Generating from The Haight in San Francisco, bad-boy 'sleaze-rocker' Ron Yocom (guitars/boy vocals) and
industrial goth priestess Sarine Voltage (keyboards/programming/girl vocals) band
together to make the "Now Wave" sounds of The Power of 3.
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Ron’s hard-rock riffing slices through Sarine’s mood-setting
melodic keyboards as they trade off lead and backing vocals. The
programmed
drums and bass are tight, giving the impression that a full-tilt rhythm
section
is backing them.
Both prolific songwriters, the lyrical content hits as
clever, unique, and real. The P.O.T. promotes love and peace, having fun, making magick, and
thinking for yourself. The primal energy generated in a live
performance commands attention as the dynamic duo rip through their now
60+
song repertoire of Now Wave tunes.
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April 2003: Ronnie & Sarine head to Hollywood for their first appearances as The P.O.T.--and have the audiences singing along to their all-original tunes (hey, we were impressed).
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 The P.O.T.’s:  Spun in Bay
Area dance clubs'Showcase' performance at Comcast Studios was recorded live & aired weekly for a month (February 2009)
'We
Are
Magick' was featured on Total Rock Radio after Ronnie & Sarine were
interviewed by the legendary
Malcolm Dome, live from London (2004)
London
airplay of the mega-hit “We Are Magick” (2004) was subsequently
‘repeatedly requested’ throughout European countries (2007)
Got
LA/Indie 103.1 airplay (2005)
Televised
on San Francisco’s Reality Check TV, featuring a Haight Street Fair performance
(2004)
Featured in Mick Mercer's "Music to Die For" (2010)
Soon to be
available on DVD (w/ Babyland and EMA3 captured live at The Smell in LA, at a
Campaign for Care Blanket Benefit for the Homeless (2005)
Appeared live in
Malibu, Hollywood, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, including appearances at The
Dume Room (9x!), The Garage, The Smell, Spaceland, The Canyon Club, The Roxy,
The Cat Club, Zen, Goldfinger's, The Gig, Club Vodka, The Joint, Lennon
Studios, Kimo's, The Cherry Bar & Lounge and the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
Distributed
innovatively on a ‘sliding scale‘ basis. What?! That’s right, The P.O.T. was the first
to come up with a “pay what you like (or have)” policy for obtaining one of
their CDs. No money? No problem, you still get the tunes:
Q. What?!? Q. Why?!?
A.
That's right. If you're seeing hard financial times, A.
We're Freegans and we think it's cool to do 'business' this way.
send what you can and you'll get the tunes
The P.O.T.'s about making cool music, not the most money
So yeah, if someone wants music, they should be able to get it even
if they're broke--and for those of financial means, if they dig on the music and
want to make sure it keeps being created, they have an easy way to help make that happen by setting a nice price. Fans like the lady who sent $80 for the six song CD "6 x 2" are WAY appreciated and help to make it possible for the guy who's broke to have a listen too! Music is such a powerful force in life, we like to make it happen however we can. Bottom line, making money or not making money, making music is The Shit and for The P.O.T. it really is
all about the music. |
