On September 3rd, 1979, FAD GADGET released his debut single, BACK TO NATURE.
The late Francis John "Frank" Tovey, better known to the music biz as Fad Gadget, the East End of London's gift to do-it-yourself music-making, tried to learn guitar but never got beyond two or three chords. His reaction was to begin experimenting with tape loops and visual performance, finding ways of expressing himself without voice.
From art school, Frank moved on to Leeds Polytechnic (Marc Almond was in the year below) where he was once more encouraged to get involved with performance and mime, eventually gaining a good degree for his efforts. Indulging in a re-think of his career, he decided that maybe he could use his theatrical approach as a way of edging into the music scene.
He moved to London and once more began experimenting with sounds that didn't demand too much in the way of technical skills. After working on numerous demos, Frank emerged with one that impressed Daniel Miller, who ran Mute Records. The result was 'Back To Nature', the first Fad Gadget single.
This was dark and Dystopian, menacing synthpop borne out of an industrial wasteland where Throbbing Gristle and Nurse With Wound rather than Numan and OMD roamed.
His next, 'Ricky's Hand', a bizarre tale decked out in decidedly danceworthy electronic guise, became something of a turntable hit, proving to Mute that they could well be involved with something destined to make tills jangle. At which point Frank Tovey, adding such unlikely instruments as electric shavers, metal chairs and ashtrays to his armoury, went into the studio with drummer Nick Cash and engineer Eric Radcliffe to make ‘Fireside Favourites’, a remarkable debut album.
[Verse 1]
Back to nature
Caravan on canvey sand
Back to nature
Glucose filled, and programmed to respond
[Verse 2]
It's gonna rain all night
But we'll be alright
Under the geodesic dome
Infrared heats it just like home
Sitting in the shade of a rubber tree
I'll kiss you and you'll kiss me
[Chorus]
Back to nature
Burning bodies in the sun
Back to nature
Just like lemmings, every one
Back to nature
Catalyst aircraft fill the air
Back to nature
Aerosol ambre solaire
[Verse 2]
It's gonna rain all night
But we'll be alright
Under the geodesic dome
Infrared heats it just like home
Sitting in the shade of a rubber tree
I'll kiss you and you'll...kiss me
Kiss me,kiss me,kiss me
[Outro]
With my back to nature
With my back to nature
Back to nature
Back to nature
Turn my back to nature
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