Artist description Solo artist. All material written, performed and produced by Nash The Slash. Vocals, electric violin, mandolin, digital and analog synths. Heavy, electronic yet melodic. Eno meets Alice Cooper.

Music Style Electronic rock,classical, experimental

Musical Influences 70's Kraut Rock, Beethoven

Similar Artists No-one

Artist History [1975] First solo performance at Roxy Theatre, Toronto. [1977] Forms prog-rock trio FM. [1979] Goes solo again and tours US with Gary Numan. [1980] Signs to Virgin Records UK. [1981] Releases LP "Children of the Night", with hit single "Dead Man's Curve". Goes on European Tour with The Tubes. [1981] Nash opens for The Who, The Police, Human League, Gentle Giant, Pere Ubu, Ultravox, Echo and the Bunnymen, The Cramps, plus many more. [1982] North American tour with Iggy Pop. [1984] LP "American Bandages" has dance hit "1984". [1985] Re-forms FM for touring and 2 more LPs. [1987] Stops performing live to concentrate on film scores, two of them being cult classics "Roadkill" and "Highway 61", both directed by Bruce McDonald. [1995] Resumes performing live with all-instrumental art show featuring big-screen visuals. [1997] Cut-Throat releases "Blind Windows", a CD compilation of first two Nash LPs. [1998] Nash opens for The Medaeval Baebes. In July of 1999 Nash released "Thrash", a CD of all-new material. There were rave reviews from College Radio and the CD reached the top ten on many charts. 2000 was the year of the vampire. In January, Nash began composing the score to the silent film classic "NOSFERATU". Nash performs the world premier at the Grand Theatre (Toronto) in July. For Hallowe'en 2000, Cut-Throat released on CD the classic Nash LP "Children of the Night" with six bonus tracks. By January 2001, Nash began to master the CD of the soundtrack to "Nosferatu". The release date will be April 2001. Nashtheslash.com has allowed Nash to reach his audience throughout the world. Nash continues to tour. There is no easy definition as to what Nash the Slash is all about. It could be "Thrash", "Nosferatu", "Bombardiers", or any one of his many unique presentations. For further information and music, check out www.nashtheslash.com.

Group Members One Man Banned

Instruments Electric violin, Mandolin, Keyboards, Vocals

Albums Too numerous to mention: see nashtheslash.com; and CDStreet.com

Press Reviews Dutch Progressive Rock Page, www.dprp.vuurwerk.ml/reviews/0127.htm All Music Guide, www.allmusic.com Toronto-Goth.com, www.toronto-goth.com/reviews/movies/nosferatu.shtml Canoe, www.canoe.ca/JamMusicArtistsN/nasththeslash.html Exclaim, http://reviews.exclaim.ca/show-list.php3?offset=80&selectedmonth=2001-07

Location Toronto, Ontario - Canada

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