Imagine a blend of Gary Numan, early Pink Floyd, Jean-Michel Jarre, and the Stranglers and you have a sense of Nash the Slash's music. Born in Toronto in 1948, Jeff Plewman zealously guarded his identity for much of his musical career, appearing on-stage as Nash the Slash with his face swathed completely in surgical bandages. One of music's true eccentrics, he was the type of artist who appeared on an instrumental LP that billed itself as playable at any speed.
Plewman first surfaced as Nash the Slash in 1976 as an electric violinist and mandolin player with vocalist, bassis...