After grinding through the regular rock band regimen of rehearsals and high school gigs in Michigan, JTX ran away to Los Angeles and while working at a record store he answered an add to be VH-1"s ROCK N ROLL JEAPORDY and won! The prize money was used to record his first demo that made its way into the hands of rock superstar Marilyn Manson who offered JTX a job as his personal assistant on tour. For a year JTX traveled the globe with Marilyn working hard and writing songs all the way but was fired for trashing a dressing room on the OZZFEST tour . The-now legendary- Manson stint led immediately to a tour with Linkin Park. JTX's first single "(I'm Gonna) Party Like a Rockstar” on Next Plateau Records has started to light up request lines and race up the charts, creating an incredible buzz at radio stations in the U.S. It is a favorite on the Howard Stern show every Friday, and programmer Kid Kelly at Sirius Radio’s “HITS 1” says, "JTX is top 5 phones... this is a stadium anthem waiting to happen!