Porter's first exposure to music came from his parents' record collection as he gained an early appreciation for The Beatles and The Beach Boys, then later The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Gordon Lightfoot and Fleetwood Mac.

In the late 70s, like many his age, Porter discovered and latched onto Kiss before expanding into American power pop bands like The Knack and Cheap Trick.

Around the same time, Porter became obsessed with heavy metal bands like Ozzy Osbourne, Iron Maiden and Scorpions, looking for something even edgier than The Who, but with a smaller sphere of influence that was more inclusive.

Though still small by population standards,[5] Marquette offered more culture and options for a young musician, and Jeremy soon met John Burke, a drummer who shared Porter's love for The Who.

After two years of failing to find like-minded musicians, Porter met Brian Wimpy, Brad Hales, Dan Cervantes and William Brennan who took him in as the fifth member of their new band Chutes and Ladders.

On August 12, 1991, Chutes & Ladders played with a young punk band from California called Green Day at a house party in Grosse Ile, MI, just a couple years before their breakout album Dookie!.

[13] In 1992, Jeremy Porter and Chutes and Ladders drummer Brian Wimpy formed SlugBug with Randy Barrett III and Chris Hartmann.

[16] In 2002, Jeremy Porter recruited bassist Jason Bowes (Culture Bandits, Head Injury, The Hoolapoppers) and drummer Mike Popovich (The Holy Cows, 3-Speed) and formed The OffRamps,[17] a power pop band.

Popovich would move on to join Bloodshot recording artist Whitey Morgan and the 78s[20] and later Ann Arbor-based Blue Snaggletooth, and Bowes would remain on bass for Porter's next two bands: Fidrych, and The Tucos.

He did a few shows supporting the release, including a short run south to West Virginia and Kentucky, where he headlined a small festival on a goat farm.

[25] in 2021 as the music business slowly and partially emerged from the Covid 19 pandemic, Jeremy played a private party in Ypsilanti, MI with Ben Nichols of Lucero and Shane Sweeney of Two Cow Garage.

Jeremy would play lap-steel on The Wild Honey Collectives second album Volume 2 on the Buck Owens' track "There Goes My Love," a staple of the live set on that tour.

The album was recorded between March, 2023 and June 2024 by Jeremy and Tucos’ drummer Gabriel Doman, and featured contributions from GTG Labelmates The Wild Honey Collective, Drive-By Truckers’ keyboardist Jay Gonzales, The Regulars bassist Fritz Van Kosky, and several other friends and collaborators.

[29] Jeremy played over 25 solo-acoustic shows in the fall of 2024 supporting Dynamite Alley, hitting the Midwestern US, the Pacific Northwest, and the Western US, as well as Ontario, Quebec, and British Columbia Canada.

The tour took Jeremy to several new markets including Seattle, Washington (where he was joined on stage by Joe Reineke from Alien Crime Syndicate and The Meices), Vancouver, British Columbia, Portland, Oregon.

[31] On December 1, 2024, Jeremy released “Colorado Christmas,” a cover of a Nitty Ditty Dirt Band song, as a holiday single on GTG Records.

They released a new holiday Song in late 2021 with new bassist Jake Riley[44] and played more shows in 2022 than they had to-date, including opening slots for Cracker and The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band.

[46] "Knocked Out Cold" by Jeremy Porter and The Tucos was used in Episode 2, Season 1 of the Canadian Bell-Fibe TV series PB With J celebrating the world of plant-based food.

Small quantities of the book were printed in both hard and softcover and sold while on tour with Jeremy Porter & The Tucos, but due to the high production costs and his focus on music, additional pressings are on hold pending the search for a publishing deal.

Between the demanding touring and recording schedule of Jeremy Porter & The Tucos and his solo work, he stays busy writing about music for Pencil Storm and attending rock shows around Detroit.