Jerry Horton

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Jerry Horton
Born	March 10th, 1975 in Dixon, California, USA
Genre(s)	Alternative Metal/Rapcore/Rock/Hard Rock/Nu-Metal
Affiliation(s)	Papa Roach
Label(s)	Geffen Records
Notable guitars	Schecter 30th Anniversary Tempest (current), Schecter Tempest Custom (current) Schecter C-1 Jerry Horton Signature Model
Years active	1993 - present
Official site	Papa Roach's Official website

Jerry Allan Horton Jr. (born March 10, 1975 in Dixon, California) is an American guitarist and songwriter for the Rock band Papa Roach.

[edit] Biography

Jerry Horton, his brother Chad and his parents moved in 1982 to Vacaville where he attended Vanden High School. He first heard of Papa Roach through an ex-girlfriend. He started playing guitar when he was 14 years using a white Epiphone Stratocaster. He listened to bands such as Metallica, Slayer, Sepultura, Nine Inch Nails, and Ministry. Shortly after the foundation of Papa Roach by Dave Buckner and Jacoby Shaddix in 1993, Jerry joined the band and replaced Ben Luther. Jerry worked from time to time as a roofer and salesclerk in clothing business.

He is married to playmate Jessica Lee since December 21st, 2002. One of his hobbies is photography, and often uploads his images to Flickr. He currently endorses Schecter guitars and Dean Markley strings.