Platinum Blonde still know how to rock the pop

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It is always great to see Canadian pop rock legends Platinum Blonde in the flesh. So a good sized crowd packed into Soundgarden, Friday, Nov. 13 to celebrate life with some ’80s rock and roll. 

Platinum Blonge guitarist Sergio Galli.  Photo by Richard AmeryThere were plenty of hits to be heard in the set including “Contact” and “Standing In The Dark” as frontman Mark Holmes, hidden behind a massive  stack of speakers quipped. “I wish I could see you. This is the weirdest stage we’ve played on.”


That didn’t stop him from wailing through a plethora of Platinum Blonde hits as well as newer hits from their 2012 CD. He thumped on the bass saying, “We started as a Police tribute band,” which you could hear in the band’s sound.Platinum Blonde's Mark Holmes at Soundgarden, Nov. 13. Photo by Rchard Amery

He asked the crowd if they minded him playing bass as he said after observing their original bassist Kenny MacLean passed away from a heart attack in 2008 and that they had a bass player who didn’t work out.


“So I hope you don’t mind if I play bass,” he asked the enthusiastic audience, who didn’t mind at all.


 Guitarist Segio Galli stood stoically playing  plenty of familiar Platinum Blonde riffs and guitar hooks. Drummer Dan Todd sat above the throngs and the band on his riser, hammering away at his kit, his arms a blur.
 Unfortunately I missed an excellent set from local rock band the Dirti Speshuls.

— By Richard Amery, L.A. Beat Editor
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 25 November 2015 14:57 )