i always HATED when people used jeff- ok smart ass you know his real name- i worked for him for well over 1o years and NEVER did the word jeff EVER leave my lips
I just discovered this album a few years ago, I had only heard Phasors On Stun, but not the rest of the album. Amazing! I play it all the time now. RIP Nash the Slash
The first time I saw Nash the slash was with the bandages. I thought he was a burn victim who thought it better to not show his face because of how so many would react to it. Of course I was wrong. I miss that man!
That's correct. This is a TVOntario show called Night Music. If I remember correctly, FM appeared on 2 occasions - both were recorded with just Hawkins and Nash before Deller joined the band. It's fantastic to see this again after all these years - many thanks to the uploader. Seeing things like again is why I love RUclips.
Never heard of these. I liked Nash when i was a kid (punk period) and i was looking up some old bands like caberet voltaire, led me to Nash, then here. Well, i can say that these were fu**ing awesome together. So raw and so much talent. We've had some fantastic decades for music. Alas, the wells are almost dry now. Time machine wanted. Any price paid!
this looks to me like that TVO special I saw when I first came to Canada in '76-'77. A very impressionable young teenager was forever changed into an eclectic music fan because of FM and Nash the Slash, who I saw couple of years later live at The Edge. If I remember correctly, there was another TVO special with Rough Trade around the same time.
me and a bunch of buddies stoned out of our minds on acid watched it..it was a small part of a painting while Nash played..and then gradually grew out to show the whole painting...was fucking awesome man...dont remember the rough trade one but would like to see that..massive cool u brought me back there..thanks man
Was there for their coming out party at A Space 1973-4 They did this piece then. Nobody who attended will ever forget that night. Thank you both Cam and Jeff
Martin Deller was the drummer for FM. Ben Mink took over for Nash after he went solo. I was 12 years old when I saw this on tv. It was magical to me then, and it still is today.
Very sad to hear about Jeff's passing.....R.I.P. I am American and never saw FM, though I saw Nash at Emerald City in Cherry Hill NJ in 78 or 79 and I never witnessed or heard anything like it again !!!! I have seen a lot of Shows and Concerts.
I think I like this version better than the album version. Shorter intro, tension-building break between the second chorus and the violin/viola solo, extended outro, minimalist drum sequence underpinning the madness...
Remember first watching this on Ontario Canada's TVO (TV Ontario) channel from Toronto, Ontario. Canada. This was our first exposure to FM who at the time only had Jeff Plewman later known as Nash The Slash (Not yet in the bandages and hat we know him for) playing the electric mandolin. He also played the electric violin and keyboards as well. And Cameron Hawkins playing the main keyboard. Martin Deller was later to join the group known as FM.
I in fact just remember now the show was called "Night Music" that featured various musical artists and they showed the show on either Friday or Saturday nights if I recall correctly. Nash The Slash R.I.P. Sad to hear of his passing. Saw Nash a number of times when he was in Ottawa to do some concerts in the past. Got to meet him personally and got his autograph at the time. Nice straightforward person.
WAY AHEAD OF HIS TIME. Saw Nash numerous times not only in T.O. and throughout Southern Ontario but also in NYC in bars far below his worth but fun and intimate nonetheless. Stellar talent. So many chilling performances.
MMMMMUSIC that seemingly would be IMPOSSIBLE to play live is here realized with BRAVURRRRA out the ying-yang! Nash the Slash has by now blasted his way into a black hole of indeterminate depth and destination but his magnificent music and slant on musical theory will never be stilled. This is complexity that will bring textures of musical joy beyond all bounds of comprehension no matter how many times you re-listen. Lift off now and you will never regret it. GREATNESS INCARNATE.
Hey, Boris. There are many musics for many moods but for the most part I have always preferred music that is pure energy. The music of Black Noise attains that goal and why should not that be celebrated?
This seems to be the best surviving recording of Black Noise, better even than the one on Lost In Space. I first saw FM at York University before the FM name (as far as I know); they were performing as "Nash the Slash and Cameron Hawkins". It was truly life-changing... some of the best and most powerful music I ever heard. I didn't count but have probably heard them perform live 20 or 30 times... they were that good. I would still argue even today that the "Elka string synth running through the MiniMoog external input" sequence starting at 6:25 counts as the greatest synthesizer patch of all time. There was a performance we recorded off-the-air which I still think of as the definitive FM sound (CHUM-FM Night at 11 ?) that was arguably better than any surviving recordings I have heard, but that recording died after a few generations and maybe a dozen copies and we were never able to find anything like a master tape. The other song that hardly ever got recorded as well as a live performance was One O'Clock Tomorrow. In the live performances Jeff would double-track the mandolin solo live with an echoplex... other than the Night at 11 broadcast and the Lost in Space CD I don't think that was ever captured in a recording.
Such a gift to be able to make great music, it's ultra phenomenal, I first saw these guys when they opened for Rush in 1979 at Varsity Stadium in Toronto and had no idea, I was witnessing one of the great artists in action. Ever since I've developed a great love of the sound of electric violins.
Martin Dellar was the drummer. To clear up any confussion Neil Peart was not introduced to Rush through any member of FM, their relationship was forged several years down the road. During the 9 Mile Island nuclear disaster in the US, Nash put on some luminecent (sic) bandages to protest the nuclear industry for a show. They were so well received that he kept using them. Minus the luminecent stuff. About 10 years before their time.
I was looking over the tapes of my Scarborough Cable show from 1987. I found among a whole lot of great interviews, in our "Pro Tip" segment, Nash the Slash giving advice to the next generation of musicians. Has me looking for my FM album again. Thanks for this posting. Great to be reminded of this great music.
I used to play these guys on the radio regularly during my college radio days (80s). Never thought I'd have q chance to see any of their performances - thanks so much for making this possible. :) Very sad to hear that Nash the Slash has passed away - R.I.P. :( I have his solo LP "And You Thought You Were Normal"... gonna have to dust it off and give it another listen.
How do I put that I like this? Nash was awesome!!!!!! I did, because I can't put otherwise! What a beautifully done song done with such perfection. I give up- I can't do this any justice! Thank you for posting the original!
RIP Nash first time I saw u was at a fanshawe PUB nite and saw you and the guys many times...... got all the albums even have picture I drew of you that u signed LISTEN in SAFTEY NASH .....that was at FRYs in LONDON...mario
absolutely LOVE the trippy video effect during the climatic final section of this video. The producers really got their music, it seems. Shame that Martin Deller (?) wasn't part of this excellent taping! And I agree with @Chorddual1's comment.
my first show was fm opening for rush moving pictures tour 1980 ben mink had replaced nash the slash they wer spectacular!!! disregard everything after city of fear
@unstabledavid I owe many apologies. My memories are clogged! This from the Wiki thingy: "Hawkins / Mink / Deller lineup Before the end of 1977, Nash was replaced by Ben Mink, ex Stringband and Murray McLaughlin's Silver Tractors, who also played electric violin and electric mandolin. Ben has also collaborated with Mendelson Joe and k.d. lang. ... Ben Mink left FM in 1983." I am eating my hat, a silver topper, of course!
Whenever i see these music videos, i get angry for some reason. Probably because of the overall treatment of canadian bands at the time and a decade or so after. Some of the greatest canadian bands came from that time like rush and fm to name just a few. While rush enjoyed commercial success, they were still treated like the Rodney Dangerfields of music. I loved rush and fm, but in fm's case, we were robbed of many more yrs of good music. *sigh* time to enjoy this wonderful music video.
Ooh he died and I didn't knew !!! :( ... sorry he was A genus ... after that interview with Iggy pop he decided to produce an album in 1981 named and you thought you were normal ..... R.I.P
@TheSpinalzap are you speaking metaphorically? because it was ben mink playing on survailence and city of fear and who i saw on stage at the aud in buffalo in 80...i do have a re-union cd with nash the slash that was pretty good...that was from the late 90s...
Does anyone know if FM often performed without drummer Martin Deller, or was his absence just a one-off situation here? This is good, but would've preferred that it included real drums.
Great comparison - I presume you mean U.K. after Allan left (just because that's when U.K. became guitarless like FM - I love both U.K. incarnations equally). Too bad getting this CD off Amazon costs an arm and leg - what was it, $90 for Black Noise? Hope they release Direct To Disc for CD soon - I know vinyl's great, but it would still be nice.
No. It is Nash the Slash. He was already a solo artist and he and Cameron Hawkins formed FM. This predates their first album, Black Noise which was recorded after drummer Martin Deller joined the group. Nash went back to his solo career shortly after that and Ben Mink stepped in to replace him in FM.
![FM [Nash The Slash, Cameron Hawkins] - Live on TVO 1976](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/0IdixlSChAw/mqdefault.jpg)
![FM [Nash The Slash, Cameron Hawkins] - Live on TVO 1976](/img/tr.png)
One of my all time favourite albums, Black Noise. Rest in Peace Mr. Jeff Plewman, aka Nash the Slash. Your talent will never be forgotten.
i always HATED when people used jeff- ok smart ass you know his real name- i worked for him for well over 1o years and NEVER did the word jeff EVER leave my lips
I just discovered this album a few years ago, I had only heard Phasors On Stun, but not the rest of the album. Amazing! I play it all the time now. RIP Nash the Slash
The first time I saw Nash the slash was with the bandages. I thought he was a burn victim who thought it better to not show his face because of how so many would react to it. Of course I was wrong.
I miss that man!
That's correct. This is a TVOntario show called Night Music. If I remember correctly, FM appeared on 2 occasions - both were recorded with just Hawkins and Nash before Deller joined the band.
It's fantastic to see this again after all these years - many thanks to the uploader. Seeing things like again is why I love RUclips.
All I know is Nash (FM) Slash can play every stringed instrument with perfection and make it look easy and fun!!
not true
he cant play gtr or many other stringed instruments- where the fuck did you get that bs from ?
I first saw Nash the Slash in the early 70's. It was just these two guys and I was blown away. Got hooked on FM when they recorded Phasors on Stun!!
I used to listen to FM and Nash the Slash over and over when it came out and thought "WoW". No one came close to them.
UGH! LOVE me some Nash! He's damned adorable and his electric violin cannot be beaten.
Never heard of these. I liked Nash when i was a kid (punk period) and i was looking up some old bands like caberet voltaire, led me to Nash, then here. Well, i can say that these were fu**ing awesome together. So raw and so much talent. We've had some fantastic decades for music. Alas, the wells are almost dry now.
Time machine wanted. Any price paid!
this looks to me like that TVO special I saw when I first came to Canada in '76-'77. A very impressionable young teenager was forever changed into an eclectic music fan because of FM and Nash the Slash, who I saw couple of years later live at The Edge. If I remember correctly, there was another TVO special with Rough Trade around the same time.
me and a bunch of buddies stoned out of our minds on acid watched it..it was a small part of a painting while Nash played..and then gradually grew out to show the whole painting...was fucking awesome man...dont remember the rough trade one but would like to see that..massive cool u brought me back there..thanks man
Was there for their coming out party at A Space 1973-4 They did this piece then. Nobody who attended will ever forget that night. Thank you both Cam and Jeff
Jealous....very jealous...
Martin Deller was the drummer for FM. Ben Mink took over for Nash after he went solo. I was 12 years old when I saw this on tv. It was magical to me then, and it still is today.
I got to see these guys opening for Saga in 1981. They were no joke. They were up to par with Saga none the less. Great band.
Very sad to hear about Jeff's passing.....R.I.P. I am American and never saw FM, though I saw Nash at Emerald City in Cherry Hill NJ in 78 or 79 and I never witnessed or heard anything like it again !!!! I have seen a lot of Shows and Concerts.
NASH NOT JEFF
i did those emerald city gigs
I think I like this version better than the album version. Shorter intro, tension-building break between the second chorus and the violin/viola solo, extended outro, minimalist drum sequence underpinning the madness...
Had this on 8-tack, album, cassette, CD and digital download........still one of my favs
I love this early FM best! Nash was a big influence. I like all he does but his instrumental stuff really got to me.
Remember first watching this on Ontario Canada's TVO (TV Ontario) channel from Toronto, Ontario. Canada. This was our first exposure to FM who at the time only had Jeff Plewman later known as Nash The Slash (Not yet in the bandages and hat we know him for) playing the electric mandolin. He also played the electric violin and keyboards as well. And Cameron Hawkins playing the main keyboard. Martin Deller was later to join the group known as FM.
I in fact just remember now the show was called "Night Music" that featured various musical artists and they showed the show on either Friday or Saturday nights if I recall correctly. Nash The Slash R.I.P. Sad to hear of his passing. Saw Nash a number of times when he was in Ottawa to do some concerts in the past. Got to meet him personally and got his autograph at the time. Nice straightforward person.
Nash was so far out, nobody caught him...
RIP.
I totally Agree!!!
WAY AHEAD OF HIS TIME. Saw Nash numerous times not only in T.O. and throughout Southern Ontario but also in NYC in bars far below his worth but fun and intimate nonetheless. Stellar talent. So many chilling performances.
MMMMMUSIC that seemingly would be IMPOSSIBLE to play live is here realized with BRAVURRRRA out the ying-yang! Nash the Slash has by now blasted his way into a black hole of indeterminate depth and destination but his magnificent music and slant on musical theory will never be stilled. This is complexity that will bring textures of musical joy beyond all bounds of comprehension no matter how many times you re-listen. Lift off now and you will never regret it. GREATNESS INCARNATE.
Hey, Boris. There are many musics for many moods but for the most part I have always preferred music that is pure energy. The music of Black Noise attains that goal and why should not that be celebrated?
This seems to be the best surviving recording of Black Noise, better even than the one on Lost In Space. I first saw FM at York University before the FM name (as far as I know); they were performing as "Nash the Slash and Cameron Hawkins". It was truly life-changing... some of the best and most powerful music I ever heard. I didn't count but have probably heard them perform live 20 or 30 times... they were that good.
I would still argue even today that the "Elka string synth running through the MiniMoog external input" sequence starting at 6:25 counts as the greatest synthesizer patch of all time.
There was a performance we recorded off-the-air which I still think of as the definitive FM sound (CHUM-FM Night at 11 ?) that was arguably better than any surviving recordings I have heard, but that recording died after a few generations and maybe a dozen copies and we were never able to find anything like a master tape.
The other song that hardly ever got recorded as well as a live performance was One O'Clock Tomorrow. In the live performances Jeff would double-track the mandolin solo live with an echoplex... other than the Night at 11 broadcast and the Lost in Space CD I don't think that was ever captured in a recording.
Thanks. That was an interesting read. Lost in Space was an exciting discovery for me a few years ago. Now I can't wait for the documentary.
Seen FM at Frankie n Jonny's bar in Calgary, fantastic show. Seen Nash solo at Sait.
Such a gift to be able to make great music, it's ultra phenomenal, I first saw these guys when they opened for Rush in 1979 at Varsity Stadium in Toronto and had no idea, I was witnessing one of the great artists in action. Ever since I've developed a great love of the sound of electric violins.
on the field people were ripping up the turf and tossing it. Geddy and Alex were kicking it off stage.
WOW!!!!!! Mind freakin' BLOWN!!!!!
holy cow Nash un-bandaged! I feel like we shouldn't watch!
FM was an awesome act live
It's awesome to see that there are only 3 negative comments. Still, I'm very curious about why. I don't see someone coming to this song by chance.
FM opened up for Aerosmith in 1976 Philadelphia Spectrum. They were unforgettable.
Damn.....Dec. 2020.....This IS good for the soul.
Martin Dellar was the drummer. To clear up any confussion Neil Peart was not introduced to Rush through any member of FM, their relationship was forged several years down the road. During the 9 Mile Island nuclear disaster in the US, Nash put on some luminecent (sic) bandages to protest the nuclear industry for a show. They were so well received that he kept using them. Minus the luminecent stuff. About 10 years before their time.
These guys were incredable. I've seen both Nash solo and with FM many times. They were and still are one of my favorite groups/artist
I was looking over the tapes of my Scarborough Cable show from 1987. I found among a whole lot of great interviews, in our "Pro Tip" segment, Nash the Slash giving advice to the next generation of musicians. Has me looking for my FM album again. Thanks for this posting. Great to be reminded of this great music.
I used to play these guys on the radio regularly during my college radio days (80s). Never thought I'd have q chance to see any of their performances - thanks so much for making this possible. :)
Very sad to hear that Nash the Slash has passed away - R.I.P. :( I have his solo LP "And You Thought You Were Normal"... gonna have to dust it off and give it another listen.
Sharing this to FB to honour and commemorate the reported passing of Nash the Slash (May 2014).
Nash the Slash died this past weekend. RIP.
How do I put that I like this? Nash was awesome!!!!!! I did, because I can't put otherwise! What a beautifully done song done with such perfection. I give up- I can't do this any justice! Thank you for posting the original!
First time I’ve seen his face !
i was nashs tech for at least a decade and also worked for fm
@Pete Testube of course- nash didnt use any synths
Am listening through my old records and surfing the net for videos. RIP Jeff.
rip NASH
Such wonderful musicians. Such wonderful memories. Thank you, FM!
Great band! saw them open for Rush.....
R.I.P. Nash the Slash
Thanks for posting. Was a fan of nash and FM since I was 9 yrs old
FM was originally a duo. Deller joined the year after this was filmed.
RIP Nash first time I saw u was at a fanshawe PUB nite and saw you and the guys many times...... got all the albums even have picture I drew of you that u signed
LISTEN in SAFTEY NASH .....that was at FRYs in LONDON...mario
Awesome!!!!!!!!! I can't think of anything else to say.
Me acuerdo que fue un regalo un casette FM por un lado y Camel Nude por el otro 87
Black Noise...
Goodbye jeff rip
NASH
Wow this rare. Nash before the bandages
Long Live,,,,,!
RIP man.....
absolutely LOVE the trippy video effect during the climatic final section of this video. The producers really got their music, it seems. Shame that Martin Deller (?) wasn't part of this excellent taping! And I agree with @Chorddual1's comment.
my first show was fm opening for rush moving pictures tour 1980 ben mink had replaced nash the slash they wer spectacular!!! disregard everything after city of fear
RIP Nash.
What was the tavenr on Weston Road, Toronto where nash plyed lots ? ... since demolished...
Wow!
Great track !!!!
Could be a Pink Floyd 'Animals'-song.
Been looking for this video since the 70's. Where the heck did you get it??
Awesome! :)
Interesting - the artwork which eventually ended up on 'Black Noise' figures in there!
@unstabledavid I owe many apologies. My memories are clogged!
This from the Wiki thingy:
"Hawkins / Mink / Deller lineup
Before the end of 1977, Nash was replaced by Ben Mink, ex Stringband and Murray McLaughlin's Silver Tractors, who also played electric violin and electric mandolin. Ben has also collaborated with Mendelson Joe and k.d. lang.
...
Ben Mink left FM in 1983."
I am eating my hat, a silver topper, of course!
this looks like the TVO taping - see Phasers On Stun video with intro
@bsharpinLondon Martin dellar is the / was the drummer and thT is nash on the mandolin.
dellars NOT on this
Awesome song, shame it is so underrated
Is this the TVO performance?
Whenever i see these music videos, i get angry for some reason. Probably because of the overall treatment of canadian bands at the time and a decade or so after. Some of the greatest canadian bands came from that time like rush and fm to name just a few. While rush enjoyed commercial success, they were still treated like the Rodney Dangerfields of music. I loved rush and fm, but in fm's case, we were robbed of many more yrs of good music. *sigh* time to enjoy this wonderful music video.
How did Nash the slash die? And I just found out about these guys. I bought a vinyl at a flee market turned it and was blown away!!
heart attack at home
Ooh he died and I didn't knew !!! :( ... sorry he was A genus ... after that interview with Iggy pop he decided to produce an album in 1981 named and you thought you were normal ..... R.I.P
Ben Mink, of K.D.Lang fame did drum for F.M.
fuck NO he didnt
@TheSpinalzap are you speaking metaphorically? because it was ben mink playing on survailence and city of fear and who i saw on stage at the aud in buffalo in 80...i do have a re-union cd with nash the slash that was pretty good...that was from the late 90s...
@unstabledavid Nobody replaced Nash!
this must be a really old video clip. before he joined GNR
SLASH IS A JOKE JUST LIKE GNR.
FRIGGIN GIRL BAND.
he didnt join gnr moron
Anyone else hear children of the night in this?
Yes! It's roughly the same BPM and the same key.
Anyone got a link to their version of the The Kinks "Shapes"?
Does anyone know if FM often performed without drummer Martin Deller, or was his absence just a one-off situation here? This is good, but would've preferred that it included real drums.
fm started as a 2 piece- deller joined later
@@mdent23 Thanks!
Great comparison - I presume you mean U.K. after Allan left (just because that's when U.K. became guitarless like FM - I love both U.K. incarnations equally).
Too bad getting this CD off Amazon costs an arm and leg - what was it, $90 for Black Noise?
Hope they release Direct To Disc for CD soon - I know vinyl's great, but it would still be nice.
? sure Rush was before but they switch gears from a heavy rock band to a kinda rock/new wave influenced band in the 80s this is what I meant
@mopacmedia I don't think Martin Deller was in the band at the time this was made.
NO
@TheSpinalzap
I was wrong, but Nash came back. Sorry for the mis-information.
I blame it on environmental influences. Snicker.
is this ben mink from the album city of fear ?
No. It is Nash the Slash. He was already a solo artist and he and Cameron Hawkins formed FM. This predates their first album, Black Noise which was recorded after drummer Martin Deller joined the group. Nash went back to his solo career shortly after that and Ben Mink stepped in to replace him in FM.
Nash is not wearing face bandages here
Still considered a classic and memorable combo and collection of spacial reference!
Let's clear up the confusion, shall we?
looks like geddy lee you can see how rush was influenced by em
It's geddy lee lol
no dumbf*uck- its NOT
RIP Jeff Plewman
No drummer?
Ha! I gots an autographed copy of Black Noise I'll sell you for $300. :-)