Editing Fad Gadget (section)

==Signing to Mute Records==
Frank Tovey signed as Fad Gadget to Daniel Miller's [[Mute Records]]. He was the first artist to sign to Mute.<ref name="nytobit" /> "Back to Nature" was recorded as the second [[Mute Records]] release at RMS Studio in London. At the time RMS was an eight track studio. Gadget had no real experience of recording within a studio environment, so he left most of the decision making to Daniel Miller. Most of the recorded instruments on "Back to Nature" belonged to Tovey, although he used equipment belonging to Miller as well; this included an [[ARP 2600]] synthesiser.<ref name="E&MM" />

"Back to Nature" was a great success for Mute Records so a follow-up record was produced; the follow-up was titled "[[Ricky's Hand]]". The recording included Gadget's wife, Barbara, singing a vocal part near the end of the recording; the vocal part is then mixed with a synthesiser part into the outro of the song. Fad Gadget then went on to record an album for Mute Records. ''Fireside Favourites'' was recorded at [[Blackwing Studios]] in London. He decided to record the album without Daniel Miller's assistance.<ref name="E&MM" />

Gadget felt it was important that he made all the decisions about recording the album himself. Gadget also felt the ideas and concepts behind his live performances were just as important. His live appearances progressed to dressing in theatrical costumes, reflecting back to his days studying visual arts,<ref name="E&MM" /> and he quickly became known for his confrontational stage antics. Some of these included [[Tarring and feathering|covering himself in tar and feathers]], swinging his microphone like a whip, leaping backwards into the audience, dancing across bar tables while kicking over people's drinks, climbing up speakers, hanging from ceiling fixtures, pulling out his body hair and playing instruments with his head, often ending up in personal injury. Gadget was particularly infamous for spreading [[shaving cream]] on his naked body onstage, an image of which is depicted on the cover of ''The Best of Fad Gadget''. ''[[Sounds (magazine)|Sounds]]'' magazine described him as "...the bumbling but talented [[Doctor Who|Dr Who]] of electro-pop".<ref>{{Cite book
  | last = Gimarc
  | first = George
  | author-link = George Gimarc
  | title = Punk Diary: The Ultimate Trainspotter's Guide to Underground Rock, 1970–1982
  | publisher = Backbeat Books
  | date = 1 July 2005
  | pages = 343
  | url = http://www.gimarc.com/PUNK_DIARY.html
  | isbn = 978-0-87930-848-3}}</ref> In 1981 Gadget released another one-off single on [[Mute Records]], "Make Room", featuring the b-side "Lady Shave", which went on to become "one of his most iconic tracks".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4147531-dis-does-singles--the-best-songs-you-ve-never-heard|title=Drowned In Sound|last=Zevolli|first=Giuseppe|date=2014-03-17|website=Drowned In Sound|access-date=2016-05-03|archive-date=10 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160810010252/http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4147531-dis-does-singles--the-best-songs-you-ve-never-heard|url-status=dead}}</ref>