Well where do we begin?

Born in Surrey in @1979 as Cardiac Arrest - releasing their first EP - A bus for a bus on a bus. Very DIY on Tortch records (TOR002)

How on Earth do you describe their style? Well  a large dose of prog with a generous helping of punk, combined with equal parts of ska and folk. Shake it all up, add an amazing live performance and that's Cardiacs in a nutshell.

 The bands early releases were recorded by: Tim Smith, Jim Smith, Sarah Smith, Dominic Luckman, Tim Quy and William D Drake.

In keeping with their DIY style - our beloved Cardiacs have released almost all their pieces on their own label - Alphabet Business Concern.

Early CD releases do not have the dotted line running along the spine! The later ones that were re-pressed by Plastichead Records do!!

So you want more do you???

Well... beginners would do well to purchase Sing to God Parts 1 and 2 as my friends that don't understand them say that is the least worst of all of them.

Treats to be looking for:

1st EP - Cardiac Arrest - A Bus for a bus on a Bus (TOR 002)

Cardiacs - The Seaside cassette - ALPH01 (fan club only cassette)

Cardiacs - Toy World (fan club only cassette)

Cardiacs- Seaside Treats EP

Cardiacs - Susannah's Still Alive White label Promo

Anything on video seems to do quite well!

A Little Man and a House and the Whole World Window on TORSO has a couple of nice extra bits. Well worth the extra pennys.

BIG BIG NEWS

A Little Man and a House and the Whole World Window has been reissued and is available from cardiacs.com What a shame if you have already paid out £30 or more for it.

They keep promising to release Maresnest and Seaside Treats on DVD but who knows...

New album due for 2008??????? Watch this space