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{{Short description|British electronic musician and vocalist}}
{{EngvarB|date=September 2014}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
|name            = Fad Gadget
|image           = Fad_gadget.jpg
|landscape       = yes
|caption         = Fad Gadget in 2001
|image_size      =
|background      = solo_singer
|birth_name      = Francis John Tovey
|alias           = 
|birth_date      = {{birth date|df=yes|1956|9|8}}
|birth_place     = London, England
|death_date      = {{death date and age|df=yes|2002|4|3|1956|9|8}}
|death_place     = London
|origin          = 
|instrument      =
|genre           = {{hlist|[[Industrial music|Industrial]]|[[New wave music|new wave]]|[[synth-pop]]|[[post-punk]]}}
|occupation      = 
|years_active    = 1979–1993<br />2001–2002
|label           = [[Mute Records|Mute]]
|associated_acts = Frank Tovey & The Pyros
|website         ={{url|fadgadget.co.uk}}
|current_members = 
|past_members    = John Dignham, Cam Donnelly
}}   

'''Francis John Tovey''' (8 September 1956 – 3 April 2002), known also by his stage name '''Fad Gadget''', was a British [[avant-garde music|avant-garde]] [[Electronic music|electronic]] musician and vocalist. He was a proponent of both [[New wave music|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 object (music)|found object]]s, including [[Electric drill|drills]] and electric [[razor]]s. 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.