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Fad Gadget Was The Pseudonym Used By British Musician Synthesizer Pioneer And Performance Artist Frank Tovey - An Influential Electronic Music/New Wave Artist Throughout His Career- From 1979 Until 1984. Tovey Began His Musical Career After Studying Performance Art At Leeds Polytechnic But Started Recording Upon His Move Back To His Native London UK. The Songs Of His Early Career Under The Pseudonym All Feature Synthesizers Plus Sometimes Machine Sounds Like That Of An Electric Razor Or An Electric Drill. Almost All Of His Songs Create A Dark Mystical Atmosphere With Gadget's Voice Hovering Monotonously Over Then Unheard Of Groundbreaking And Still Brilliant Synthesizer Sound Effects. The Lyrics Are Either Very Earnest Discussing Subjects Like Guilt Or Life And Death Or Convey A Black Sarcastic Humour. Initially Fad Gadget Was Merely A Moniker For Tovey But As Time Went On A Band Was Formed Although Keeping Tovey As The Main Focal Point . His Longest-Serving Sidekick Was Drummer Nick Cash. Other Members Were Keyboardist David Simmonds Bassist Peter Balmer Guitarist & Bassist David Rogers And Viola Player & Backing Vocalist Joni Sackett Singles Included Back To Nature Ricky's Hand And Collapsing New People. Fad Gadget Was The First Artist Signed To The Then-Fledgling Mute Label On Which He Released Four Full Length Albums Fireside Favourites 1980 Incontinent 1981 Under The Flag 1982 And Gag 1984 . After 1984's Gag Tovey Released A Compilation The Fad Gadget Singles And Recorded Five More Albums Under His Own Name Whose Styles Ranged From Semi-Industrial Electronic Ballads To Folk-Oriented Protest Songs. He Last Appeared On A European Tour Supporting His Latest Album In 1993 And Then Virtually Disappeared For Some Eight Years. In 2001 Tovey And Cash Resurfaced With A Comeback Appearance And Subsequently Supported Depeche Mode On The Exciter Tour Later That Year Again Under His Pseudonym Fad Gadget And Backed By Members Of Temple X Whose Album He Had Been Producing. Depeche Mode Cite Tovey/Gadget As An Icon And A Paragon And His Influences Can Be Heard In Their Music. Tovey Died Of A Heart Attack On 3 April 2002 Aged 45 Having Suffered Heart Problems Throughout His Life.
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Biography - Fad Gadget
Fad Gadget Was The Pseudonym Used By British Musician Synthesizer Pioneer And Performance Artist Frank Tovey - An Influential Electronic Music/New Wave Artist Throughout His Career- From 1979 Until 1984. Tovey Began His Musical Career After Studying Performance Art At Leeds Polytechnic But Started Recording Upon His Move Back To His Native London UK. The Songs Of His Early Career Under The Pseudonym All Feature Synthesizers Plus Sometimes Machine Sounds Like That Of An Electric Razor Or An Electric Drill. Almost All Of His Songs Create A Dark Mystical Atmosphere With Gadget's Voice Hovering Monotonously Over Then Unheard Of Groundbreaking And Still Brilliant Synthesizer Sound Effects. The Lyrics Are Either Very Earnest Discussing Subjects Like Guilt Or Life And Death Or Convey A Black Sarcastic Humour. Initially Fad Gadget Was Merely A Moniker For Tovey But As Time Went On A Band Was Formed Although Keeping Tovey As The Main Focal Point . His Longest-Serving Sidekick Was Drummer Nick Cash. Other Members Were Keyboardist David Simmonds Bassist Peter Balmer Guitarist & Bassist David Rogers And Viola Player & Backing Vocalist Joni Sackett Singles Included Back To Nature Ricky's Hand And Collapsing New People. Fad Gadget Was The First Artist Signed To The Then-Fledgling Mute Label On Which He Released Four Full Length Albums Fireside Favourites 1980 Incontinent 1981 Under The Flag 1982 And Gag 1984 . After 1984's Gag Tovey Released A Compilation The Fad Gadget Singles And Recorded Five More Albums Under His Own Name Whose Styles Ranged From Semi-Industrial Electronic Ballads To Folk-Oriented Protest Songs. He Last Appeared On A European Tour Supporting His Latest Album In 1993 And Then Virtually Disappeared For Some Eight Years. In 2001 Tovey And Cash Resurfaced With A Comeback Appearance And Subsequently Supported Depeche Mode On The Exciter Tour Later That Year Again Under His Pseudonym Fad Gadget And Backed By Members Of Temple X Whose Album He Had Been Producing. Depeche Mode Cite Tovey/Gadget As An Icon And A Paragon And His Influences Can Be Heard In Their Music. Tovey Died Of A Heart Attack On 3 April 2002 Aged 45 Having Suffered Heart Problems Throughout His Life.
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