Mike Pont is an American singer, songwriter, and celebrity photographer. As a singer he has sung for several bands, including Hotshot, Trouble, The Mike Pont Band,

Danger Danger Danger Danger is an American glam metal band formed in Queens, New York, in 1987. History Danger Danger was formed in 1987 by former Hotshot members lead vocalist Mike Pont, bassist Bruno Ravel (born 1964), and drummer Steve West (born 1 ...

, and the Gangsters Of Love.

Music

In 1983 Mike Pont co-founded a new wave cover band that would perform throughout the New York Tri-state area. The pre-Danger Danger incarnation of the band Hotshot also featured then future

members

Bruno Ravel Bruno Ravel (born May 1, 1964) is a bassist and guitarist, best known for playing in the band Danger Danger in which he is the main composer. Before Danger Danger, Ravel was in the band Hotshot, along with original Danger Danger lead vocalist M ...

and Steve West. The post-Danger Danger incarnation of Hotshot also featured former Danger Danger guitarist

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. In 1985 Mike sang backing vocals on the

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album Rock the American Way. After the first incarnation of Hotshot, he went on to form the short lived band Trouble, from which he went on to form The Mike Pont Band. The Mike Pont Band featured guitarist Tony "Bruno" Rey, drummer Chuck Bonfante, and bassist Gary Taylor, all who would go on to be members of the band Saraya. Next he co-founded the band

with

and Steve West. He was the original lead vocalist of Danger Danger and was replaced in Danger Danger by

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. He left Danger Danger and moved to Los Angeles, forming the Gangsters Of Love, and performed as opening act on a few shows for

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on their first tour in 1988. After leaving Gangsters Of Love, Mike Pont moved back to NY and reformed Hotshot, this time featuring his former Danger Danger bandmate

, as stated above, and bassist Teddy Cook. In 1989 Pitrelli would leave the band to join

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for his Trashes the World tour and Cook to join

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for his

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album and tour. In 2005 he released the Hotshot CD which features Tony "Bruno" Rey,

, Steve West,

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, Teddy Cook, and a 1990 phone message from

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showing interest in working with Hotshot. In 2021, inspired by the

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, Pont wrote and released the single Goodbye Yesterday. Goodbye Yesterday features bassist

, guitarists Joey Sykes and

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, and original Danger Danger keyboardist Kasey Smith. A video for Goodbye Yesterday, filmed by Noam Galai and Roy Rochlin, was also released.

Photography

Mike Pont is a celebrity photographer. In 2008 Pont photographed his former band

for their 2009 album Revolve. In 2012 he began photographing celebrities, concerts, and events editorially for

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. In 2016 he started photographing celebrity portraits, and still photographs, for the online entertainment show BUILD Series,

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, and

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Discography

With Trouble

* demos

With The Mike Pont Band

* demos

With Danger Danger

* demos

With Hotshot

* demos * ''Hotshot'' (2005)

Mike Pont

* ''Goodbye Yesterday'' (2021)

References

External links

Mike Pont websiteHotshot websiteMike Pont Photography website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pont, Mike American male singers American rock singers American photographers People from Queens, New York Danger Danger members Living people Year of birth missing (living people)