ForeverAutumn
11-25-2008, 10:05 AM
I was never a huge fan of this band, but they were all over the Canadian airwaves in the 80's.
Platinum Blonde bassist found dead: news report
Mon Nov 24, 11:39 PM
By The Canadian Press
TORONTO - Bass player Kenny MacLean, who was a member of the '80s Canadian band Platinum Blonde, has died, several news outlets reported Monday.
MacLean attended a CD release party at the Mod Club on Friday night to celebrate the upcoming release of his long awaited third solo album "Completely."
His sister discovered him dead on Monday, reports said.
Police said the veteran musician was discovered collapsed and unresponsive at his downtown apartment.
MacLean's apartment was in a building that also housed his company - hMh Music - that sought to help develop budding artists.
The company's website says hMh offers instruction from the ground up, through the practical and theory of music as well as image consulting.
The Scottish musician joined Platinum Blonde for their second album, 1985's "Alien Shores," freeing singer/bassist Mark Holmes to focus on lead vocals.
"Alien Shores" contained one of the band's biggest Canadian hits - "Crying Over You" - and their only U.S. hit, "Somebody Somewhere."
He was also a songwriter having won a SOCAN Award for "Don't Look Back".
He also strayed from his rock roots to play with the Edmonton Symphony and Orchestra London.
Platinum Blonde was one the biggest Canadian bands of the 1980s.
Their 1987 album "Contact" went platinum while"Alien Shores" went quadruple platinum.
Platinum Blonde bassist found dead: news report
Mon Nov 24, 11:39 PM
By The Canadian Press
TORONTO - Bass player Kenny MacLean, who was a member of the '80s Canadian band Platinum Blonde, has died, several news outlets reported Monday.
MacLean attended a CD release party at the Mod Club on Friday night to celebrate the upcoming release of his long awaited third solo album "Completely."
His sister discovered him dead on Monday, reports said.
Police said the veteran musician was discovered collapsed and unresponsive at his downtown apartment.
MacLean's apartment was in a building that also housed his company - hMh Music - that sought to help develop budding artists.
The company's website says hMh offers instruction from the ground up, through the practical and theory of music as well as image consulting.
The Scottish musician joined Platinum Blonde for their second album, 1985's "Alien Shores," freeing singer/bassist Mark Holmes to focus on lead vocals.
"Alien Shores" contained one of the band's biggest Canadian hits - "Crying Over You" - and their only U.S. hit, "Somebody Somewhere."
He was also a songwriter having won a SOCAN Award for "Don't Look Back".
He also strayed from his rock roots to play with the Edmonton Symphony and Orchestra London.
Platinum Blonde was one the biggest Canadian bands of the 1980s.
Their 1987 album "Contact" went platinum while"Alien Shores" went quadruple platinum.