1 r. ! ARTS Tuesday, March 13, 1990 Page 7 The Michigan Daily Pontiac by Kristin Palm- talks about their generation; %....P OK, so we're not Boston, Austin, Minneapolis or even Aurora, Illinois but no one can deny that Ann Arbor has a semi-prosperous (even compet- itive) music scene. While any capi- talist-minded musician has her or his sights set on transcending this mini- mecca, everybody needs to start somewhere and this is as good a place as any. Utilizing resources in the area such as East Quad's recording studio, the U Club and the Union Ballroom, the members of Pontiac hope to prove that Ann Arbor is just that - a starting point. Drummer Scott Mast said no specific label can be at- tached to the Pontiac sound, nor can "Patience")- Neil Young- VU-ish hodgepodge which, thankfully enough, has a good dose of genuine noise thrown in for good (loud) measure. Despite the wealth of re- sources on which this band has drawn, and the fact that they are vir- tually an infant outfit as last month marked their first gig outside the Ann Arbor party circuit, they have already earned themselves brownie points by assuring that their sets are comprised entirely of original tunes. The group came close to drawing on the ingenuity of a well-estab- lished band during the naming pro- cess, however. "First we thought we were going to call it the Who; it was before the tour and they weren't us- ing it anymore," Mast said. They also pondered using Shelby Town- ship as a moniker, but ultimately decided to name themselves after the Detroit suburb. Mast said the name holds a somewhat universal appeal: "All the yuppies think it's named after a car, and all the hippies think its named after the Indian chief. No one knows it's after a city." Besides almost being named after mega-stars, the members of Pontiac have another connection with earlier- era bands, in that they have had to address a problem many of those bands encountered. "Our bass player became a heroin addict and became really hard to get in touch with," Mast said. This member eventually disappeared. (This does not mean the band has joined the war on drugs. Tonight's show is a bene- fit for the National Organization for r one serving Student Initiative promoting voter activism among students in the Ann Arbor area.) Pontiac also had a keyboard player at one point in time, but they are now a three-piece outfit with Phil Tepley; and Jamie Balousek sharing bass guitar and vocal duties. Mast sticks to the drums but says that, whatever the instrument, all three are looking for fun up on stage "We really like to play music for people, ideally just play rock 'n' roll for lots of people." PONTIAC plays at the NORML benefit in the Union Ballroom tonight. 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