Platinum Blonde, known briefly as The Blondes, is a Canadian rock band that formed in Toronto, Ontario, in 1979. Vocalist Mark Holmes has been the only consistent member of the band since its inception. In his 2016 book Is This Live?: Inside the Wild Early Years of MuchMusic: The Nation's Music Station, Canadian songwriter and former MuchMusic VJ, Christopher Ward said of the band: "If ever there was a Canadian band that was tailor-made for the video era, it was... [more on Wikipedia]