Fad Gadget

Fad Gadget
Fad Gadget in 2001
Background information
Birth name	Francis John Tovey
Born	(1956-09-08)8 September 1956 London, England
Died	3 April 2002(2002-04-03) (aged 45) London
Genres	Industrial, new wave, synthpop, post-punk
Years active	1979–1993 2001–2002
Labels	Mute
Past members	John Dignham, Cam Donnelly
Website	fadgadget.co.uk

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.