Nash the Slash

Caligari" (1919) and "The Lost World" (1925). Nash continues to do unique film scores for other silent film classics including "Nosferatu " and the original "Phantom of the Opera ". Nash has released numerous solo albums, the best known being "Children of the Night" with the hit single "Dead Man's Curve".

Nash The Slash has been creating his unique concept of sound and vision for over twenty years. His first live presentation of music to film was a performance to the surreal silent film "Un Chien Andalou" at the Roxy Theatre in Toronto. Nash The Slash was born of silent film. The name comes from a killer butler encountered by Laurel and Hardy in their first film 'Do Detectives Think ' (1927). Nash the musician has gone on to create the music scores for such recent cult films as "Roadkill" and "Highway 61': both directed by Bruce McDonald. Between experiments with film and music. Nash The Slash became a familiar name to music fans through his association with the pop electronic group FM. Having co-written the hit songs "Phasors on Stun " and "Just Like You" Nash established his credibility as a versatile artist. His talents have been recognized with a U-KNOW (later called CASBY) award for best instrumental artist as well as a JUNO nomination for best new male vocalist. Nash's profile was raised on the international stage when he toured the world with the likes of Gary Numan and Iggy Pop. Other high-profile shows include opening for The Who at C. N. E. Stadium in Toronto to a crowd of 70,000 people, and opening for The Tubes at a sold-out Maple Leaf Gardens. Nash has recently recorded new music for the silent film classics "The Cabinet of Dr.

His 4-song vinyl EP, "Decomposing", was deliberately engineered to be played at any speed. The label listed the playing times for 33 1/3, 45 and 78 RPM playings.

His real identity is subject to much speculation. While the Canadian Encyclopedia lists his real name as "Jeff Plewman", he refuses to confirm or deny this. Some fans have proposed that he might either be UK musician Billy Curie of the group Ultravox or Canadian musician Ben Mink. In an 1981 interview with the UK magazine "Smash Hits", an query for his real name was answered with the reply, "Nashville Thebodiah Slasher".