Nash the Slash

Nash the Slash (born Jeff Plewman on 29 March 1948) is a Canadian musician. Though a multi-instrumentalist, he is known primarily for playing electric violin and mandolin, as well as harmonica, keyboards, glockenspiel, and other instruments (sometimes described as "devices" on album notes). He was a member of the band FM in the 1970s (and returned to them in the 1980s and 1990s), before leaving to resume his solo career in 1978, producing an audi... more

Nash the Slash (born Jeff Plewman on 29 March 1948) is a Canadian musician. Though a multi-instrumentalist, he is known primarily for playing electric violin and mandolin, as well as harmonica, keyboards, glockenspiel, and other instruments (sometimes described as "devices" on album notes). He was a member of the band FM in the 1970s (and returned to them in the 1980s and 1990s), before leaving to resume his solo career in 1978, producing an audiovisual collaboration with artist Robert Vanderhorst which continues to this day. He has also worked extensively in composing soundtrack music for silent films, and has performed these works live in movie theatres to accompany screenings of the films. Since 1979 Nash has always performed with surgical bandages covering his face. "During a gig at The Edge in the late '70's to raise awareness of the threat from the Three Mile Island disaster, he walked on stage wearing bandages dipped in phosphorus paint and exclaimed: "look, this is what... less