R.I.P. Nash the Slash
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Topic: R.I.P. Nash the Slash
Posted By: cstack3
Subject: R.I.P. Nash the Slash
Date Posted: May 13 2014 at 12:49
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I don't know if Nash was on many PA radar screens, but the guy was amazing! Check out his video in this story & please provide your own thoughts. Nash admitted to being heavily influenced by Robert Fripp, and he loved the "power chord" approach, which he used on mandolin. RiP Nash! http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/2014/05/12/nash_the_slash_toronto_rock_violinist_dead_at_66.html" rel="nofollow - http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/2014/05/12/nash_the_slash_toronto_rock_violinist_dead_at_66.html
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: May 13 2014 at 12:59
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I can't say that I was super familiar with him, but I like the couple of FM albums that I have heard. If I recall correctly he also appeared on either Geddy Lee's or Alex Lifeson's solo album. ****I recalled incorrectly. It was his replacement Ben Mink who appeared on Geddy Lee's solo album. ------------- 
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Posted By: roaryg
Date Posted: May 13 2014 at 16:45
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Yes, quite sad, an electronic music pioneer. It is certainly odd he doesn't have an entry in prograrchives. I'll have to work on that if nobody else will. Most people know of his work with FM, but his four solo albums Bedside Companion, Dreams and Nightmares, Decomposing, and Children of the Night are reminiscent of Tangerine Dream/Klaus Schulze of the 1970s. ------------- Tim FM, Nash the Slash, Camel |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: May 13 2014 at 17:12
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RIP ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: May 13 2014 at 17:34
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Sad that it was the record companies and file sharing that made him retire from music. Such a talent. I remember Black Noise fondly. Nash the Slash was a pretty badass persona as well. |
Posted By: Aussie-Byrd-Brother
Date Posted: May 13 2014 at 19:30
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Very sad! I adore the first FM album (kind of like a spacey Kansas in parts!), and I just bought the latest CD remaster of it only a few months ago. It's constantly been on my Ipod, I really treasure that album.
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Posted By: Raccoon
Date Posted: May 13 2014 at 19:54
| I always admired his style/persona. Never understood it, but I loved it. Black Noise is one of my favorite albums. That record has probably more play than any other. If I wanted a meditative soundtrack to do homework to, that was my choice. If I just felt like a remarkable, fun spacey prog album, there it was. |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: May 14 2014 at 10:32
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I am only familiar with his work on FM's Black Noise but I find it quite impressive and innovative. Another sad loss. Condolences to family and friend. I hope his journey to Aldeberan is a safe one. ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: SMSM
Date Posted: May 14 2014 at 11:41
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ironically he left FM because felt their music was going into less progressive commercial direction, but his solo albums were far more commerical than FM's Surveillance and City of Fear with mandolinist/violence Ben Mink.
When he returned, FM went into a total pop direction with recordings like Contest
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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: May 16 2014 at 06:55
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Oh thats sad RIP I loved his work with Gary Numan especially  ------------- 
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