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Fad Gadget (08 Sep 1956 - 03 Apr 2002)

Male Person - United Kingdom

Releases (21)

Official

Album

  1. Fireside Favourites 01 Sep 1980
  2. Incontinent 01 Jul 1981
  3. Under the Flag 01 Sep 1982
  4. Gag 01 Feb 1984

Album - Compilation

  1. The Best of Fad Gadget 10 Sep 2001

Single

  1. Back to Nature 01 Sep 1979
  2. Ricky’s Hand 01 Feb 1980
  3. Fireside Favourite 01 Jun 1980
  4. Make Room Mar 1981
  5. Saturday Night Special 01 Feb 1982
  6. King of the Flies 01 Apr 1982
  7. Life on the Line 01 Aug 1982
  8. For Whom the Bells Toll 01 Dec 1982
  9. I Discover Love Oct 1983
  10. Collapsing New People Jan 1984
  11. One Man’s Meat 01 Apr 1984

Bootleg

Album - Live

  1. Live From Pandora’s Box 1984
  2. 2002‐01‐25: PC69, Bielefeld, Germany 25 Jan 2002
  3. 1980‐06‐11: 101 Club, London, UK 2005
  4. Live on SAMA 2002
  5. 1981-11-13: Rafter's Club, Manchester, UK

Relationships (1)

Performance Name Of

  1. Frank Tovey

Recordings by (157)

  1. Back to Nature 5:48 (01 Sep 1979)
  2. The Box 4:14 (01 Sep 1979)
  3. Ricky’s Hand 4:07 (01 Feb 1980)
  4. Handshake 4:47 (01 Feb 1980)
  5. Fireside Favourite 4:07 (01 Jun 1980) single
  6. Insecticide 3:04 (01 Jun 1980) single
  7. Pedestrian 3:20 (01 Sep 1980)
  8. State of the Nation 3:48 (01 Sep 1980)
  9. Salt Lake City Sunday 2:12 (01 Sep 1980)
  10. Coitus Interruptus 4:39 (01 Sep 1980)
  11. Newsreel 3:42 (01 Sep 1980)
  12. Arch of the Aorta 6:17 (01 Sep 1980)
  13. Lady Shave 5:41 (Mar 1981) single
  14. Make Room 4:01 (Mar 1981)
  15. Blind Eyes 5:04 (01 Jul 1981)
  16. Swallow It 5:42 (01 Jul 1981)
  17. Saturday Night Special 6:39 (01 Jul 1981)
  18. Incontinent 3:27 (01 Jul 1981)
  19. Manual Dexterity 3:35 (01 Jul 1981)
  20. Innocent Bystander 6:32 (01 Jul 1981)
  21. King of the Flies 4:26 (01 Jul 1981)
  22. Diminished Responsibility 5:53 (01 Jul 1981)
  23. Plain Clothes 4:40 (01 Jul 1981)
  24. Swallow It (live) 5:19 (01 Feb 1982)
  25. Life on the Line 3:54 (01 Aug 1982) single
  26. 4M 3:03 (01 Aug 1982)
  27. Under the Flag I 3:08 (01 Sep 1982)
  28. Scapegoat 2:53 (01 Sep 1982)
  29. Love Parasite 5:29 (01 Sep 1982)
  30. Plainsong 3:53 (01 Sep 1982)
  31. Wheels of Fortune 4:55 (01 Sep 1982)
  32. Life on the Line IV 3:56 (01 Sep 1982)
  33. The Sheep Look Up 3:37 (01 Sep 1982)
  34. Cipher 5:39 (01 Sep 1982)
  35. For Whom the Bells Toll 5:16 (01 Sep 1982)
  36. Under the Flag II 2:51 (01 Sep 1982)
  37. Life on the Line (version II) 4:56 (Sep 1982)
  38. Life on the Line (version III) 2:55 (Sep 1982)
  39. For Whom the Bells Toll (3) 8:04 (01 Dec 1982)
  40. Love Parasite II 6:48 (01 Dec 1982)
  41. [untitled] 4:00 (Feb 1983)
  42. I Discover Love 3:43 (Oct 1983) single
  43. Lemmings on Lovers’ Rock 4:28 (Oct 1983)
  44. I Discover Love (extended version) 6:00 (1983)
  45. Lemming Stomp 4:15 (1983)
  46. Collapsing New People 4:08 (Jan 1984) single
  47. Collapsing New People (London mix) 9:28 (Jan 1984)
  48. Collapsing New People (Berlin mix) 7:08 (Jan 1984)
  49. Spoil the Child 3:42 (Jan 1984)
  50. Ideal World 5:39 (01 Feb 1984)
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On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. Back to Nature 5:48 Fad Gadget (01 Sep 1979) electronic instruments, electric piano, synthesizer
  2. The Box 4:14 Fad Gadget (01 Sep 1979) electronic instruments, electric piano, synthesizer
  3. Handshake 4:47 Fad Gadget (01 Feb 1980) other instruments, tape, synthesizer
  4. Ricky’s Hand 4:07 Fad Gadget (01 Feb 1980) other instruments, tape, synthesizer
  5. Diminished Responsibility 5:53 Fad Gadget (01 Jul 1981) percussion, saxophone, suona, flute, synthesizer
  6. Saturday Night Special 6:39 Fad Gadget (01 Jul 1981) percussion, saxophone, suona, flute, synthesizer
  7. Innocent Bystander 6:32 Fad Gadget (01 Jul 1981) percussion, saxophone, suona, flute, synthesizer
  8. Blind Eyes 5:04 Fad Gadget (01 Jul 1981) percussion, saxophone, suona, flute, synthesizer
  9. Plain Clothes 4:40 Fad Gadget (01 Jul 1981) percussion, saxophone, suona, flute, synthesizer
  10. Manual Dexterity 3:35 Fad Gadget (01 Jul 1981) percussion, saxophone, suona, flute, synthesizer
  11. Swallow It 5:42 Fad Gadget (01 Jul 1981) percussion, saxophone, suona, flute, synthesizer
  12. Incontinent 3:27 Fad Gadget (01 Jul 1981) percussion, saxophone, suona, flute, synthesizer
  13. King of the Flies 4:26 Fad Gadget (01 Jul 1981) percussion, saxophone, suona, flute, synthesizer

Vocals

  1. Back to Nature 5:48 Fad Gadget (01 Sep 1979)
  2. The Box 4:14 Fad Gadget (01 Sep 1979)
  3. Handshake 4:47 Fad Gadget (01 Feb 1980)
  4. Ricky’s Hand 4:07 Fad Gadget (01 Feb 1980)
  5. Make Room 4:01 Fad Gadget (Mar 1981)
  6. Lady Shave 5:41 Fad Gadget (Mar 1981)
  7. Incontinent 3:27 Fad Gadget (01 Jul 1981)
  8. Innocent Bystander 6:32 Fad Gadget (01 Jul 1981)
  9. Swallow It 5:42 Fad Gadget (01 Jul 1981)
  10. King of the Flies 4:26 Fad Gadget (01 Jul 1981)
  11. Plain Clothes 4:40 Fad Gadget (01 Jul 1981)
  12. Blind Eyes 5:04 Fad Gadget (01 Jul 1981)
  13. Diminished Responsibility 5:53 Fad Gadget (01 Jul 1981)

Produced

  1. Handshake 4:47 Fad Gadget (01 Feb 1980)
  2. Ricky’s Hand 4:07 Fad Gadget (01 Feb 1980)
  3. Lady Shave 5:41 Fad Gadget (Mar 1981)
  4. Make Room 4:01 Fad Gadget (Mar 1981)

Programming

  1. Diminished Responsibility 5:53 Fad Gadget (01 Jul 1981)
  2. Plain Clothes 4:40 Fad Gadget (01 Jul 1981)
  3. Blind Eyes 5:04 Fad Gadget (01 Jul 1981)
  4. Saturday Night Special 6:39 Fad Gadget (01 Jul 1981)
  5. Manual Dexterity 3:35 Fad Gadget (01 Jul 1981)
  6. Innocent Bystander 6:32 Fad Gadget (01 Jul 1981)
  7. Incontinent 3:27 Fad Gadget (01 Jul 1981)

Recording Engineer For

  1. Saturday Night Special 6:39 Fad Gadget (01 Jul 1981)
  2. Manual Dexterity 3:35 Fad Gadget (01 Jul 1981)
  3. King of the Flies 4:26 Fad Gadget (01 Jul 1981)
  4. Plain Clothes 4:40 Fad Gadget (01 Jul 1981)
  5. Innocent Bystander 6:32 Fad Gadget (01 Jul 1981)
  6. Incontinent 3:27 Fad Gadget (01 Jul 1981)
  7. Blind Eyes 5:04 Fad Gadget (01 Jul 1981)

Mixed

  1. King of the Flies 4:26 Fad Gadget (01 Jul 1981)
  2. Innocent Bystander 6:32 Fad Gadget (01 Jul 1981)
  3. Incontinent 3:27 Fad Gadget (01 Jul 1981)
  4. Swallow It 5:42 Fad Gadget (01 Jul 1981)
  5. Blind Eyes 5:04 Fad Gadget (01 Jul 1981)
  6. Saturday Night Special 6:39 Fad Gadget (01 Jul 1981)

Credited as (5)

  1. Fad Gadget
  2. Fad Gadget / Mecano
  3. Piquet / Speedy J / Slick Sixty / Fad Gadget / Suicide
  4. Clark / Jeunesse d'Ivoire / Tuxedomoon / Fad Gadget / The B‐52s / Deux / New Order / Severed Heads / Fever Ray / Snowy Red / Sardine V / Pere Ubu / Can / The Fall
  5. Depeche Mode / Fad Gadget

Works (5)

Wrote

  1. Ricky’s Hand
  2. Manual Dexterity
  3. Diminished Responsibility
  4. Plain Clothes
  5. Handshake

Events (8)

Support Act At

  1. Exciter Tour
  2. Exciter Tour
  3. Exciter Tour
  4. Exciter Tour
  5. Exciter Tour
  6. Exciter Tour
  7. Exciter Tour
  8. Exciter Tour

Links (15)

Official Homepages

  1. http://www.fadgadget.co.uk/

Other Databases

  1. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/fad_gadget
  2. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no98017526
  3. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13970794p
  4. https://d-nb.info/gnd/134380347
  5. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no98017526

Lyrics Page

  1. http://muzikum.eu/en/122-8510/fad-gadget/lyrics.html

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/95570

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/2705

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000790078

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2917146/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/203949

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1444339

Streaming Page

  1. https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCBhsedWG9h5daYpSl7wqY_Q

Fan Pages

  1. http://www.fadgadget.de/