Robt Ptak

Robt Ptak (born October 13, 1970) is an American rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, bassist, and record producer who is the co-founding member and bassist/backing vocalist for 1990s pop punk band Size 14.[1][2]

Robt Ptak
Robert Ptak
Robert Ptak
Background information
Birth nameRobert Pak
Also known asRobt Ptak
Born (1970-10-13) October 13, 1970
GenresRock
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter, guitarist, bassist, record producer
Instrument(s)Vocals, guitar, drums, bass
Years active1992–present

Career

Size 14

The band Size 14 was formed when Ptak placed an ad in a Los Angeles classified magazine.[3] Ptak and bandmate Linus of Hollywood recorded all of the band's early demos on Ptak's 8 Track. Ptak can also be heard singing backing vocals and the high falsettos parts on the band's songs. Ptak left the band in 1997 and was replaced by Ray Santangelo.

Other projects

In 1996 Ptak toured with Jakob Dylan for 3 months as a bass player and backup vocalist, playing songs from the album titled "Bringing Down the Horse". On the same tour he joined Tobi and Tammi Jaffee, more importantly he recorded a great track named "Pain in my Head", with Andrew Slater Dylan's manager, which was engineered by Toni Miller of The Wallflowers. Ptak was involved with The Wallflowers between the years 1996–1997 when Size 14 was signed.

Later on Ptak moved to New York City to start a live version of his solo-project Artificial Joy which consisted of singer Milena Mepris (who later went to form Pin Me Down), bassist Mark Cevellos, and drummer Alex Elena. Later, drummer John Lamkin also joined. The band produced one 7 track CD. After Artificial Joy disbanded, Ptak played bass and guitar on Laura Dawn's album titled "Believer" in 2001, along with Laura Dawn, Carl Glanville, Ted Niceley, Harry Nilsson, Simeon Spiegel and Yoshiki. Ptak also formed the rock band The Bastard Kings of Rock with Ptak on Lead vocals and lead guitar, Aristotle Dreher on bass and Michael Hamilton on drums, the band split up in 2004, after which Ptak focused on management and production.

Work as manager

Ptak was the manager of Pin Me Down[4][5] the side project from Bloc Party guitarist Russell Lissack and Artificial Joy singer Milena Mepris. Ptak and Renee Frisch also executive produced the band's album, while Alex Elena was the album's producer.[4]

Current

Robt Ptak has released demos/studio recordings via a SoundCloud page through the name DPG MEDIA.[6] Ptak has also released some of this music via his Facebook Musician Page.

Bands
BandPositionYears Active
The Wallflowers Bassist, Backing vocals 1996–1997
Size 14 Backing Vocals, Bassist, Co Founder 1995–1997
Artificial Joy Vocals, Guitar, Drums, Bass, Primary Songwriter 1992–2001
The Bastard Kings of Rock Vocals, Guitar, Primary Songwriter 2001–2004
Pin Me Down Exec Producer, Manager 2005–2008

Discography

Size 14
  • "Size 14" (1997)

Laura Dawn album
  • "Believer" (2001)

References
  1. Galipault, Gerry (October 30, 1997). "Sizing Up size 14". Pause and Play.
  2. "Size 14 Official Myspace Page". Myspace.
  3. "Size 14 Interview iMusic.Com archive". iMusic.com. 1996. Archived from the original on March 6, 2000.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. "Bloc Party side-project Pin Me Down to release debut album". NME. March 5, 2010.
  5. "Pin Me Down BBC Biography". BBC. 2013.
  6. "Robt Ptak". SoundCloud.com. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
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