Brian Philip Nash (born 20 May 1963) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, author and actor. He is best known as the lead guitarist and backing vocalist of the synth-pop band

Frankie Goes to Hollywood Frankie Goes to Hollywood were an English synth-pop band formed in Liverpool in 1980. The group's best-known line-up comprised Holly Johnson (vocals), Paul Rutherford (singer), Paul Rutherford (backing vocals), Peter Gill (FGTH drummer), Peter ...

Early life

He attended secondary school at St Francis Xavier's College, Liverpool

Career

Nash worked as an electrician when he formed the band Sons and Egypt with Peter Gill and

Holly Johnson William Holly Johnson (born 9 February 1960) is an English artist, musician, and writer, best known as the lead vocalist of Frankie Goes to Hollywood, who achieved huge commercial success in the mid-1980s. Prior to that, in the late 1970s he wa ...

. In 1980, Gill and Johnson left the band to form

, and Nash joined them later. Seven singles and two albums released by Frankie Goes To Hollywood reached the top 30 on the UK charts. From 1987 to 1997, Nash worked as a guitarist and songwriter for various bands. In 1997, he began a solo career, releasing music as Nasher. In July 2009, he recorded a version of "

You'll Never Walk Alone "You'll Never Walk Alone" is a show tune from the 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical ''Carousel''. In the second act of the musical, Nettie Fowler, the cousin of the protagonist Julie Jordan, sings "You'll Never Walk Alone" to comfort and enco ...

" at his father's funeral service. In 2012, Nash published the biographical book: ''Nasher Says Relax'', about his life in the band Frankie Goes to Hollywood. In 2015, he worked as an actor (Docker) in the film ''Saturday'' by Mike Forshaw. Nash declined to take part in a 2004 Frankie reunion, but later agreed to a reunion when VH1's show ''

Bands Reunited Band or BAND may refer to: Places *Bánd, a village in Hungary * Band, Iran, a village in Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran * Band, Mureș, a commune in Romania * Band-e Majid Khan, a village in Bukan County, West Azerbaijan Province, ...

'' approached him. The band reunited but did not perform together because Holly Johnson declined.

Discography

* ''Ripe'' (1999) * ''Le Grande Fromage'' (2003) * ''A Lo Minimo'' (2010) * ''432-1: Open The Vein'' (2017)

Filmography

Film

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