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    Posted: March 11 2017 at 21:26
Anybody remember FM & Nash The Slash? Saw him around 2000 in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada and got to talk to him after the show while he was taking off his bandages. Real nice down to Earth guy and phenomenal musician that never got the credit he deserved. Instead we Canadians are stuck with Celin Dion and that little punk ass f**k from Stratford, Ont. Came across this interview where he talks about his influences. Not surprising. Check it out. Here's the Youtube hyperlink. Cant get it to paste.



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Sadly nash died a few years ago the only album from FM i brought was a record called surveillance, a good record but really it needed nash, black noise is definitely their best  ,my friend saw them play at his high school was amazed at martin dellers drum chops, once again  FM a overlooked gem from ontario canada Star

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We've actually got a lot of prog or prog influenced bands in Canada that other countries haven't really heard of. Max Webster, I Mother Earth, Big Wreck (especially In Loving Memory of... and Ghosts). Uhm and others but I can't think of any right now.

EDIT: and The Tea Party, Lighthouse, Lisa Dalbello

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My personal favourite of all of the obscure Canadian bands was Garfield, led by Garfield French.  In the opinion of several they should be in PA on the basis of their "Out there Tonight" album alone, but they didn't get in via crossover.  Great music regardless.

Coincidentally, I have been listening to FM lately, catching up on the Max Headroom direct to disk release, Surveillance and their most recent release Transformation.  Lots of good music there, even if I don't think any of their albums are masterpieces.  I saw them twice, once in 1979 or 1980 and once in 1983.   The first time there was no Nash the Slash, the second time there was.


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My first encounter with Nash was his Ralph Records compilation Million Year Picnic in '84.  Being a Residents obsessive, I habitually bought everything that came out on Ralph for a while and I was never disappointed.  I thought Million Year Picnic was great and started looking for some of the stuff he released on his own label Cut-Throat.  In '87, he popped up in Matt Howarth's terrific comic book Savage Henry.  Matt was the person who told me a few months ago when we were chatting on FaceBook that Nash had died.  I never met him, but Matt said he was a really warm and wonderful guy.  I love all the music I've heard by him.  Rest in Peace!
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Points: 20438 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 18 2017 at 01:55
I can't help of thinking of NtS as a Weird Al Yankovik precursor...

Difficult to take him seriously.


Originally posted by kenethlevine kenethlevine wrote:

My personal favourite of all of the obscure Canadian bands was Garfield, led by Garfield French.  In the opinion of several they should be in PA on the basis of their "Out there Tonight" album alone, but they didn't get in via crossover.  Great music regardless.

Coincidentally, I have been listening to FM lately, catching up on the Max Headroom direct to disk release, Surveillance and their most recent release Transformation.  Lots of good music there, even if I don't think any of their albums are masterpieces.  I saw them twice, once in 1979 or 1980 and once in 1983.   The first time there was no Nash the Slash, the second time there was.


Hey Ken, Garfield is not in the DB...

Do you think they belong?

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as for FM, I'll just stick to BN and DtD...

the rest sounds more like AM
(just kidding, I couldn't resist)

I also saw FM twice, the first with NtS, the second with BM





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Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

I can't help of thinking of NtS as a Weird Al Yankovik precursor...

Difficult to take him seriously.


Originally posted by kenethlevine kenethlevine wrote:

My personal favourite of all of the obscure Canadian bands was Garfield, led by Garfield French.  In the opinion of several they should be in PA on the basis of their "Out there Tonight" album alone, but they didn't get in via crossover.  Great music regardless.

Coincidentally, I have been listening to FM lately, catching up on the Max Headroom direct to disk release, Surveillance and their most recent release Transformation.  Lots of good music there, even if I don't think any of their albums are masterpieces.  I saw them twice, once in 1979 or 1980 and once in 1983.   The first time there was no Nash the Slash, the second time there was.


Hey Ken, Garfield is not in the DB...

Do you think they belong?

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as for FM, I'll just stick to BN and DtD...

the rest sounds more like AM
(just kidding, I couldn't resist)

I also saw FM twice, the first with NtS, the second with BM

re Garfield, we considered them before and I think they were a better fit for crossover, where they were rejected.  I am not sure I feel comfortable with them in prog folk, although they certainly have their folky aspects.  I recently corresponded with Garfield French who has been writing and recording again. He claimed my memory of those years is better than his!

Hugues, you obviously knew FM before I did, because I didn't know about them until Black Noise got played in Ottawa in late 1978 or early 1979, by which time NTS was already out.  

I have a soft spot for "City of Fear", particularly the opening track "Krakow".  True it has a simple beat pretty much all the way through but man that is a dark song in all the best ways.
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Points: 20438 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 18 2017 at 13:48
Originally posted by kenethlevine kenethlevine wrote:

Hugues, you obviously knew FM before I did, because I didn't know about them until Black Noise got played in Ottawa in late 1978 or early 1979, by which time NTS was already out.  

I have a soft spot for "City of Fear", particularly the opening track "Krakow".  True it has a simple beat pretty much all the way through but man that is a dark song in all the best ways.


it's quite far down the line, so I'd say I discovered them around the same time you didSmile
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Points: 9111 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 24 2017 at 15:16
I've now reviewed all FM studio albums.  The 2015 release "Transformation" was a pleasant surprise, different enough to avoid redundancy or unfavorable comparison, similar enough to be appreciated by long time fans
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Points: 501 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 24 2017 at 16:53
Just dragged out my Garfield "Out There Tonight" played it for the first time in about 35 plus years. Not that I'm going to lose any sleep over it, you guys have Split Enz Dead in the data base and don't have this band ? Shocked

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I came across Nash via 'Children of the night' which was (i believe) produced by Steve Hillage back in the very early 80's and just thought 'wow who the F**k is this guy wrapped up like a mummy playing a violin!!' A couple of years later i discovered FM through Black Noise on import which i LOVED. Many years later i got a copy of the 'direct to disc' lp which i also liked. Ive picked up Surveilance and city of fear later in latter years which are ok but dont havve the power of those early lps.

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Originally posted by Kepler62 Kepler62 wrote:

Just dragged out my Garfield "Out There Tonight" played it for the first time in about 35 plus years. Not that I'm going to lose any sleep over it, you guys have Split Enz Dead in the data base and don't have this band ? Shocked

I can think of worse entries than SPLIT ENZ mind you.
Also, noticed this Wikipedia entry

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garfield_(band)

The first line:

Garfield was a Canadian progressive rock band in the late 1970s,[


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