20 year old and progger as well. i discovered them not too long ago but i always come back to watch this performance. i highly recommend listening to black noise and journey! also nash the slash’s solo stuff is amazing! wolf is a masterpiece
I'm a 66 year old guy from Toronto. I'm just catching up myself. They seem to have gone through some changes. They did stuff like this but they also did standard 70s rock/pop (radio hit songs like "Just Like You"). Nash the Slash was well known in Toronto in the 1980s but I never saw a show. I'm going to check out more of these guys (I owe it to them after more than forty years). Nash the Slash R.I.P..
The program was Night Music, originally hosted by Reiner Schwartz. It appeared Friday nights - I can’t recall the time. It was a terrific program with alternative, progressive and avant garde music. I miss it and my teen years.
I'm 58 years old they were my first concert I saw them open for rush at varsity stadium in toronto I never heard of them before but man they blew my mind I still look up black noise once in a while I love that album oh yeah I saw them in 1979 I was 15 smoked some weed and will never forget it a great memory
Wow. How interesting,, I seen rush 76/77 New Year's eve maple leaf gardens,, smoking Columbia gold . Lol 2112 return tour , Getty lee did the count down into the new year . Overwhelmed.. Cheers from Vietnam
I saw him with Breathless, I saw him with FM, I saw him solo, I saw him more than 100 times. We became friends...I'm heartbroken that my friend is dead. He was light years ahead of his time. Rest in peace Jeff.
These guys changed rock going in to the 80's. Rush and Triumph moved to keyboard oriented music and add SAGA as a huge part of this. Prog rock in Canada was set!
I'm still a working musician (with the exception of the pandemic restrictions shutting down music venues), so being able to play a few instruments, and with most of my friends being musicians, it's made life not only bearable, but enjoyable. Rock on!
Set your Phasors on Stun, good people, Nash the Slash is dead. Please remember the many, many innovations he contributed to the Canadian music scene, and continue on your own journeys of exploration with his unique example to guide you.
A pioneer in electronic music. When your admired by Gary Numan you know you've done something right. I listened to Nash and FM as a kid, I saw Nash in concert at Club Cosmo in Moncton, NB. I feel very privileged to have seem him. He will be missed. RIP Jeff Plewman, RIP Nash The Slash.
I remember being a loyal Nightmusic fan during my high school years in the 70s and I remember this specific show. The host was the inimitable Reiner Schwartz. This video brings back great memories.
Oh the memories... I was in my first year at Carlelton U... In my room, tuned into channel 24 TV Ontario on my 12" black&white one evening and this came on... Was blown away... still am.
Probably the best song ever written and performed. This song was so ahead of its time! I have the original LP signed by the members of the band. True art this song is, much better than the stuff on the radio today.
I still have their LPs in my collection. I though the music and vocals were amazing. The band I was in at that time and most everyone at the time didn't like it at all. I even learned some of their songs. It helped me grow as a musician. 🎸
Never seen a live version of this song before. This performance is awesomeness on a scale you cannot measure. Wish I could have seen this live in person.
FM did a college Tour back around 1980 with SAGA, and they were INCREDIBLE! However, it was apparently more popular closer to the GTA schools, due to the Radio Signal Regionality. Their show came to Grant Hall at Kingston's Queen's University, which is a like a BIG Church; Spectacular Venue!
I can never listen to this live version of this song without wheeling it back and starting again at least three times. Such a hypnotizing, mesmerizing experience it is.......
Yes I am a huge Kim Mitchell/Max Webster fan, and an FM fan, as I am Canadian, met Kim, Geddy, Nash, etc....my fave Kim Mitchell song...All We Are, you left out Prism, Harlequin, Toronto, Headpins, Tom Cochrane and Red Rider, Saga, The Kings..there are so many awesome Canadian bands we should celebrate them all!
This is a great example of people doing something that they were born to do. Nash the Slash understood music, he played/performed music as if he were the inventor of music. He was so talented that watching his performance instantly puts a smile on my face. Nash had laser focus, for example Nash didn't want guitars on any of his solo recordings so when David Gilmour (Pink Floyd) offered to play/record on Nash's Children of the Night, Nash stuck to his vision and declined the offer. That's ROCK STAR BOSS
Nash the Slash -- I saw him in concert at a small club in Buffalo, around 1982. I had heard his music on Canadian radio station CFNY for a few years before that; always loved his solo stuff and songs with FM. Didn't realize he had passed... RIP Nash/Jeff.
Playing 2 keyboards, a bass pedal and singing, I love it. Amazing that people appreciate losers on American Idol but guys with the real talent are virtualy unknown.
Just a kid when KSHE 95 St. Louis played this song; I was mesmerized and in love. I believe it is one of those songs that opened me up to the geniuses who stepped out of the box to do their genius thing for us. Thank you!!!
OMG! This had to be the single most influencial musical moment of my entire life! Seeing this again after so many years sends shivers down my spine. Ever since seeing this and Black Noise on Nightmusic concert I've been a huge fan of FM and Nash the Slash. Unfortunately, not being from Toronto my opportunities to see them have been limited to just 5 shows over the years. I'd love to see Black Noise as it is the more fascinating piece. Thanks muchly
There's a bit of a problem with that: The master tapes no longer exist, 'cause a fire broke out on the Passport Records vault. FM's tapes were caught in the fire.
This is insane... can you imagine watching this or better yet seeing it live in 1976? Waaaaaaaay ahead of their time. Never heard of them until about 20 minutes ago when this was aired on an internet radio show. Thanks for the upload!
is it just me but when i see Nash without his bandages wearing a top hat and sun glasses, i think gee is that where Slash from Gun n Roses got his look from hell he even stole the name....Slash
Love this song. great Canadian song. Just heard it on the local radio station? You can buy this song on Google music streaming service. Or if you are an Apple fan boy, you can buy it on iTunes. Long live Canadian music
This is one of Canada's best bands ever..... They should get a star on the walk of fame. Or at least get some recognition for what they did with a lifetime achievement award of some sort. Forget the Juno's they're a real joke.
I did see them open for Rush....what a great show and they were such a complimentary band to the whole experience. One was just as good as the other! Miss that erra....
WOW! That must have been in the early to mid 70's! The first time I saw Nash was on Nightmusic back in 1977 when he started covering up with bandages. I was an avid fan. Saw them many times in small town bars across the Niagara Region. Usually the bars had no cover charge either!
This is so Canadian & so amazing! How have I never heard of this show? Well, I guess being born in '72 didn't help. The lead singer is not only singing but playing with both hands & using a foot! How do you even do that? Thanks so much for sharing this rare gem!
Ever heard of MAX WEBSTER? Kim Mitchell was the frontman, he named the band after a high school shop teacher. They were a good 70's band from Toronto..opened for RUSH alot but never really made endroads in the U.S. Checkout these songs by Max Webster: A million Vacations, High Class in Borrowed Shoes, Diamonds, BATTLESCAR - Battle Scar is with Rush, probably their best song. Kim Mitchell had some good songs in the 80's under his own name.... Lager & Ale, Patio Lanterns,go for a soda.
I have it on vinyl. I love it. This along with the album "Amrakus a space opera ". Both have been instrumental in scripting my SCIENCE FICTION THEATER 😊😊
great tune from the Canadian scene- this song is a total radio song and one I have loved since i was a child and a radiohead. ahh, the good old days!! thanks for sharing and for the post.
Saw them headline in Vancouver at the P.N.E. Gardens back up band Max Webster. That was a great night. Just a few metres from the stage with my childhood pal Ziggy.
Saw FM in Schaumburg (Chicago Suburb)at a big club called "B'ginnings" in the 70s. I remember how the band said they were blown away by all the fans they had in attendance.
Miss You Nash...Thx for the black inked autograph(in running ink) on a bar napkin diagonally, all though I woke up(extreme disapointment though) realizing that i hadn't got it!
I saw them at a small club in upstate NY when this song was the hottest thing happening in underground fm radio. they took a break and walk around talking with everyone.
