Fad Gadget | |
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 Fad Gadget in 2001 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Francis John Tovey |
| Born | 8 September 1956 London, England |
| Died | 3 April 2002 (aged 45) London |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 1979–1993 2001–2002 |
| Labels | Mute |
| Past members | John Dignham, Cam Donnelly |
| Website | fadgadget |
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.