; later, he said "The mix of personalities didn't work. Their attitudes were too different to mine." Following this, Moss went on tour with established punk group
the Stranglers, and the band got a record deal. Soon afterward, Moss began drumming with
the Damned, replacing
Rat Scabies. He made the decision to join them after he was injured in a car crash on New Year's Eve 1977, suffering injuries that led to a week's hospital stay. Along with the Damned's guitarist,
Lu Edmonds, he left the Damned to form new wave band the Edge. After just over a year, the Edge broke up. Moss played with
Adam and the Ants on their third single "
Cartrouble" and its B-side "Kick!". At the time, Moss was under contract with a group called Jane Aire & the Belvederes; therefore, he was credited on the original single under the pseudonym "Terry 1 & 2". In 1980, he played with the last incarnation of
the Nips (formerly The Nipple Erectors).
Culture Club – early times (1981–1986) Moss joined
Culture Club after a phone call from the band's singer
Boy George. Culture Club was in need of a drummer, and Boy George knew of Moss through an acquaintance. After rehearsing with the band, Moss decided to stay. When he became a member of the band—which was originally called Sex Gang Children—he suggested a name-change, being unhappy with the current name of the group. The band ultimately settled for Culture Club, drawing inspiration from the diversity of the group's members. In 1985, while still performing with Culture Club, he produced some tracks for the band Woyeyeh.
Other works and Culture Club reunion (1987–2002) After Culture Club broke up in 1986, Moss released a single entitled "Jump to It" with the group Heartbeat UK. In 1989, under the name Rubberman, Moss released one
white label record of an
acid house instrumental track. Boy George used that backing track to create his own song, "After the Love". During 1991 and 1992, Moss was involved in another group, Promised Land, with his schoolfriend Nick Feldman. The two released two singles, "Something in the Air" and "Circle in the Square".
Charities, B-side projects (2003–2010) From 2003 to 2005, Moss joined several punk rock and rock bands, among them Fassbender, DanMingo and Dirth. In July 2005, he played drums on the charity single "People I Don't Know Are Trying to Kill Me", written by the journalist
Neil McCormick, to help the families of the victims of the
7 July 2005 London bombings. In 2006 Moss,
Mikey Craig and
Phil Pickett tried to launch Culture Club on a new tour with another lead singer, as George and
Roy Hay had declined to tour. A UK tour was announced for December 2006, but was postponed to give the new line-up time to finish recording their album. Without official press statements, band manager Tony Gordon said in 2007 that the project was "on hold", while Moss stated that the project was shelved.
Culture Club – reunion (2011–2021) Moss did not appear at Culture Club's concerts in Dubai and Sydney in December 2011, due to a back injury which required surgery. Despite rumours that the reunion project had been shelved, Boy George said in a March 2012 interview with
Danny Baker on
BBC Radio 5 that their new album would be released in 2013. Meanwhile, Moss had been drumming with Mad Dog Bites, alongside Martin French (vocals), Godfrey Old (harmonica), Peter Noone (bass) and Conrad Blakemore (guitar). In the
Red Nose Day '13 at
Whiteleys, Moss sang with
the Rock Choir, helping them to raise funds for
Comic Relief. In 2014, Culture Club began recording a new album that was originally named
Tribes. The
Tribes sessions were recorded in Spain and documented in the film
From Karma to Calamity which aired on
BBC Four. In July 2018, it was announced that the sessions had been reworked as
Life and that the album was to be released on 26 October 2018 and credited to "Boy George and Culture Club". In early 2018, Moss formed pop band Ridiculous together with
the Cross bassist Peter Noone and film score composer
Erran Baron Cohen. The band's debut performance took place at The Dublin Castle, Camden, London. Culture Club toured the US and Europe from June to December 2018 in support of their
Life album, along with supporting acts
the B-52s,
Tom Bailey (formerly of
Thompson Twins) and
Belinda Carlisle (Europe dates only). Moss was originally part of the line-up, but was replaced by
Garrison Brown. In December 2019, Moss filed a writ at London's High Court naming the band trio as defendants. Moss' lawyers say he was told to "take a break" by manager
Paul Kemsley; Moss demanded nearly £200,000 in missing payments and a share of profits. Moss officially left Culture Club in May 2021. ==Personal life==