RIP Nash the Slash and HR Giger

Very sad to hear of the deaths of two of my heroes, Nash the Slash and HR Giger. Nash the Slash (the on-stage persona of Jeff Plewman) created gothic electronic soundscapes with a combination of acoustic, electric and electronic instruments which no-one else has quite matched. 'In a Glass Eye' was probably my favourite. I saw him live in Oxford in 1979, and again in London a few years ago. I'm glad I caught him before his disenchantment with the music business prompted his retirement in 2012. 

HR Giger, best-known for his designs for Alien, ploughed a similarly gothic furrow, and books of his work are I think essential artefacts for any lover of the macabre and imaginative.

He's been endlessly imitated, but again, never matched. I recently saw the documentary about Alejandro Jodorowsky's Dune, which features Giger speaking about some of his most significant work.

RIP both.