I don't think he was horrifically underrated. He was widely admired by many in the electronic music genre. Do you mean he wasn't in the top 40 pop charts? Listen to his music some more. You'll agree they weren't commercial fast-food songs for the masses. They don't deserve it. If you just mean "underrated" in the modern, internet definition: "I like this very much" - we're on the same page. Check out "Dreams and Nightmares" for some of his earlier stuff.
@@twoofuswearingraincoats34 It's neat that you Googled and found his real name, but Nash the Slash actually preferred to keep it a secret. He did a damned good job of it pre-internet. He was incredible live and would never let anyone uninvolved with the show see him out of bandages.
I agree with you, he liked being anonymous. I partied many times with Jeff, in the rooms upstairs at the now burnt down Welland House in St Catharines we're I grew up!! RIP Jeff greatly missed!!!
RIP Nash the Slash.... Canada has lost another amazing person, a treasure to our culture. A real original who can't be duplicated. I was late coming to know his talent but am a fan nonetheless...
P.C.V.S. Grade 10 English class 1980, I wore my dad's tux and top-hat to class with bandages and sunglasses for Halloween ! Greatest gag ever as my teacher repeatedly yelled at me on entering room, "Get a late-slip! Get a late-slip! " RIP Nash the Slash ! you were a true original !
I only became aware of Nash The Slash back in 1980 through Gary Numan, who has since described him as the best support act he ever had. Apparently, Numan already had a support in place for his tour, but after seeing Nash perform somewhere, he dropped them and used him for the rest of the tour. He played some great violin on Numan's "Dance" album in 1981 and was a special guest on Numan's farewell concerts in the same year. I remember Numan saying in an interview once that he asked Nash why he used the bandages for his image and was told that it was because he was never going to get anywhere with his own looks, which Numan described as being rather jolly. He was a brilliant musician and deserves far more recognition than he got. I don't know if it's true or not, but I read somewhere that he retired from the music business because he'd pretty much had enough of it. R.I.P. Nash and thank you.
I saw him live twice in Toronto. Once at a small club and once at a movie theatre where he did all the music live for the silent movie "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari". He met with my friend and I after the club gig and chatted with us for a bit, sans bandages. lol. A very friendly person and a musical genius. A true original artist who will never be surpassed.
Brilliant! I saw him in a small club in Minnesota during the 'and you thought you were normal' tour.. had no idea what I was going to see, needless to say I was blown away by it. RIP and thank you 4 the inspirational music
I remember meeting Nash in St.Catharines while he was playing at The Hideaway, he had just come back from walking his dog before the show and came and sat with us with no bandages on, he was telling us how he had to pirate his own music because of the record company that bought Cut Throat Records ( Nash's label ).......he was a pretty interesting guy
I remember talking to Nash many times before his shows. I think he always looked forward to coming to the st Catharines area. I think st Catharines was his second home. I always looked forward to seeing him playing. Rip I/we the world miss you ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
My buddy and I inadvertantly met Nash in the early 80's. He asks me how I knew it was him, I reply the voice, recognized it immediately. Had a little chat and he gives us a bunch of Decomposing and his trademark Gas Mask stickers, pretty cool day very nice guy.
Damn that must of been the smallest room to play in, they must of been in the one to the left upon entry, not the even smaller one on the right with the bar?
Saw Nash one and a half times. Lol First gig was through tix I won from Q107. Awesome show. Got hammered with my bud. Second show was out in Mississauga, we were right in front of stage. He fires everything up, vibrations are literally pushing my beer bottle across the table. About 45 seconds in he pops every breaker in the place. Whole club is dark, cash registers go down. He leaves the stage, goes outside to compose himself. Takes about 10 minutes to get the bar back online. He comes back onstage, starts again, not even 30 seconds at power cuts out again. He yells 'The show is over!' and walks out. Bar had to refund everyone's cover charge and deal with about 200 pissed off fans.
My brother seen him at the corner store:).For sure R.I.P.We all miss him.I saw FM at my High School,they were a fantastic band.Stoned outta my skull too:)Lucky us that got to see bands at High School
I wish I wouid have folowed my heart and persued my solo careere..I was equally unique out west but only performed live once very similar to Nash.. Yes I was a fan way back then....
Apparently my G/F used to hang out with him. Yesterday while I'm work I guest the message "Jeff died." He meant a lot to her, I never had the opportunity. So now we're both sad.
I have really enjoyed going to FM Concertsthe first in OrilliaOrillia opera housestage west ( keel and steels)larrys hidewayBurlingtonjust to name a few,,Mostly the Contest Tour
He soaked them in a phosphorous solution so they glowed, it was his way of protesting the Nuc industry and the disaster. They became his trademark so he still wears them, minus the phosphous
HAPPY CANADA DAY! Time to bust out the roto-toms, mandolin and mini-Moog to take a journey across time and space with Canada's original progressive rock band … FM! ruclips.net/video/z0b0uTBbayY/видео.html
Nash was part of an incredible Canadian group called FM. This song can be seen played live as early as 76! If you listen to the studio version on 1979's Black Noise (sung by bassist / keyboardist Camerion Hawkins) you'll see that compared to the music of that time it was way ahead. Nash started wearing the bandages during the 3 Mile Island Nuclear disaster.
Uhhhmmmm. unfamiliar with that place. Have not been in st.kitt's for close to 25 years....It just looks like the corner stage at the Welland. :D Nash was awesome. I bumpe into him often when he lived above the Roxy in TO. I also got to meet up with Saga when they played in Stockholm back in 2011.
Cool man..This place is at 124 Bunting Road in St. Catharines it was my first and only time there but I must say it was a nice small venue for a rock show
A good but selfish musician, he favored experimental music. He quit FM after their Direct To Disc & Black Noise albums. He said adding a drummer (Martin Deller) made the band sound too commercial for his taste. Honestly using synths adds no drive to music sadly. The costume he wore to add mystique to his image was a joke. Had his chance at fame but blew it. Ben Mink replaced him for the rest of FM’s career. Ben was finally replaced by Claudio Vena for their final Nearfest ‘06 performance.
Nash was a fantastic musician and performer. He played at many large gigs and was always a fan favourite. He was so cool! RIP Jeff. You will be missed
I used to cook dinners for Jeff in the restaurant I was Chef at. Great guy. Miss you Jeff. R.I.P. bro ❤
That guy can rock a mandolin like no other. R.I.P. To a horrifically underrated Canadian musician. :-(
Nash the Slash. aka Jeff Plewman. passed on 2014.
I don't think he was horrifically underrated. He was widely admired by many in the electronic music genre. Do you mean he wasn't in the top 40 pop charts? Listen to his music some more. You'll agree they weren't commercial fast-food songs for the masses. They don't deserve it.
If you just mean "underrated" in the modern, internet definition: "I like this very much" - we're on the same page. Check out "Dreams and Nightmares" for some of his earlier stuff.
@@twoofuswearingraincoats34 It's neat that you Googled and found his real name, but Nash the Slash actually preferred to keep it a secret. He did a damned good job of it pre-internet. He was incredible live and would never let anyone uninvolved with the show see him out of bandages.
@@doctorfeelfunny584 This guy would play in various venue's in Southern Ontario and fill them. An amazing talent.
I agree with you, he liked being anonymous. I partied many times with Jeff, in the rooms upstairs at the now burnt down Welland House in St Catharines we're I grew up!! RIP Jeff greatly missed!!!
RIP Nash the Slash.... Canada has lost another amazing person, a treasure to our culture. A real original who can't be duplicated. I was late coming to know his talent but am a fan nonetheless...
Not just Canada, the world lost another amazing person.
Same here fiend..figured this one out way to late.
Is there any sweeter sound than Nash's chiming electric mandolin being played through that synchro-slapback delay? God, he was good. Love the man.
P.C.V.S. Grade 10 English class 1980, I wore my dad's tux and top-hat to class with bandages and sunglasses for Halloween ! Greatest gag ever as my teacher repeatedly yelled at me on entering room, "Get a late-slip! Get a late-slip! "
RIP Nash the Slash ! you were a true original !
RIP Nash the Slash. You will be missed.
What a performance ..this is underrated
RIP Jeff. Your music lives on.
*Nash (he liked to keep his identity secret)
so far ahead of his time , so sadly missed , rip Nash
I only became aware of Nash The Slash back in 1980 through Gary Numan, who has since described him as the best support act he ever had. Apparently, Numan already had a support in place for his tour, but after seeing Nash perform somewhere, he dropped them and used him for the rest of the tour. He played some great violin on Numan's "Dance" album in 1981 and was a special guest on Numan's farewell concerts in the same year. I remember Numan saying in an interview once that he asked Nash why he used the bandages for his image and was told that it was because he was never going to get anywhere with his own looks, which Numan described as being rather jolly. He was a brilliant musician and deserves far more recognition than he got. I don't know if it's true or not, but I read somewhere that he retired from the music business because he'd pretty much had enough of it. R.I.P. Nash and thank you.
I saw him live twice in Toronto. Once at a small club and once at a movie theatre where he did all the music live for the silent movie "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari". He met with my friend and I after the club gig and chatted with us for a bit, sans bandages. lol. A very friendly person and a musical genius. A true original artist who will never be surpassed.
This version is great. One of my favourite songs hands down
I saw FM at the Copa back in the 80's in Toronto. Massive place, great show.
Brilliant! I saw him in a small club in Minnesota during the 'and you thought you were normal' tour.. had no idea what I was going to see, needless to say I was blown away by it. RIP and thank you 4 the inspirational music
RIP Nash .... in my opinion you were a Genius ....
Just learned of Nash’s passing, RIP dear legend! Original and unique can’t express strong enough what he did for so long!
A Great performance! RIP Nash.
I remember meeting Nash in St.Catharines while he was playing at The Hideaway, he had just come back from walking his dog before the show and came and sat with us with no bandages on, he was telling us how he had to pirate his own music because of the record company that bought Cut Throat Records ( Nash's label ).......he was a pretty interesting guy
I remember talking to Nash many times before his shows. I think he always looked forward to coming to the st Catharines area. I think st Catharines was his second home.
I always looked forward to seeing him playing.
Rip
I/we the world miss you
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I am curious about him having to pirate his own music. I can just imagine what the record company did.
RIP the amazing, visionary Nash the Slash. Much love to the man and the work....
Welland House....good memories!😁
My buddy and I inadvertantly met Nash in the early 80's. He asks me how I knew it was him, I reply the voice, recognized it immediately. Had a little chat and he gives us a bunch of Decomposing and his trademark Gas Mask stickers, pretty cool day very nice guy.
May his Soul rest in peace!
Saw him long ago....amazing show.....RIP
RIP YOU WONDERFUL MUSICMAN!!!
TMD - awesome post!!!!! RIP Nash - missed
Come back Nash. We won't even know you're dead. Love Mike
He's dead, was at his funeral
It was sarcasm, because of the bandages!!
Great influence on my violin playing + he was brilliant live & very very clever & honourable!
RIP Jeff. A true original.
Thanks for posting this gem.
Whoever did the FOH mix, did a very excellent job.
Retired but not forgotten! :) Love Nash the Slash
Thanx for everything Nash the Slash
For ur music,sound,ideas and all the fine memories
RIP Nash
RIP Jeff...You will be Missed!
Welland House good times
Saw FM with Nash the Slash in the 80's. at the Welland House in St. Catharines and man they rocked then and now!
Damn that must of been the smallest room to play in, they must of been in the one to the left upon entry, not the even smaller one on the right with the bar?
The reason I bought a mandolin and am now picking up viola. I'm late to the Nash bandwagon, but I love how much sound you can get out of one person.
Amazingly creative musician. RIP Jeff.
He's a giant really. FM is a classic prog band and he was key to that first album out of the gates. once again Canada and Prog go nicely together
Amazing.
yum yum music
Saw Nash one and a half times. Lol First gig was through tix I won from Q107. Awesome show. Got hammered with my bud. Second show was out in Mississauga, we were right in front of stage. He fires everything up, vibrations are literally pushing my beer bottle across the table. About 45 seconds in he pops every breaker in the place. Whole club is dark, cash registers go down. He leaves the stage, goes outside to compose himself. Takes about 10 minutes to get the bar back online. He comes back onstage, starts again, not even 30 seconds at power cuts out again. He yells 'The show is over!' and walks out. Bar had to refund everyone's cover charge and deal with about 200 pissed off fans.
Was the Mississauga show at Ravens bar...Dixie and Dundas ?
What a great song
this guy is awesome
Was just listening to Black Noise this morning. RIP Nash :o(
Best Ever Showman
My brother seen him at the corner store:).For sure R.I.P.We all miss him.I saw FM at my High School,they were a fantastic band.Stoned outta my skull too:)Lucky us that got to see bands at High School
I so miss The Invisible Man. A Canadian original! RIP Nash.
I wish I wouid have folowed my heart and persued my solo careere..I was equally unique out west but only performed live once very similar to Nash..
Yes I was a fan way back then....
Rip dude.
LOVE LOVE LOVE NASH!! 💚💙💛
Yeah, Nash was great. Thanks for recording this!
He hasn't aged a bit!
impeccable
Genius
RIP Nash :(
Great song. Pretty good shooting too.
RIP NASH
Love the band. Never understood the bandaged face thing. creeps me out.
LEGEND!!!!
Apparently my G/F used to hang out with him.
Yesterday while I'm work I guest the message "Jeff died."
He meant a lot to her, I never had the opportunity.
So now we're both sad.
RIP NASH THE SLASH
I have really enjoyed going to FM Concertsthe first in OrilliaOrillia opera housestage west ( keel and steels)larrys hidewayBurlingtonjust to name a few,,Mostly the Contest Tour
RIP Nash
Another Great one gone far too soon, RIP
As significant as the fucking Beatles or Krautrock! Peace Christo 👽🎶🐕🛸☮️
Woo!! Love the Slash who is NASH.
I just read on his site he's retired. Bummer.
RIP
Laszlo Zoltan when did he die? ??
Nash passed away in May 2014
TowManDave00 that sucks, I didnt know that, thanks.
Estremamente galattici
He soaked them in a phosphorous solution so they glowed, it was his way of protesting the Nuc industry and the disaster. They became his trademark so he still wears them, minus the phosphous
le hacia a todo ?
This is soft rock - so different from Vincent's Crows!
HAPPY CANADA DAY!
Time to bust out the roto-toms, mandolin and mini-Moog to take a journey across time and space with Canada's original progressive rock band … FM!
ruclips.net/video/z0b0uTBbayY/видео.html
Nash was part of an incredible Canadian group called FM. This song can be seen played live as early as 76! If you listen to the studio version on 1979's Black Noise (sung by bassist / keyboardist Camerion Hawkins) you'll see that compared to the music of that time it was way ahead.
Nash started wearing the bandages during the 3 Mile Island Nuclear disaster.
@towmandave00 That's too bad. I'm sure the guys at Giant FM got some footage though, considering they were filming just about everything.
@nanorobotics Actually its a mandolin - either that or an eight stringed guitar?
Is this downtown at The Welland Hotel?
This show was @ the C A W hall ..Saga was the headliner
Uhhhmmmm. unfamiliar with that place. Have not been in st.kitt's for close to 25 years....It just looks like the corner stage at the Welland. :D Nash was awesome. I bumpe into him often when he lived above the Roxy in TO. I also got to meet up with Saga when they played in Stockholm back in 2011.
Cool man..This place is at 124 Bunting Road in St. Catharines it was my first and only time there but I must say it was a nice small venue for a rock show
I saw another great Canadian band at the CAW hall on bunting
ZON!!
A good but selfish musician, he favored experimental music. He quit FM after their Direct To Disc & Black Noise albums. He said adding a drummer (Martin Deller) made the band sound too commercial for his taste. Honestly using synths adds no drive to music sadly. The costume he wore to add mystique to his image was a joke. Had his chance at fame but blew it. Ben Mink replaced him for the rest of FM’s career. Ben was finally replaced by Claudio Vena for their final Nearfest ‘06 performance.
Aw, crap.
RIP Nash the Slash; you will be missed.