In the spirit of the Halloween season, let us not forget that peculiar entity that
seems to cross all cultures: The Masked Musician!
Most of the popular references include The Residents, Kiss, Buckethead, Slipknot, Mudvayne, Insane Clown Posse and the recently signed Mushroomhead. But there have been a string of artists working in disguise that are just off the radar, including -
Nash The Slash, he of prog group FM and many solo projects, Cast In Bronze, the mysterious Carillon player, Orion, the cabalistic Elvis impersonator, Nigeria's outrageous Lagbaja, and Afrobeat Ensemble's Kaleta, to name a few. Click Here to be serenaded! (wmv)
GWAR!!!
Posted by: Jeff T | October 25, 2005 at 10:30 AM
You forgot Michael Jackson.
Posted by: krokus | October 25, 2005 at 11:10 AM
Didn't The Phantom (he of the original of The Cramps Love Me) wear a mask... some kinda wrestling thing I thought though that coulda been someone else - like the guys who did The Crusher (i forget their names)...
If The Phantom didn't have a mask then he should've done shouldn't he?
Posted by: Loki | October 26, 2005 at 02:53 PM
Hey, and what about MF Doooooooooooooom?
Posted by: impboy | October 26, 2005 at 04:06 PM
The utterly fabulous Los Straitjackets.
Posted by: MrBaliHai | October 26, 2005 at 08:56 PM
Loki- The Bananamen a.k.a. The Sting Rays did "The Crusher", and also covered "Love Me" by The Phantom: who certainly ranks as a Masked Musical legend!
xoxo
Pseu
Posted by: Pseu Braun | October 27, 2005 at 11:19 AM
When in high school I remember listened to LPs of Nash the Slash, cool instrumental stuff done on his electric violin that I thought would be ideal soundtracks for silent expressionistic horror films. A few years later, moving to Toronto for college, I learned that that was what he was doing after a small spot of fame with a minor hit that made some airplay. He would do live soundtracks to screenings of Nosferatu and such. He is still working away and I recently met him at a party sans bandages. Somewhat disappointing to get an introduction to "Nash the Slash" in the flesh. On a side note, he also came out of the closet, which allows one to read even more into his reasons to hide behind the bandages! A current Toronto masked band - The Vulcan Dub Squad (http://www.thevulcandubsquad.com/). And of course, there are also the masked back up dancers for The Hidden Cameras.
Posted by: listener colin in Toronto | October 27, 2005 at 03:31 PM
ssst , look the other way , trying to steal some links here..
don't call the cops on me now..
Posted by: Hemaworstje | October 28, 2005 at 01:13 AM
and sure enough, after posting that, I learn that Nash is doing a performance to a screening of CABINET OF DR CALGARI here in Toronto on Nov 27th and with his bandages ON!
Posted by: listener colin in Toronto | October 31, 2005 at 12:44 PM