From the West Coast, Petrie started his solo career in 1977, was a member of the Shriek And Sexbeat and had several cassettes of minimal electronics as well as a vinyl mini LP in the 1980s.
After a two decade musical hiatus he has returned with a four album vinyl release in 2019 of mostly unreleased music spanning 1977 to 1994. 'Inject Glue Into Brain' released December 1, 2020. A double vinyl album with a bonus CD album titled 'Songs of Sadness and Love ...and some others' with a DVD. Both albums have all new material and different material from each other.