F.M. - Phasors On Stun

[quincee33]

Thankfully Q107 in Toronto plays this track.

[zztiki]

love the glockenspiel

[RegisPPalmer]

SPECTACULAR ! I loved watching TVO... so cool, and yes marginally ahead of it's time !! wonderful share, great job . Thank you large.

[repelghosts]

i RECALL SEEING THESE IDIOTS

AT THE LONG CLOSED DOWN TAVERN IN Richmond Hill ONTARIO,CANADA, WHERE I MADE ALL MY RETIREMENT MONEY THRU REAL ESTATE. IN THE MID 80S...DID THESE IDIOTS EVER MAKE A DIME FOR THEIR RETIREMENT? GEMMA

[quincee33]

@repelghosts screw you smartass!!!! lol, i love this song! Nash the Slash was ahead of his time! i hope you don't like Loverboy or Aldo Nova.

[cochranexyz]

@repelghosts You sound like a coked up 80s yuppie douchehead. 

[tk3photo]

@repelghosts Sounds like you were kicked out of this band and totally resend their music. I think Ben Mink has some $ saved for his retirement since he wrote the K.D Lang song "constant craving" and played all the guitar work on Geddy's solo project, yeah I think he's doing okay.

[ilovetoronto68]

great tune from the Canadian scene- this song is a total radio song and one I have loved since i was a child and a radiohead. ahh, the good old days!! thanks for sharing and for the post.

[MichaelLongshanks]

those glasses are icing on the 70's cake. just discovered this band on XM a few weeks ago. love it.

[denisethepainter]

Aw man-this is amazing.

[atuline]

Great song, and I like the riff starting at 4:08 *much* better than on the album.

[weakenedvampire]

sucks



[habman19]

This is one of those tunes by a Canadian band that is so epic...but ahead of its time so it didn't get the airplay it deserved. It just rocks! Turn it up folks.

[Super777UTUBE]

I could listen to this song everyday and never get tired of it. I saw them perform at my college and still consider it today one of my favorite concerts. And I've seen some pretty big name groups.

[quincee33]

Such an awesome song...glad they play it on a few stations that i listen to.

[chrisconwaypeters]

needs a bass player and a drumer

[WatchRyder]

@chrisconwaypeters

No it doesn't it plays better without them...

[LowBid86]

Poor man's Camel

[LowBid86]

I love 1976!

[quincee33]

@LowBid86 "Dazed & Confused"

[proaudiorep]

Brilliant. I still have a copy of the Head Room DTD LP. This vid makes me want to plug in my turntable.

[tytewire]

saw nash play solos (synth and keys) all over T.O. 70's-80's, queensburyArms, BeverleyHills hotel etc Always atop act!!!

[Meatbass666]

Holy Crap Nash The Slash without the mask!!!

[cinematicpro]

This is one of Canada's best bands ever..... They should get a star on the walk of fame. Or at least get some recognition for what they did with a lifetime achievement award of some sort. Forget the Juno's they're a real joke.

[rawdog42]

@cinematicpro Isn't it amazing that quality like this goes virtualy unnoticed while idioots like 50 cent and Kanye west are all over main stream internet ? I think we may be de evolving as far as music goes.

[DouglasBWelch]

I saw them a few times, the last time at the Queensbury Arms in 1980. Great live act. Brings back a lot of memories of fun times.

[atuline]

I remember hearing this when it first aired and still prefer this over the album version.

[mottledbrain]

Ten stars for that one.

(Damn I miss that star rating.)

[Dii4I3Lo]

Thank you Q107 Classic Rock ;D

[RutherfordClubb139]

Get the audio from this clip at tubepull doht cohm.

[rayb532]

I bought Black Noise while in my progressive rock phase (still in it) and my girlfriend was a Rush fan. We went ot see Rush at the Oakland Area in like 1983. We didn't know who was opening for them and it was these guys! She was like who is this? I didn't hear her, I was rocking out!

[antoniosoul]

I remember this broadcast! Cool to hear the early version of this song, but I think Marty Deller's great drumming added a lot to the song on the later version.

[drprogensteinphp]

@antoniosoul

I agree, though even with Martin, the Black Noise LP's drums could have been mixed better. I own the vinyl, along with the "CBC" CD reissue...and IMO Mike Jones @ Sound Interchange could have done a better job on the final LP mix...very thin. Martin's drums can be best heard on the "Head Room" direct to disc LP. The sonics on that LP were truly amazing, as is the case with most audiophile DTD recordings. Might be hard to find these days, but I still own my copy...and cherish it :)

[unstabledavid]

i saw fm open for rush on moving pictures tour in buffalo my first concert good times....

[Cash2112]

"I cannot ride the wind, I ride you!"

This could have been the 2008 political slogan for Dinglebarry.

[mmttomb3]

Vastly underrated band and album. If anybody gets a chance could you load Surveillence and the Direct to disc album.

[rawdog42]

this is such an epic tune. so glad to know and hear about it. Crank this one up folk.

[lowryder6666]

i remember watching this in 76 theres another one with just nash. i wonder if anyone has it. he does a soundtrack for a film by the painter salvador dali. saw them at the college of art in toronto at about this time.

[penworkd]

I remember watching this broadcast and became a fan instantly.These guys were/are one of the best bands ever!

[penworkd]

These guts were/are one of the best bands ever!

[Chazticus09]

My brother and his band at the time had the honor of opening up for them at a bar in Utica,NY(Four Acres) waaay back when...I got autographs,the song list/sheet,ads,and all sorts of stuff from it...WOUR actually played it live on the air(the first set)and I taped it onto an 8-Track(late 70's,sorry!),which has since busted,but if I can fix it,I'll copy the show.I was under 16 so I couldn't get in to the show,but my other brother went...great show!...They had Ben Mink with them when they played.

[rawdog42]

@Chazticus09 awesome dog

[zztiki]

@Chazticus09 i was at that show the ares rocked then ny flyers alec star elvis c the fools

[gregles777]

Can any body tell me where I can get this CD or, if not, the MP3? I have looked everywhere. I live in Canada?

[Chazticus09]

@gregles777 ..I got mine a few years back from a "One Way Records',out of Albany NY...it sounds great,being as the LP always was kind of muffly and distorted in spots....check it out...

[AMCKenA]

@gregles777

Go to nashtheslash dot seeohem and 'buystuff'. It's on 'Lost in Space'.

[CusterFlux]

First tune I ever learned that did the echo thing; happy to say I learned the trick from Nash, everybody else seems to pick it up from The Edge.

[Sanngot]

I heard this in the car on my way home tonight, and I enjoyed it so much I had to come here and find it! I was surprised it was made in 1976. O_O

[ipromisenot]

I'm guessing he made the sequencer himself, I mean that in a positive way.

I could see him with a soldering iron.

[Lurvy1963]

Was that Nash The Slash minus the familar bandaged face? The guy wearing the dark shades and top hat in this 1970s video.

[inversion66]

@Lurvy1963

Yes, that's Nash the Slash. It would be a couple of years until he started wearing the bandages.

[NerdyCanadian]

holy shit. Never seen a live recording of this before. I fucking love thist tune, must be the trekkie in me. :D

[DungeonMasterJ]

Um, wow?

I just wish the tape were better (not really a complaint, just a wistful remark; I'm sure there's nothing the OP could do about it).

[SuperBuellman]

You can get the FM cd Black Noise from One Way Records or you can find it on Amazon.com.

[mysticradio]

holy jeeze... does cameron ever look like geddy lee here.

if cam is listening...... what phaser pedal were you using on the ELKA sting ensemble........?

[IonSpringfield]

Nightmusic with Rainer Schwartz. This was when FM was a duo - before MArtin Deller joined as drummer. Ben Mink would later replace Nash and then record a solo album. He later produced k.d.lang! Now do you have the French made film of Genesis performing songs from "Nursery Crime" that was shown on the same program.

[woodytfc]

classic

[AntiTankDogVideo]

My first concert - Rush Moving Pictures tour with FM as opening act. They were both awesome.

[a5a22406]

Hi, is Nash playing a mandolin in this video?

Thanks

[antonbrd]

gosh thi9s brings back memories,i first saw this band on nightmusic with ranor swartz excuss the spelling on TVO in the 70's great show how i mi9ss a inovative and artistic program like that was for it's time.Bought their direct to disc album that they had out at the time,still have it somewhere awesome band,and yes i don't understand y they are not as well known as Rush and other progessive Canadian bands

[rawdog42]

wow , i love this sooooo much , hold fast

[kelticbriton]

I saw FM in the 70's in Toronto when I worked for WEA Music!

[TheTASTY666]

I spoke with Martin yesterday and he told me he thinks the CD will be out by this June. Can't wait.

[Geetarmann]

That would be AWESOME!!! Will they release Black Noise, Direct To Disc, Surveillance, and City of Fear???

[signcrash]

I remember watching this back in the 70's. I watched it when it was repeated too. This entire program should be released on DVD. Thanks for posting!

[DrunkenGirlfriend]

Hold fast,hold on...Great tune.:)

[MistaShift]

I saw this band At a warehouse in Toronto in the early 80's called the "Copa".What a great show.

[mopacmedia]

Thanks again for posting this video -- I keep watching it -- love Slash's solo break. Thanks!!

[oscillator3]

I saw F.M. open for Rush at the Capitol Center in Prince Georges Co Maryland on the Signals tour in 1982. Never heard of them before, but I got their album the next day and have been a fan ever since. They really deserved to make it as big as Rush or any other Canadian prog band. Cameron, Martin and Nash were great togeather! I wish we could get the back catalog on disk today...

[LowBid86]

@oscillator3 Best song ever from 1975

[LowBid86]

@LowBid86 Reminds me a lot of Camel

[LowBid86]

@LowBid86 This was a big hit on the "Stone Trek" show on KOME-FM in San Jose in the late 70's

[prosoloist]

@oscillator3 wow...I don't know how I missed F.M. opening for Rush at the Capitol Center in Prince Georges Co Maryland on the Signals tour in 1982!! I was definately an FM fan then but not so much a Rush fan until Signals so maybe that's why. Luckily I was able to see FM at NEARfest 2006, the North East Art Rock Festival on Saturday, June 24th, 2006 in Bethlehem, PA. And most likely THAT was the end of FM playing live.

[quincee33]

@prosoloist checkout a Canadian band called MAX WEBSTER you might likem... great 70's band that never really made a dent in the U.S.

[quincee33]

@oscillator3 is prince georges county near Baltimore or mor toward Washington D.C.? just wondering.....i went to school in cecil county for one year.

[quincee33]

@oscillator3 You might like Canadian band Max Webster. checkem out.... a million vacations, they also do a song with RUSH. the frontman for Max Webster is Kim Mitchell who is considered a bit of a Candian icon...had some great solo stuff in the 80's, but Max Webster was real good, for siome reason never made it big in the States.

[Dethancooper]

@oscillator3

That was Ben Mink you saw, not Nash. Ben was incredible on Direct to Disk, Surveillance, and City of Fear.

[quincee33]

@oscillator3 that must have been an epic show?

[quincee33]

@oscillator3 You might like Canadian Band MAX WEBSTER ....... Kim Mitchell was the frontman, for some reason they never made it big in the U.S. but were pretty big in Canada.

[sjoseph17]

Apparently, ONE picture of Nash the Slash without his bandages exists on the internet. Its filename all but confirms it.

[craignl]

Thanks for posting - this is a piece of classic Canadian music history! Here's to FM - they and Max Webster should have made it - big!!

[jason75]

I remember this back then.. time flies, probably recorded on beta max lol wait beta didnt come out till 77 78.. how did you record this had to be the t 80's

[rushfm]

all these comment's are bogus,Rush is my favorite band,but let's be honest.Black Noise was a great album,as good as anything Rush has done,FM is good too,and Cameron Hawkin's is a great musician,Martin Deller is a great drummer,ask Neil Peart,he will tell you.Nash the Slash,what can you say,Genious

[iran747]

Awsome! Thanks for posting!

[antonbrd]

Say what you will,i love this band.They were a great canadian band at the time.Not only that but Nightmusic with Rainer was a step ahead of any program going at the time i tuned in as often as possible damn Mcclean and Mclean for getting it cancelled just because they said fu*k this is Canada we are free after all,thx rainer for all the good times

[jacksedit]

jesus this is so cheezy i wish i never saw it it ruined my image of this band hah

[Kohntarkosz]

Wow! I don't think I've ever seen this before. I never knew there was a no drums lineup of the band.

I saw them at NEARfest about 3 and a half years ago. If you think Cam looked silly in 1976, you should see him now. Well, he doesn't look so bad, except that during the performance he had this ridiculous jumpsuit with all these superfluous zippers all over it. I wanted to say, "1980 called! They want their jumpsuit back!". LOL

[pablojre]

@Kohntarkosz

There is a drummer in the band. Martin Deller was his name but didn't come to the band until 1977. This video is recorded in 1967 (year before FM's debute album 'Black Noise'). On Black Noise (first album) Deller plays drums for this song.

[Kohntarkosz]

Yes, I'm well aware that Marty played on Black Noise, as well all their other albums. I met Marty, he signed my copy of Black Noise (which I've owned for about 16 years now). My point was, I didn't know the band originally consisted of just Cam and Nash. I most especially never knew they had actually performed on a TV without a drummer (Marty or otherwise).

[zztiki]

love the glockenspiel its not aguitar nash is playing

[bsharpinLondon]

Nash is playing the electric mandolin. Glocks are bells

[snareslapper]

If you want to hear this stuff in raw form go to Nash's website and order the lost in space C.D. you wont be disapointed.

[kingbongwater]

Friken OUTSTANDING oh my I used to go out in the 80's as nash the slash for haloween...... Incredible

[HalfLifeAMD]

If this was in 1976 it's way ahead of it's time.. really trippy..fucking awesome! I sort of like it better then the later version.

[zztiki]

rocks with no guitar awsome

[KarlElvis]

Cameron Hawkins was so dorky. I LOVE these guys, they were one of my favorite bands back in the day.

[04Funky]

WOW!! Dorky guys with glasses were way cool back then. Those were the days! It gave guys like me HOPE!

[cmc36905]

For some of us, these guys are icons. I wish I still had a pair of heavy Koss headphones with a big curly cord and some recreation materials!

Hard to imagine this was new and experimental when it originally aired.

About the original media: is this on reel to reel or VHS?

[cmc36905]

I'm so used to the Black Noise version-it's great to hear the original Way under-appreciated group

I just found a copy of the Direct to Disc album on Ebay-can't wait!

[Schmange08]

Holy crap... I've been looking for a copy of this video since the 70's.

I was beginning to think I'd imagined it or something.

Even TVO didn't know what I was talking about when I inquired about it. .

[mopacmedia]

I love the way the video starts all crappy, real nice touch! And then when the skull comes up, um, wtf? A great video, thanks, thanks, thanks for posting it!!!

[Kaacee71]

PLAY THAT FUNKY KEY BOARD WHITE BOY!! He looks ALOT like Dave Mustaine of Megadeath...hehe. I saw Rush live in concert and they ROCKED...Never ever heard of F.M. until today...sorry.

[zztiki]

awsomme the slash rules

[ottoracin]

far out...nash sans bandages, thanks for sharing

[wfarnaby]

Whoa! This is the only video I've seen where Nash the Slash's face is visible (not bandaged or pixelated).

[ReDRuM868]

Playing 2 keyboards, a bass pedal and singing, I love it. Amazing that people appreciate losers on American Idol but guys with the real talent are virtualy unknown.

[lighterphantom]

@ReDRuM868 

[rawdog42]

@ReDRuM868 well said dog

[rawdog42]

@ReDRuM868 There has never been a truer statement. This one video has more talent than a season of American Bullshit.

[kuujjuaq58]

@rawdog42

A TRUE statement. Good going!

[v1nc3nzo87]

@ReDRuM868 just like geddy lee my friend :)

[cjsinclair]

I saw these guys open for Rush in the mid eighties, (I managed to get back stage and partied with F.M. (Ben Mink), Platinum blonde Rush etc.. totally great guys, experience of a lifetime, great tunes!

Thanks.

[lotanerve]

You luky shit, sounds like a TO show. What gig?

[cjsinclair]

If memory serves me correctly, it was 'Power Windows', I actually evaded security to sneak back stage that night, thrill of a lifetime as I was a Rush fanatic in those days.. lol ;)

[emeraldforest]

i was at that show, moving pictures tour, FM blew rush away! march 23 1981, maple leaf gardens :D

[ernieballsting]

no way man nobody messes with rush

[sjoseph17]

As great as FM may be, they will never have been better than Rush in their hometown during their commercial and critical peak.

[jabezscratch]

I love FM but can`t argue with that.

[sjoseph17]

Indeed. Just to clarify for those who think I'm trolling, I'm just refuting a previous comment on how FM "blew away" Rush as an opening act in 1981.

[TrainmasterCurt]

Wow, him and Geddy Lee same hair!

[leggobeas]

OMG! Somebody please tell me where I can get this for my iPod. I got laid for the first time to this when I was in high school. Saw them at the Gardens in Toronto. They used to open for Rush. Also saw Nash the slash at Nags Head North in Markham many times.

[IRockSoMuch63]

Dude!!!!

[jyranfromiran]

have seen them at least a dozen times in the eighties, they we're a great bar band

[LEHIGHDRIVE]

These guys are Great..opened up in Philadelphia for RUSH...circa 1982

[boblob2003]

May 22, 1981 At the Spectrum. No shit... I was there... Moving Pictures tour.

[LEHIGHDRIVE]

Thats awesome, BoBlob......

[emoraz]

Probably the most underrated musicians/band of all times. Epic anyway.

[Vendrellus]

Totally awesome in creative contemplation.........

[misterbruno]

Love the band and the song! I was happy to finally see them live at Nearfest a few years ago. A little disappointed that neither Nash nor Ben was playing with them but the new guy was great. I met Cam later and introduced myself as the nerd who created the "Totally Unofficial FM Homepage" years ago... don't look for it, it's fallen into the big bit bucket in the sky.

[246807264859]

how cool is this song?!?!

[tpep55]

Cameron is totally rockin' the Geddy Lee lookalike contest. Cool video

[jabezscratch]

Ha, no kidding -- it's like he and Geddy Lee were separated at birth.

[crimn]

wow! first time seen nash slash with no bandages. saw then open for rush during moving pictures tour in 1981, they were awesome although they had ben mink in the band

[unstabledavid]

that was my first concert in 1980i wish they had footage from srrvielence on youtbe

[NiagaraMan13]

WOW! That must have been in the early to mid 70's! The first time I saw Nash was on Nightmusic back in 1977 when he started covering up with bandages. I was an avid fan. Saw them many times in small town bars across the Niagara Region. Usually the bars had no cover charge either!

[doctorx3]

Holy crap, this is old!

Not only does Nash have no bandages, but Cameron Hawkins is playing with what amounts to a primitive drum machine. Martin Deller hadn't even joined the band yet!

Great to see this footage.

[dvvave]

OMG! This had to be the single most influencial musical moment of my entire life! Seeing this again after so many years sends shivers down my spine. Ever since seeing this and Black Noise on Nightmusic concert I've been a huge fan of FM and Nash the Slash. Unfortunately, not being from Toronto my opportunities to see them have been limited to just 5 shows over the years. I'd love to see Black Noise as it is the more fascinating piece.

Thanks muchly

[treeeeeeeeish]

side note....saw them open for Rush in Toronto '79..downtown the late V.S. stadium...Hemispheres tour..miss it all..but its all in my heart.

[Xeper1979]

right on I was just born then. Some days I wish I was born 10 to 20 years prior

[treeeeeeeeish]

Someone please tell me where I can buy "black noise"...I cant find it anywhere...all the young ones look at me with odd distant look....poor kids.

[gr8ytenor]

ebay.

[andreasplesnik]

when i was a schoolboy i had the album and loved it.

thank you for posting this video and reminding me of happier days!

[universaltongue]

HOLY MOTHER OF GOD! This is easily the most amazing relic I have ever stumbled upon here at youtube. Thank you SO much. You've made this FM fanatic very happy :)

[Imagicka]

Completely agree! Not to mention, this is one of the rare times that Nash the Slash performed without his bandages!

[tonydominoactor]

Saw FM in Schaumburg (Chicago Suburb)at a big club called "B'ginnings"

in the 70s. I remember how the band said they were blown away by all the fans they had in attendance.

[bizzmashup]

..get out the bean bag chair and a pipe- a box of Brador - brings back some fine weekends in the basement in 1976 man...saw FM in TO a couple of years later- Tube? Gasworks?

[unstabledavid]

my first concert was rush and fm at the aud in buffalo in 80 black noise surveilence and city of fear were all great albums

[spacemanspiff33]

jesus this was so fucking awesome the technology of the era couldnt even record it properly.

fucking great video man.

[theproffet]

Oh my Gawd, I thank you much! I've been looking for a clip like this for years!

Thank you!

You may not have any idea of how much seeing this means to me . . .

[nedbrilliant]

What a great clip! I remember watching that. If I remember also, they did 1 o'clock tomorrow as well. Thanks for posting.

[lvroberts]

Awesome. Long lost. Thanks for posting! Cameron has a distinct Geddy Lee in the 70s look going on.

[MysteryCrumble]

i'd listen to this if it would f*****g buffer. damn you tube, damn you.

[NicaZan]

What a great clip !

Always enjoyed FM/ Nash

[yeshead]

OK, well *that* was rare. Nice find.

[TheLittleDevil]

I love watching Cameron mouthing his synth parts.

I always preferred that hollow sounding drum machine instead of the live drums. Nash used that same drum pattern a few times too. Sounds good.

[IonSpringfield]

Back when the band was a duo - Martin Deller hadn't joined on drums. And Nash wasn't wearing the bandages.

Saw them at the Chimney (upstairs of the Gasworks) about a year later with Marty and the Neon sign. Thanks for posting this!

[snareslapper]

please sir,may we have another.

[dabf62]

Great to see this stuff again after so many decades!

[Tireon]

OMG! I remember watching this on TV-Ontario was it? Back in the 70s! Thank you!

[snareslapper]

Great stuff, thanks for posting this video.

[lilnumo101]

Thnaks A LOT for putting this up!!!!

A very rare clip!!

Really enjoyed it, do you have any more of Nash or FM???