Nash the Slash Rises Again!

Music in a particular vein

20251h 20m

Nash The Slash was deliciously surreal, verging on demented. A mummy wrapped in surgical bandages, an invisible man in full formal white tuxedo and top hat buzz-sawing his violin through endless reams of electronics, melodies and distortion. His music and image were demanding. His life was rock fantasy. ‘NASH THE SLASH RISES AGAIN!’ uncovers the sinister Canadian electronic music innovator. A classically trained violinist and multi-instrumentalist, he created music that was an unlikely combination of prog-rock, punk-rock, classic-rock, psychedelic fused with techno and industrial before they had names. The end result is an unearthly life drenched in film history, enveloped in a wall of sound that would do Phil Spector justice. A career embodied in artistic integrity, courage and the price-tag that comes with it. ‘NASH THE SLASH RISES AGAIN!’ unwinds the bandages of a ground-breaking, mad musical scientist whose career decomposed before the world caught up.

Cast

Photo of Youth

Youth

Self - Youth

Photo of Valerie Buhagiar

Valerie Buhagiar

Self - Ramona/Self - Jackie Bangs(archive footage)

Photo of Don McKellar

Don McKellar

Self - Russell the Serial Killer/Self - Pokey Jones(archive footage)

Photo of Nathanael Chadwick

Nathanael Chadwick

Nash The Slash

Photo of Marilyn Burns

Marilyn Burns

Self - Sally(archive footage)

Photo of Gunnar Hansen

Gunnar Hansen

Self - Leatherface(archive footage)

Photo of Oliver Hardy

Oliver Hardy

Self - Sherlock Pinkham(archive footage)

Photo of Stan Laurel

Stan Laurel

Self - Ferdinad Finkleberry(archive footage)

Photo of Paul A. Partain

Paul A. Partain

Self - Franklin(archive footage)

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