A packed Hammersmith Odeon, December 13, 1984. Awaiting their heroes, Marillion fans are growing increasingly impatient with support act Cardiacs, a bunch of outliers led by the charismatic Tim Smith.

Yesterday came the very sad news that Cardiacs frontman Tim Smith passed away on Tuesday night (7/21), following a 12-year battle with a “complex and poorly understood” health condition. Cardiacs were ...

On the back of the release of their acclaimed LSD album, UK art rockers Cardiacs have announced three live dates for March 2026. The band will play the Electric in Brixton, London on March 11, ...

CARDIACS fans unfortunately learned of the tragic death of lead singer Tim Smith this week, aged 59. After performing with the band for decades, the star was best known for his rambunctious method of ...

The cult-beloved British band Cardiacs released Guns, their most recent album, in 1999. For a very, very long time, they’ve been planning a new double LP called LSD. The lead single was supposed to be ...

Tim Smith, frontman of the highly influential, impossible-to-pigeonhole progressive punk band Cardiacs, has died at age 59. Tim’s brother and bandmate Jim Smith wrote on the band’s website, “I’m sorry ...

Tim Smith, frontman and co-founder of Cardiacs, has died, aged 59. The news was confirmed to The Guardian by his bandmate Kavus Torabi, while another band representative said Smith "passed away ...

Tim Smith, frontman of the influential British cult rock band Cardiacs, has died at the age of 59. Smith started the cult rock band Cardiacs in about 1980 as the lead guitarist and vocalist with his ...

If you know who Cardiacs are, your response to them generally falls into two camps - those who think they’re the best band in the history of music, and those who wish they had never existed. By all ...

I was first exposed to Cardiacs’ oddly compelling world when the video to ‘Tarred And Feathered’ aired on The Tube on April 17 1987. Six musicians wearing old-fashioned vaguely military-style uniforms ...