Platinum Blonde is a Canadian rock band formed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in 1982. At the beginning of its most commercially successful period in the mid-1980s, the band consisted of Mark Holmes (born in Mansfield, England) on vocals and bass, Sergio Galli on guitar, and Chris Steffler on drums. The Scottish musician Kenny MacLean joined the group as bassist in 1985, freeing Holmes from bass duties.
The music journalist, Greg Quill, writing in the Toronto Star in mid-1988 described Platinum Blonde as "a pretty, energetic band that seemed to have a grip on teenage fantasies [and] on melodic rock with a thoughtful, realistic edge."