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Cardiacs

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Guns (1999)	Sing to God (1995)	Heaven Born and Ever Brig (1992)
On Land and in the Sea (1989)	A Little Man and a House (1988)	The Seaside (1984)
Toy World (1981)

Members
8 Mixed

Popularity
30

Followers
14,089

Origin
Kingston upon Thames, Greater London

Genre
Progressive Rock

Style
Rock/Pop

Mood
Energetic

Active
1980 to 2008

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Alternate Name
Cardiac Arrest

Most Loved Tracks

	Track	Last.FM Listens	Youtube views	Loves
	A Little Man and a House	87,537		8 users
	Eat It Up Worms Hero	87,089		8 users
	Fiery Gun Hand	123,516		8 users
	Eden on the Air	65,883		4 users
	In a City Lining	68,588		4 users
	Is This the Life?	81,800		4 users
	R.E.S.	90,019		4 users

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Cardiacs are an English band formed in 1977 and led by Tim Smith. Noted for their complex, varied and intense compositional style and for their eccentric, theatrical stage shows, they have been hailed as an influence by many newer groups and artists. Their music combines the excitement and energy of punk with the intricacies and technical cleverness of early British progressive rock, a combination sometimes referred to as pronk, although frontman Tim Smith has disavowed this classification. Cardiacs have released eight studio albums plus a number of live albums, compilation albums and singles between 1980 and 2007, and are best known for the 1988 minor hit single "Is This the Life?" They are also noted for attracting strongly diverse responses: they have remained one of Britain's leading cult rock bands during their four-decade-spanning career, but have also attracted virulent critical attack (including a lengthy editorial ban from the British music magazine New Musical Express). The band has been on indefinite (and possibly permanent) hiatus following the 2008 hospitalisation of Tim Smith after a heart attack and series of strokes.


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Last Edit by zag
17th Jun 2026

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