After leaving the Mothers, Pons toured with Flo and Eddie, then quit
the music business, becoming video director for the New York Jets,
which job he held until 2000.
Replaced Chip Douglas as bassist for The Turtles, when Douglas left to
become the Monkees' producer. Followed singers Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman (aka
Flo and Eddie) into Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention after the Turtles
broke up.
Played bass guitar and sang in The Leaves, whose only hit was "Hey
Joe".