I was on my senior high school trip to Toronto when I had the chance to see my favorite band Rush play at Maple Leaf Gardens March 7 86. The most memorable thing from that night was this guy dressed as the invisible man playing a violin in a band opening for Rush. What an impression. He was such a stage presence, I was in awe. I had no idea who this band ‘FM’ was. But I knew I would never forget this performer.
This was a person who drove so much of what I write today ! He was so unique and “tour deforce “ that most labels didn’t know how to fit his insane balls into the unknown way of taking a cover and totally reimagining it to the point of making the listener stimulated beyond just watching a band ... he created a sound that seemed impossible! He was a Person in Love With his invisible lover which to me was and still is his art! Like Gomez in the Adams Family’s dance numbers ! I can’t get enough of his music. Peace Christo major fan to infinity! 👽🐕🎶❤️🛸
What an incredible thing to immortalize my man ! He is smiling down on everyone making this happen! So happy for his legacy to be honored in this way ! Many thanks ! Peace Christo 👽🐕🎶🛸☮️🙏💀
I saw Nash so many times¡. I even went bowling with him at Hamilton Lanes in NJ all those years ago. When he passed, it was the worst day. Miss him and his music so much. Where did you get that cool hat?
Nash's dark, gothic, horror tinged music was a mainstay of punk. His attitude was defiant. I saw him on Queen Street live at the horseshoe way back. His slide projections of dissolving skull faced locomotives, looming presence, using fright, anger " who'll be the next in line?" There were hints of human massacres and inhumanities and atrocities. Prog rock? Maybe some of the notes. But not the overall picture. He's more Frankenstein than Rick Wakeman. A hero to the punks. R.I.P.
I love Nash the Slash but this claim that he made the first Canadian record with a drum machine sounds a little suspect to me. Didn't Bruce Haack record with drum machines in the late 60s?
That's a claim that Nash used to make, but now that you mention it, I definitely do hear drum machine on Haack's The Electronic Record For Children LP from '69, so it seems you are correct!
Is there any proper Nash DVD Style documentaries to be able to watch that follows his career? I first discovered him on my very first day of high school when I saw an older kid wearing a t-shirt and I was totally fascinated with it. I went out immediately and bought Children Of The Night, which had just come out and followed up quickly with ...And You Thought You Were Normal, both on LP not knowing anything about the style of music I was paying for, and just blind-buying, and I had to work very hard to afford to buy those records as a kid. On my iPhone now, I have everything by Nash that’s currently available and also re-purchased through iTunes Canada from my LPs I had bought decades earlier. I was a big fan of Gary Numan as a child and pre-teen. I loved dark wave and dark themed electronica and Nash fit in perfectly. I was/am also into punk and metal. I hadn’t yet heard FM until many years afterwards for some reason? What upsets me is that he is not a household name in music. I guess him being « our little secret » WAS kinda (?) cool for a couple of decades, but I wish more people had exposed his music to future generations. Which musicians cite Nash as being a fan of his or being a huge influence? Any bands you might not think?
The documentary you are hoping for is exactly what they're working to make. See links in the video for info about the forthcoming doc "And You Thought You Were Normal"
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I was on my senior high school trip to Toronto when I had the chance to see my favorite band Rush play at Maple Leaf Gardens March 7 86. The most memorable thing from that night was this guy dressed as the invisible man playing a violin in a band opening for Rush. What an impression. He was such a stage presence, I was in awe. I had no idea who this band ‘FM’ was. But I knew I would never forget this performer.
This was a person who drove so much of what I write today ! He was so unique and “tour deforce “ that most labels didn’t know how to fit his insane balls into the unknown way of taking a cover and totally reimagining it to the point of making the listener stimulated beyond just watching a band ... he created a sound that seemed impossible! He was a Person in Love With his invisible lover which to me was and still is his art! Like Gomez in the Adams Family’s dance numbers ! I can’t get enough of his music. Peace Christo major fan to infinity! 👽🐕🎶❤️🛸
What an incredible thing to immortalize my man ! He is smiling down on everyone making this happen! So happy for his legacy to be honored in this way ! Many thanks ! Peace Christo 👽🐕🎶🛸☮️🙏💀
He opened for Gary Numan in Boston and I was in shock and awe.
I saw Nash so many times¡. I even went bowling with him at Hamilton Lanes in NJ all those years ago. When he passed, it was the worst day. Miss him and his music so much. Where did you get that cool hat?
trevor -i SAW the very first 2 fm shows
I'm sorry but in the late 70s early 80s I never would have called Nash's music 'punk' rock.
He was always modern-prog.
agreed
FM was prog rock for sure,
Nash's dark, gothic, horror tinged music was a mainstay of punk.
His attitude was defiant. I saw him on Queen Street live at the horseshoe way back. His slide projections of dissolving skull faced locomotives, looming presence, using fright, anger
" who'll be the next in line?"
There were hints of human massacres and inhumanities and atrocities. Prog rock?
Maybe some of the notes. But not the overall picture. He's more Frankenstein than Rick Wakeman. A hero to the punks. R.I.P.
I have been honored to know this music and seen this God.
I love Nash the Slash but this claim that he made the first Canadian record with a drum machine sounds a little suspect to me. Didn't Bruce Haack record with drum machines in the late 60s?
That's a claim that Nash used to make, but now that you mention it, I definitely do hear drum machine on Haack's The Electronic Record For Children LP from '69, so it seems you are correct!
@@WaveshaperMedia that record is pretty obscure, I think we can forgive Nash for overlooking it.
LOVE Nash the Slash!
Is there any proper Nash DVD Style documentaries to be able to watch that follows his career?
I first discovered him on my very first day of high school when I saw an older kid wearing a t-shirt and I was totally fascinated with it.
I went out immediately and bought Children Of The Night, which had just come out and followed up quickly with ...And You Thought You Were Normal, both on LP not knowing anything about the style of music I was paying for, and just blind-buying, and I had to work very hard to afford to buy those records as a kid.
On my iPhone now, I have everything by Nash that’s currently available and also re-purchased through iTunes Canada from my LPs I had bought decades earlier.
I was a big fan of Gary Numan as a child and pre-teen. I loved dark wave and dark themed electronica and Nash fit in perfectly. I was/am also into punk and metal.
I hadn’t yet heard FM until many years afterwards for some reason?
What upsets me is that he is not a household name in music. I guess him being « our little secret » WAS kinda (?) cool for a couple of decades, but I wish more people had exposed his music to future generations.
Which musicians cite Nash as being a fan of his or being a huge influence? Any bands you might not think?
The documentary you are hoping for is exactly what they're working to make. See links in the video for info about the forthcoming doc "And You Thought You Were Normal"
PUNK??? Would never describe Nashs music as punk
He is THE man
Cool!!!