Size 14 The band Size 14 was formed when Ptak placed an ad in a Los Angeles classified magazine. 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 as a bass player and backup vocalist, playing songs from the album titled "
Bringing Down the Horse" during which he recorded "Pain in my Head", with
Andrew Slater Dylan's manager, which was engineered by
Tobi Miller of
The Wallflowers. Ptak was involved with
The Wallflowers between the years 1996–1997 when Size 14 was signed. Later 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 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. Ptak has also released some of this music via his Facebook Musician Page. ==Bands==