# Mike Pont

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{{Short description|American singer}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name  = Mike Pont
| image = File:Mikepont.jpg
| genre = [Hard rock](/source/Hard_rock), [glam metal](/source/glam_metal)
| occupations     = Singer, songwriter, photographer
| associated_acts = Hotshot, Trouble, the Mike Pont Band, Danger Danger, the Gangsters of Love, Mike Pont
| background=solo_singer
}}

'''Mike Pont''' is an American singer who has been a member of several bands, including Hotshot, Trouble, The Mike Pont Band, [Danger Danger](/source/Danger_Danger), and the Gangsters of Love.

==Career==
=== Music ===
In 1983, 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 [Danger Danger](/source/Danger_Danger) members [Bruno Ravel](/source/Bruno_Ravel) and [Steve West](/source/Steve_West_(Danger_Danger)). The post-Danger Danger incarnation of Hotshot also featured former Danger Danger guitarist [Al Pitrelli](/source/Al_Pitrelli).

In 1985, Pont sang backing vocals on the [Jack Starr's Burning Starr](/source/Jack_Starr's_Burning_Starr) album [Rock the American Way](/source/Rock_the_American_Way).<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.discogs.com/release/3266441-Jack-Starrs-Burning-Starr-Rock-The-American-Way| title = Jack Starr's Burning Starr – Rock The American Way (1985, Vinyl) – Discogs| website = [Discogs](/source/Discogs)| date = 1985}}</ref>

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](/source/Tony_%22Bruno%22_Rey), drummer Chuck Bonfante, and bassist Gary Taylor, all who would go on to be members of the band [Saraya](/source/Saraya_(band)).

Next, he co-founded the band [Danger Danger](/source/Danger_Danger) with [Bruno Ravel](/source/Bruno_Ravel) and [Steve West](/source/Steve_West_(Danger_Danger)). He was the original lead vocalist of Danger Danger and was replaced in Danger Danger by [Ted Poley](/source/Ted_Poley).

He left Danger Danger and moved to Los Angeles, forming the Gangsters Of Love, and performed as opening act on a few shows for [LA Guns](/source/LA_Guns) 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 [Al Pitrelli](/source/Al_Pitrelli), as stated above, and bassist Teddy Cook. In 1989 Pitrelli would leave the band to join [Alice Cooper](/source/Alice_Cooper) for his [Trashes the World](/source/Trashes_the_World) tour and Cook to join [Ronnie James Dio](/source/Ronnie_James_Dio) for his [Lock Up the Wolves](/source/Lock_Up_the_Wolves) album and tour.

In 2005, he released the Hotshot CD<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.discogs.com/release/4922781-Hotshot-Hotshot| title = Hotshot – Hotshot (2005, CD) – Discogs| website = [Discogs](/source/Discogs)| date = 2005}}</ref> which features [Tony "Bruno" Rey](/source/Tony_%22Bruno%22_Rey), [Al Pitrelli](/source/Al_Pitrelli), [Bruno Ravel](/source/Bruno_Ravel), [Steve West](/source/Steve_West_(Danger_Danger)), [Al Greenwood](/source/Al_Greenwood), [Leslie West](/source/Leslie_West), Teddy Cook, and a 1990 phone message from [Nikki Sixx](/source/Nikki_Sixx) showing interest in working with Hotshot.

In 2021, inspired by the [COVID-19 pandemic](/source/COVID-19_pandemic), Pont wrote and released the single Goodbye Yesterday. Goodbye Yesterday features bassist [Bruno Ravel](/source/Bruno_Ravel), guitarists Joey Sykes and [Rob Marcello](/source/Rob_Marcello), and original Danger Danger keyboardist Kasey Smith. A video for Goodbye Yesterday, filmed by [Noam Galai](/source/Noam_Galai) and Roy Rochlin, was also released.

=== Photography ===
Pont is a celebrity photographer. In 2008, he photographed his former band [Danger Danger](/source/Danger_Danger) for their 2009 album [Revolve](/source/Revolve_(Danger_Danger_album)).<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.discogs.com/release/4523955-Danger-Danger-Revolve| title = Danger Danger – Revolve (2009, CD) – Discogs| website = [Discogs](/source/Discogs)| date = 2009}}</ref> In 2012, he began photographing celebrities, concerts, and events editorially for [Getty Images](/source/Getty_Images).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/mike-pont?editorialproducts=entertainment&excludenudity=true&family=editorial&page=1&phrase=%22mike%20pont%22&sort=best#license |title="Mike Pont" Pictures and Photos – Getty Images}}</ref> In 2016, he started photographing celebrity portraits, and still photographs, for the online entertainment show BUILD Series,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4870518/?ref_=nm_flmg_cam_2 |title = Build (TV Series 2014– ) – IMDb| website=[IMDb](/source/IMDb) }}</ref> [AOL](/source/AOL), [Yahoo](/source/Yahoo!), and [Verizon Media](/source/Verizon_Media).

== Discography ==
=== With Trouble ===
* demos

=== With The Mike Pont Band ===
* demos

=== With Danger Danger ===
* demos

=== With Hotshot ===
* demos
* ''Hotshot'' (2005)

=== Mike Pont ===
* ''Goodbye Yesterday'' (2021)

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{{succession box | title=[Danger Danger](/source/Danger_Danger) lead vocalist| before=*| after=[Ted Poley](/source/Ted_Poley)|years=?}}
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== References ==
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== External links ==
*[http://www.mikepont.com/ Mike Pont website]
*[http://www.hotshotrocks.com/ Hotshot website]
*[https://mikepontphotography.com/ Mike Pont Photography website]

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Category:American male singers
Category:American rock singers
Category:American photographers
Category:Musicians from Queens, New York
Category:Danger Danger members
Category:Living people
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)

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