Nash the Slash Rises Again!

The story

Nash The Slash was deliciously surreal, verging on demented. A mummy wrapped in surgical bandages, an invisible man in full formal white tuxedo and top hat buzz-sawing his violin through endless reams of electronics, melodies and distortion. His music and image were demanding. His life was rock fantasy. ‘NASH THE SLASH RISES AGAIN!’ uncovers the sinister Canadian electronic music innovator. A classically trained violinist and multi-instrumentalist, he created music that was an unlikely combination of prog-rock, punk-rock, classic-rock, psychedelic fused with techno and industrial before they had names. The end result is an unearthly life drenched in film history, enveloped in a wall of sound that would do Phil Spector justice. A career embodied in artistic integrity, courage and the price-tag that comes with it. ‘NASH THE SLASH RISES AGAIN!’ unwinds the bandages of a ground-breaking, mad musical scientist whose career decomposed before the world caught up.

Cast & crew

Jeff Plewman

Jeff PlewmanSelf - Nash the Slash (archive footage)

Iggy PopSelf

Gary NumanSelf

YouthSelf - Youth

Gary Topp

Gary ToppGary Topp

Owen PallettSelf

Paul Myers

Paul MyersSelf

Valerie BuhagiarSelf - Ramona/Self - Jackie Bangs(archive footage)

Don McKellarSelf - Russell the Serial Killer/Self - Pokey Jones(archive footage)

Danielle Dax

Danielle DaxSelf

Steve Hillage

Steve HillageSelf

Nathanael ChadwickNash The Slash