Fad Gadget

Francis John Tovey (8 September 1956 – 3 April 2002), known also by his stage name Fad Gadget, was a British avant-garde electronic musician and vocalist. He was a proponent of both new wave and early industrial music, fusing pop-structured songs with mechanised experimentation.
As Fad Gadget, his music was characterised by the use of synthesizers in conjunction with sounds of found objects, including drills and electric razors. His bleak, sarcastic and darkly humorous lyrics were filled with biting social commentary toward subjects such as machinery, industrialisation, consumerism, human sexuality, mass media, religion, domestic violence and dehumanization, often sung in a deadpan voice.
==Links to Peel==
Peel played Gadget's debut single Back to Nature in late 70s but by the 80s he seemed to have lost interest in him.
==Sessions==
*None
==Other Shows Played==
;thumb|220x220px1979
*11 September 1979: Back To Nature (7") Mute
*19 September 1979: Back To Nature (7") Mute
*22 September 1979 (BFBS): Back To Nature (7") Mute  
*29 September 1979 (BFBS): The Box (7" - Back To Nature) Mute  
*16 October 1979: The Box (single – Back To Nature) Mute
*07 November 1979: Back To Nature (7") Mute
;1980
*07 April 1980: Ricky's Hand (7") Mute
*07 May 1980: Ricky's Hand (single) Mute 
*21 October 1980: Fireside Favourites (album - Fireside Favourites) Mute STUMM 3
*22 October 1980: State Of The Nation (album - Fireside Favourites) Mute STUMM 3
;1981
*01 March 1981 (BFBS): Back To Nature (7") Mute
*Peel October November 1981: King Of The Flies (shared 7" Flexi-disc with Depeche Mode - Sometimes I Wish I Was Dead / King Of The Flies) Flexipop
;1982
*14 February 1982 (BFBS): Ricky's Hand (7") Mute 
;1984
*24 March 1984 (BFBS): Spoil The Child (single - Collapsing New People)
== See Also ==
*Mute
*The Collection (Peel Acres - James Holden)
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
Category:Artists