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 ...

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“Is This The Life” was not only the band’s only modest hit but also the band’s most radio-friendly song by a mile — it’s sort of a Cure-ish blend of new wave and post-punk and the only song on this ...

Tim Smith, who has died aged 59, made a bizarre kind of rock music that was so wrong it was right – and his boundless enthusiasm was so infectious it created an army of followers If Tim Smith ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. December 13, 1984. In a packed Hammersmith Odeon, awaiting their heroes, Marillion fans are growing increasingly impatient with ...

The Cardiacs were uncategorisable – a band who could be lovely one moment and unlistenable the next. But they inspire fierce devotion I don’t even know where to start with Tim Smith, although I do ...

My friend Tim Smith, the main force behind Cardiacs, Sea Nymphs and Spratleys Japs, passed away on July 21 2020 after spending over a decade suffering from the debilitating condition dystonia.

The Cardiacs have gone down in history as one of the most iconic British punk bands. With incredible hits such as Is This The Life? and There's Good Cud, the quarter certainly broke boundaries in the ...

Tim Smith, lead singer of British cult band The Cardiacs, has died at age 59. By Gil Kaufman Tim Smith, the lead singer and guitarist of cult British rock band The Cardiacs, died on Tuesday (July 22) ...

Tim Smith, the lead singer of The Cardiacs, has died at the age of 59. The leader of the influential cult group had experienced ill health since suffering a heart attack in 2008, which caused him to ...

If you are already a Cardiacs fan there is probably no point in reading a review about this album. You will already know that it is not just the band’s crowning glory, but that Sing To God is quite ...

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