
Frank Tovey
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1956-09-08
Day of Death
2002-04-03 (45 years old)
Place of Birth
Bow, London, England, UK
Frank Tovey
Biography
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.
Known For
Acting
(2006)
Fad Gadget by Frank Tovey
as Self
Crew
(2006)
Fad Gadget by Frank Tovey
Director