Background
He grew up in the nearby town of Portishead.
He grew up in the nearby town of Portishead.
Childs worked with Geoff Barrow on a remix of the Portishead hit single "Sourtimes". Signing to BMG in 1997, Childs gained moderate success with Airbus in the United Kingdom. He then moved to Los Angeles in 2001 and worked on the group’s material with producers Rick Parker and Richard Dashut, who produced Rumours by Fleetwood Mac. Airbus disbanded in 2002.
In 2003, Childs formed "Black on Sunshine" with Peter Finestone, the original drummer for Bad Religion.
He then joined forces with Chris Cockrell, formerly of Kyuss, in the band "Vic du Monte"s Idiot Prayer" and produced their album Prey Foreign The City, which was released on the Duna Records label in February 2005. While playing keyboards and bass guitar in the band, Childs and Vic du Monte"s Idiot Prayer successfully toured all of Europe in spring 2005.
Childs and Cockrell moved on to form "Vic du Monte"s Persona Non Grata" with Alfredo Hernandez, who played drums in Kyuss and Queens of the Stone Age. Vic du Monte"s Persona Non Grata signed to Cargo Records and have been touring together since 2005.
Childs also collaborated with Motörhead drummer Philthy Animal Taylor on a project called "Little Villains".
The pair were nominated for an Emmy Award for composing the theme tune for Disney XD"s Kick Buttowski cartoon. Whilst spending some time back in the United Kingdom, Childs worked with Geoff Barrow and Billy Fuller as front of house sound for Beak on their European and American tours of 2012 and 2013. He worked again with Alfredo Hernandez on the California desert group Brave Black Sea recording sessions and as front of house sound engineer
Childs spent much of 2013 and 2014 on the road working with Australian production company Showtime management in the United States of America, Australia, New Zealand and Canada, performing theaters and arenas
Childs is currently producing, playing guitar and touring with his group Lakota, releasing its debut self-titled LP in September 2014.
As a member of the rock group Airbus, he contributed to Bristol"s flourishing music scene during the 1990s.