Music in a particular vein

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 & crew

T

Tim Kowalski

Director

J

Jeff Plewman

Self - Nash the Slash (archive footage)

Iggy Pop

Self

Gary Numan

Self

Youth

Self - Youth

G

Gary Topp

Gary Topp

Owen Pallett

Self

P

Paul Myers

Self

Valerie Buhagiar

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

Don McKellar

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

D

Danielle Dax

Self

S

Steve Hillage

Self

Nathanael Chadwick

Nash The Slash

J

Jaymz Bee

Self

Jeanne Beker

Self

Marilyn Burns

Self - Sally(archive footage)

C

Corpusse

Self

M

Michael Dent

Self

Rodrigo Gudiño

Self

Gunnar Hansen

Self - Leatherface(archive footage)

Oliver Hardy

Self - Sherlock Pinkham(archive footage)