Fad Gadget 'Back to Nature' cover

[Voodoo John]

New cover. Fad Gadget was my inspiration as a lad. He was the first 'alternative' music I heard, then it was on to John Peel and the rest is history. Frank Tovey (his original name) has been dead about ten years now, this is my homage to him. Hope you like it.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77gPgfdKxGs

All music and voice by me. Backing vox by the wife and daughter. Fender USA standard strat, Crafter TB acoustic, Fender Jazz, Shure SM58 and of course the BOSS BR800.

[Oldrottenhead]

not listened yet, but i never realised he was dead. gosh.
 i saw him in glasgow in the mid 80s, i think promoting the album with saturday night special on it. the gig was at night moves, my friend robert used to write a fanzine, so we got on the guest list and got to meet him afterwards.

[Oldrottenhead]

great stuff john, and choice video. i wonder did he write this before bauhaus did bela lugosi's dead. the songs are very similar. both where released in september 79. mmmm

[Voodoo John]

Cheers orh, I half expected cries of 'WHO?' when I posted! Always good to find a fellow fan. He was my first gig, Sheffield, Feb28 1984, I was 15. Thats the only gig date I know! Never met him, but I feel if he were around today, I wouldve.
 

[Oldrottenhead]

was the year before i saw him, February 83 . i was 23, was hardly a night back then i wasnt at a gig. have fond memories of that era.

[64Guitars]

WHO?  

I don't know him or the song but it sounds really good to me. I like it.

[Hook]

Dig!
Rock On!

[Hilary]

Oh very cool . . .

[Greeny]

This is bloody fantastic. I love songs with those dark, descending chords. As ORH says, there's a dash of 'Bela Lugosi's Dead' in here. But I think it was a late 70's Indie style, as it's also SO close to 'Is Vic There' by Department S. I also heard a little guitar melody that early Adam and the Ants used on 'Killer in the Home', later adapted (and stolen) for the main riff in my song 'The Octopus' and I.

Anyway, I digress... this is wonderful. Love the style and the whole performance. Killer.

[kenny mac]

This is brilliant ,the song reminds me of Edwin Collins for some reason,think its the vocal delivery,anyway it's a killer track,well done.