 He then became a music publisher at Pendulum Music with acts like Tony Ashton.Gotch then joined Arista Records as an A&R executive, signing groups like Secret Affair.Clive Davis soon made Gotch head of A&R where, as well as overseeing Simple Minds and the Thompson Twins, he signed The Stray Cats, The Beat, Elaine Paige, Fela Kuti and Rowan Atkinson.