NASH THE SLASH - Wolf live London 1980

Unique gravel-voiced Canadian one-man electro band who came to Gary Numan's attention and rose to prominenence as his support act on the 1980 Pleasure Principle tour. Ex-of prog band FM, Nash's heavy rock sensibility coupled with virtuosity on electric mandolin and violin, doused liberally in home-made analogue electronics, made him an instant hit among many Numanoids. The white tux and top hat with black piping, blind man's glasses and white face bandages preserved his anonymity and further fuelled his myth. Nash's real name is Jeff Plewman, born March 29 1948, and he took his nom-de-plume from a villain in a Laurel & Hardy short film.

Alongside his horror-influenced original material, Nash had a penchant for cover versions including The Who's Baba O'Reilly, The Stones' 19th Nervous Breakdown and Jan & Dean's Dead Man's Curve. This track is another cover, of sorts, of Prokofiev's classic children's melody Peter and the Wolf. It's very good quality, from the bootleg album Hammersmith Holocaust, recorded live at Hammersmith Odeon on September 15 1980.

Nash is still making and releasing music, and playing live around the Toronto area regularly. He last came to Britain a couple of years ago after a gap of almost 30 years; a pity more Numanoids didn't get along to pay tribute.

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• Nash the Slash
• Canadian
• new wave
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• synthesizer
• 1980s
• Wolf
• Peter and the Wolf
• live

[prestonboy1000]

thank you for posting this!!! would love to get a recording of this album...you near kitchener ontario??