(S)o I panicked, but nothing was going right and nobody could hear anything and Sarah's sax kept cutting out, and I think that's on the video, me shouting to myself that I can't stop it... but everyone else said it was a really good gig! I am not one of these people what can hear a note and know what it is.” And yet their intricacy belies his modesty. Brought to you by the good grace of the ALPHABET BUSINESS CONCERN. The band was quiet for the first four months of 1991, during which time two more members departed. The band has also influenced math rock artists such as The Monsoon Bassoon and Battles. The way things stand, [LSD] is nearly done but needs vocals and eyebrows and some of them need a few other touches. In June 2009, a new announcement appeared on the official Cardiacs website,[38] letting readers know that, after a year of rehabilitation, Tim Smith's mind had returned to full functionality and that "no part of your favourite pop star’s intellect or personality has been found to be absent whatsoever." Earlier lineups of the band were sextets and octets employing extensive use of saxophones, percussion and live keyboards. Later in the year, Cardiacs released a 12-inch single called "There's Too Many Irons in the Fire". Prior to this, only four clips had been available to the public via the "abcglobus" YouTube channel,[47] with a nearly-complete version of the DVD having been screened at the 2013 Alphabet Business Convention. The first Cardiacs release featuring the "classic" line-up was their third album, The Seaside[11] (although Cawthra featured throughout on drums, keyboards and voice; and Simmonds and Johnson also appeared on several tracks). 5 talking about this. Cardiacs remained active during 1992, touring frequently within the UK, including a double-headed tour with Levitation. A donation campaign was simultaneously launched, its goal being to facilitate improved care for Tim with the hope that the proper neurological treatment it would fund would help him regain control of his body, as he had responded positively to similar, but minimal and inconsistent treatment in the past. In the coming years, various Cardiacs releases would and continue to be added to the online shop, most notably a The Seaside boxset containing the original album remastered and with the original 4 "missing" tracks restored, as well as various supplementary material related to the era. It thanked fans for their kind thoughts and made clear Smith's interest in returning to playing music with Cardiacs at such time as his physical rehabilitation allowed. Despite the enforced halt in Cardiacs' work as an active band, the group's influence and presence has been sustained by various concerts and campaigns. Smith would later perform as a live acoustic trio with Ginger Wildheart and former Cardiac Jon Poole. Smith continued to receive medical treatment and rehabilitation,[12] before his death in July 2020. Speaking about Cardiacs, ... Tim and his band’s influence be with me forever. ", saw brief chart success due to exposure on mainstream radio, and garnered the attention of a wider audience when it entered the Independent Top 10 in the UK. Unless we consider the undignified shenanigans of Tim Smith who 'fell' into a pool filled with shit and is still crawling and scratching his way out of it. It was impressive then, and it will be forever. During 1999–2000, Cardiacs began work on a new studio album that remains incomplete and unreleased. Smith developed a rare neurological disorder called dystonia in 2008 after suffering a heart attack. During May, they toured with Pura Vida and Sidi Bou Said and recorded a live acoustic session for GLR Radio. If a word is needed then I would use "psychedelic" if anything. Some people think it's dead funny, wonderful, beautiful, genius, and others hate it. The sound of Philpot's Korg synthesizer was to have a strong impact on Smith and the development of the Cardiacs' sound. Cardiac Arrest produced a seven-song demo at Elephant Studios in London and subsequently expanded to a sextet, adding Colvin Mayers (keyboards) and Ralph Cade (whose contribution was mainly theatrical, involving manic dancing and posturing with a saxophone). Cardiacs are often lambasted for trying to be ‘wacky’ and ‘quirky’, but Tim Smith is one of the few authentic figures on the British music scene who is truly extraordinary. [10][27], Tim Smith on Cardiacs' live show (and its effect on an audience) in Time Out of Mind fanzine, circa 1987. Tim Smith, frontman of influential British rockband Cardiacs, has died at the age of 59 - he stepped back from music in 2008 after a heart attack left him struggling with his speech and movement One exquisite and deceptively complex piece, Dergo, became known as Fucking Dergo in rehearsals – but at the finale of the gig, we nailed it. "Tim would have drums and rough keyboard chords on tape and would ask me to come up with guitar and bass riffs. [2] The band followed up this burst of success with another single, a cover of The Kinks' "Susannah's Still Alive" with a video directed by Steve Payne. If Tim Smith influenced you, he really influenced you. The tall man was THE CONSULTANT who’d been spying on Cardiacs for some time. Appointed by The Great John-Shonk, Arbiter Titan carries with him the full weight of responsibility for this great organisation. Related articles. ... His loyal fans declare him a genius: a ‘Mozart’ or ‘Beethoven’ of the rock world. Strange Fruit Records also released a 12-inch vinyl EP of the band's BBC Radio 1 session from the previous year, under the title Night Tracks (The Janice Long Session). However, there were three more London concerts in 1998 – at one of these (the Garage concert on 4 December) the band was joined for an encore by William D. Drake. The latter featured Cardiacs (and various people connected with them) in bizarre, comedic situations which continued to propagate the absurdist Alphabet Business Concern mythology which surrounded the band. He had a cardiac problem, and we needed to perform a blood transfusion in order to save him. Tim would then do the production bit and get the best out of me… I remember Tim had programmed the weird bit in the middle of "Odd Even" and left me to find a guitar line amongst the chords so I was sat on my own dropping myself in. )[27] Following Cawthra's departure, Smith returned Drake's favour by inviting him to join Cardiacs. The headline ran, "In the bizarre world of music... anything goes – even incest. As Pretzellogic says up there, I too hit evangelical mode. Professional video camera equipment was apparently seen being used to record the band during the concerts, leading to a rumour that members of Org Records[34] had filmed the entire three nights for later video release. A particular blow had been the departure of Drake, whose virtuoso keyboard skills and compositional input had made him one of the backbones of the band. Dirty Boy Lyrics: We cut all his eyes we did / Squeezed the lids and down the grog into hole / He skip with cow eyed smile to the blissful / Into craggy dress and we will praise him him / We will He’d go to your gigs, and he’d stand at the front. [11] (Consequently, some tracks featured Michael Pugh as lead singer rather than Tim Smith). [24], Prior to the departure of Hayes, Cardiacs had recorded an album called Heaven Born and Ever Bright (which featured several of Hayes' guitar and vocal parts, plus a track he had co-written called "Goodbye Grace"). He ran an open house, welcomed you in, and offered limitless reserves of enthusiasm and support. Mr Spencer talks to BLUR’S DAMON ALBARN and GRAHAM COXON plus CAPTAIN SENSIBLE,ÃÂ WILLIAM D. DRAKE and CARDIACS’ KAVUS TORABI about a man who makes hearts soar”’¦ HEAVEN BORN AND … Top from L-R: Dominic Luckman, Jim Smith, Tim Quy, Cardiacs were an English rock band formed in 1977, originally as Cardiac Arrest, led by Tim Smith. Quy's departure was commemorated by a message at the end of the Maresnest video stating "this film is dedicated to Tim Quy who left our world 30/8/90". Over the following two years, the Cardiacs lineup began to disintegrate. [2] (Tim and Sarah Smith eventually separated in 1989, although this was entirely unrelated to The Sunday Sport "scandal"). It’s rare that a musician and band get to say they were totally unique. Eliot. Future Cardiacs percussionist Tim Quy, recalling Cardiacs' early collective organisation. On 15 May, the band played a concert at the Paradiso in Amsterdam, which was recorded for later release as Cardiacs Live. One choice was ‘childhood’ which enabled me to go bwahaha, kids drawings like in the Cardiacs Book (bought for 50p at the Marquee). Sean Kitching was a hardcore fan of Cardiacs and then, one day, a chance conversation at a show led to friendship with Tim Smith, the powerhouse behind the group. Then there's Sarah, Tim's wife, saxophonist, pre-Seaside synth player, skirt … Cardi B has defended herself after a video resurfaced of her saying she drugged and robbed men who wanted to have sex with her while she worked as a stripper before finding fame. Musicians who have cited Tim Smith's work as a major influence include Mike Vennart of Oceansize, Mike Patton of Faith No More and Mr. Bungle and Tool. [28][29], By autumn 1984, the band lineup had settled as the sextet generally referred to as "the classic line-up" – Tim Smith (lead vocals and guitar), Jim Smith (bass and vocals), William D. Drake (keyboards and vocals), Sarah Smith (saxophones and vocals), Tim Quy (percussion and bass synth) and Dominic Luckman (drums).[11]. The band had been approached by film-maker Mark Francombe (later a member of Cranes) and his colleague Nick Elborough, both of whom were at that time students at Portsmouth College of Art and Design. Released on Org Records as a limited edition of 1,000 copies, Ditzy Scene was also the first release by the new lineup: on record this included Claire, Melanie, Cathy and Dawn, but the 2007 winter tour featured only Melanie and Cathy, both of whom were now playing percussion and singing. I think his big drive at the moment is to finish off things that were started. Their extraordinary live show was characterised by colour, chaos and (fake) cruelty. In 2013 and 2015 events dubbed "The Alphabet Business Convention" were held in celebration of and with all proceeds going towards Tim Smith's rehabilitation. Cardiacs are a band founded in 1977 from Kingston upon Thames that is the very definition of a cult band. Tim Smith, the lead singer and guitarist of cult British rock band The Cardiacs, died on Tuesday (July 22) at age 59. Currently on hiatus. As he was dying, he kept telling us to "be positive," but it's incredibly hard to without him. Cardiacs would then perform their hearts out, dressed as filthy soldiers with smeared makeup. On 17 April, the band's music video for "Tarred and Feathered" (from the Big Ship mini-album) was broadcast on Channel 4's groundbreaking music show The Tube, giving Cardiacs their first exposure on national television. In a 2016 feature via The Quietus, Kavus Torabi shed light on several past, present, and future Cardiacs projects. Here he remembers a unique talent and kind soul . Because his melodies make so much sense of everything, it would be ridiculous to put out these recordings, as exciting as they are, without the melodies. One day Geoff Shelton buys a real electric guitar, it’s all painted in flowers and it is about 1972. On 1 April 1985, an attempt was made to film Cardiacs at a live concert at the Surbiton Assembly Rooms. The band leader, who was born in Surrey in 1961, began his musical career in 1975 when he became the lead guitarist in a group with a host of school friends. The condition left him with impaired dexterity and ability to speak, as well as painful muscle spasms. At the same time, the band reissued almost their entire back catalogue on CD. "[14], The broad combination of styles in the band's music has sometimes been referred to as "progressive punk" – or "pronk" – and has led to Cardiacs being labelled the primary exponents of this musical style. This was released as the new Cardiacs album in the summer of 1992, the first fruit of a new distribution deal with Rough Trade Records. At the end of June 2008, Tim Smith collapsed from a Cardiopulmonary arrest after leaving a My Bloody Valentine concert. Cardiacs' music is noted for balancing the attack and 'raw energy' of punk rock with the intricacies and technical cleverness of early British progressive rock.The band also incorporates elements of other musical forms such as ska, mediaeval music, folk music, heavy metal, hymns and corporate anthems. Cardi recently shared the first ever photo of her daughter Kulture on Instagram Credit: Instagram Who is her husband and the child's father, Offset? This was debunked by Torabi in a 2009 interview, in which he stated that no such recordings existed. The singular nature of the music was bolstered by Tim’s carefully constructed myth of an exploitative organisation, the Alphabet Business Concern, who dictated Cardiacs activities and held them to account. [3][2][15] Musicians that the band have cited as influences include XTC, Van der Graaf Generator, Gong, early Split Enz, Devo, Gentle Giant, Alberto Y Los Trios Paranoias, early Genesis, Deaf School and Wire. Another song, the Jon Poole-penned "Silvery", appeared regularly in the band's live repertoire, and was later re-recorded by Jon Poole himself for The God Damn Whores' second album (albeit under the title "Sparkly Silver Sky"). Noted for their complex, varied and intense compositional style and for their eccentric, theatrical stage shows, they have been hailed as an influence by bands as diverse as Blur, Faith No More and Radiohead. Alphabet's original representatives - or representative characters - were Cardiac's "sordid, waxy" manager The Consultant (real name James Stevens) and his assistant and band advisor "Miss Swift", both of whom made onstage appearances with Cardiacs during the 1980s. Tim Smith, the lead singer of The Cardiacs, has died at the age of 59.. I have been bowled over and knocked back by the outpourings of love, posted on here. This led to hypoxic brain damage, leaving Smith severely debilitated by the rare condition Dystonia. @AmberX994874: @angela__888 Tim Smith has way more go in him than that guy ever will - 5 months ago @snavenai: RT @theQuietus: 'Cardiacs’ music is the classic ‘marmite’ proposition. Noted for their complex, varied and intense compositional style[4][5][6] and for their eccentric, theatrical stage shows,[7][8][9] they have been hailed as an influence by bands as diverse as Blur, Faith No More and Napalm Death. But they are losing. However, the following year proved to be Cardiacs' quietest year for a long time, with only four concerts played in total.[24]. Every one of them. A second show was announced shortly afterward for January 2017, as a double billing with Kavus Torabi's band Guapo.[44]. As Jon Poole[9] was by now also the bass player for The Wildhearts[8] (and busy rehearsing for the upcoming Wildhearts tour) he was replaced for the concert by Kavus Torabi (formerly guitarist and singer for Monsoon Bassoon, Torabi was also a long-standing Cardiacs' associate who'd served as their guitar technician since the mid-1990s.). It was an extraordinarily interesting and brilliant time for me because we’d already talked a great deal about what the plan was for the next few years for Cardiacs. [23], A Cardiacs spin-off project – Mr and Mrs Smith and Mr Drake – emerged in 1984. Tim Smith, known best as the lead singer of the Cardiacs, has died at the age of 59. From then until 1999, Cardiacs released six studio albums, as well as a number of singles, EPs and live albums. Sing To God is an incredible album. On one notable occasion, at a 4 June gig at the London Astoria, Cardiacs were supported by future British rock megastars Radiohead, then at the start of their career. He represents the ethos and fundamental reasons for the existence of The Shonk and he accepts fully that how others perceive him is tantamount to our great reputation as a Holistic Music Journalism agency. Later in 1980, Cardiac Arrest released a self-produced cassette album called The Obvious Identity. Of stars and planets,. [27] On most dates of the tour, the band was pelted with a variety of makeshift missiles. Although Sarah would not rejoin the band, she would retain a long-term connection with Cardiacs by playing on future albums and would very occasionally appear as a special guest for live concerts. The band honed their craft playing a mixture of pubs, youth clubs, schools, hotels and free festivals. Culture stars we lost in 2020 Olivia de Havilland. In the early years, the band's line-up was flexible according to availability and circumstances – for example, Cardiac Arrest played the 1979 Stonehenge Free Festival as a three piece of Tagg, Mayers and Tim Smith (Smith played both guitar and bass while Mayers alternated between guitar and keyboards). Tim Smith recalls the Salisbury Mares Nest concert.[24]. Francombe and Elborough offered to film the band for free as part of their coursework project. [24] By the time of their second concert (also at The Kaleidecope later in the same year) the band had changed their name to Cardiac Arrest. In September 2017, the Alphabet Business Concern released the long-awaited "Some Fairytales from the Rotten Shed" DVD to the public. Drake played his first concert with the band on 31 August 1983. At around the same time percussionist Tim Quy became a full-time member (also doubling on bass synthesizer). The Cardiacs took a hiatus after Tim was hospitalised in 2008 when he suffered a heart attack, which left him with severe brain damage and a condition called dystonia. [42], Later the same year, teaser images began appearing on Cardiacs' website and Facebook group, culminating in the announcement of the long-awaited next Sea Nymphs album, On the Dry Land, whose songs had been recorded around the same time as the first album but were left unreleased for over 20 years. A list of Cardiacs puns! While Tim Smith's given explanation for the album's nonappearance was that it had been rendered "broken" in some manner,[32] bandmate Kavus Torabi has since stated that, while the band did record around this time, the concept of a "lost album" was apocryphal. The initial lineup was Michael Pugh on lead vocals, Tim Smith on guitar and backing vocals, and Peter Tagg on drums. As a man whose Groucho Marxist convictions forbid him to belong to any club that would accept him as a member, I am still occasionally prone to jump on a trend if I can get something out of it. If you ventured far enough into his chaotic world of sound – somewhere between pop, psych, punk and prog – it would inevitably become an all-encompassing love. [19][20][21][22] During the 1980s the band perfected a detailed stage act involving shabby lift attendant costumes, badly-applied clown make-up, Tim Smith's bullying of other band members (predominantly Jim Smith), and a final formal presentation of champagne and flowers by The Consultant and Miss Swift complete with confetti, taking place to "a euphoric sweep of saxophone and keyboards that wouldn’t seem out of place in a '70s cigar advert. In December 1993, Cardiacs revealed their new drummer, Jon Poole's former Ad Nauseam bandmate, Bob Leith. Cardiacs were undoubtedly awkward bastards. [35] (However, a session referred to as the "Garage Rehearsals", was filmed: a mix of live studio playing and humorously surreal scenes between the band members. In 2013, after a long period of radio silence, the official Cardiacs website relaunched with many pieces of merchandise for sale. Here you will find the most extensive collection of Tim Smith and Cardiacs related documents, memorabilia, images, music and videos.. “I had no idea; the tunes just happened,” he said. These were taken mostly from the cassette albums (The Obvious Identity and Toy World, but also included songs such as An Ant, Hopeless, Gloomy News and Hello Mr Minnow (which had never been officially recorded before and had only ever been played at concerts in the late '70s/early '80s). Like Sarah Smith, he was not replaced: the removal of live tuned and untuned percussion from the lineup further altered the established Cardiacs sound. The band's music is written almost entirely by Tim Smith, although contributions have been made by other group members. During 1981, Colvin Mayers left the band to join The Sound (a group led by Adrian Borland and with whom Tim had previously collaborated). The album was released in November 2016 in CD and vinyl formats. Although the band had historically been well-used to line-up changes, Cardiacs were profoundly affected by the multiple departures taking place between 1989 and 1991. Dirty Boy in particular is most likely operating at Smile level Brian Wilson genius. The idiosyncratic sequences of chords he assembled were, in any traditional sense, completely wrong, but through sheer buoyancy of spirit they became unwaveringly right. A two-volume CD set of recordings from the three shows – The Special Garage Concerts Vol I and The Special Garage Concerts Vol II – was eventually released in 2005. Tim Smith had previously met Drake in 1982 at the debut performance of Drake's band Honour Our Trumpet (who promptly invited him to join as bass guitarist. The Safety Bowl. Three more concerts followed in October.[24]. f Tim Smith influenced you, he really influenced you. Cardiacs are fun, they're groovy, they're positively enjoyable in a popish way. It's been really great to see the progression of Kavus Torabi's Knifeworld, and also to see him rising to the challenges of principle songwriter and bandleader (especially a large band leader) in these times. You have no idea what this means. The ALPHABET BUSINESS CONCERN wishes it to be known that, whilst maintaining complete control of his artistic output, they disassociate themselves ENTIRELY with his recent illness and, in fact, fail to recognise it as an excuse for not fulfilling his duties. At the start of 1999, Cardiacs played three nights in a row at the Camden Falcon, London between 29 and 31 January: on the final date, Sarah Smith and William D. Drake joined in for the encore. Tim Smith, frontman with cult British band Cardiacs, has died aged 59. Cardiacs are also renowned for their startling performance style, which has been historically integrated (via video work, publicity, interviews and onstage presentation) with a vague and oppressive band mythology. Tim is a perfectionist, and rightly so. Drake was considered irreplaceable and Cardiacs opted not to look for a new keyboard player, remaining as a quartet of two guitars, bass and drums (with Christian Hayes being replaced as second guitarist by Jon Poole[11] who had previously played with the Cardiacs-inspired Milton Keynes band Ad Nauseam). [7][8][9] The music magazine Organ once commented that "one Cardiacs song contains more ideas than most other musicians' entire careers. Several early 1980s video releases by Cardiacs – in particular The Consultant's Flower Garden and the clip for To Go Off and Things – provided video "evidence" that Alphabet ran Cardiacs' internal affairs in the manner of an Edwardian children's home (complete with behavioural problems and bullying). It's the weirdness in everyone whether you like it or not. Cardiacs frontman Tim Smith has died aged 59 (Image: Redferns) Read More Related Articles. Smith developed a rare neurological disorder called dystonia in 2008 after suffering a heart attack. Unfortunately, none of us knew his blood type. [43], In November 2016, Jo Spratley gathered several musicians of Cardiacs-influenced origins and "reformed" her and Tim Smith's band, Spratleys Japs (albeit without Tim due to his health, although Smith did attend as an audience member), for a one night show in which the band performed the entirety of the Japs' sole album, Pony, as well as the remaining tracks from the Hazel EP (and ended the set with Cardiacs' own "Flap Off You Beak"). I will miss him dearly and the world is an even sadder place without him in it. A number of other new members were drafted into the Cardiacs line-up at the same time – three backing singers (Claire Lemmon and Melanie Woods of Sidi Bou Said, plus former Shrubbies and current North Sea Radio Orchestra singer Sharron Fortnam) and two percussionists – Cathy Harabaras and Dawn Staple – playing mostly bass drums. Graham never wanted to be in Cardiacs but he was made to join. [11], Cardiacs were placed on indefinite hiatus following the 2008 hospitalisation of Tim Smith, after a cardiopulmonary arrest which subsequently led him to develop the rare neurological disorder dystonia. More than half of all Americans age 80 and older either have had cataracts or have had surgery to get rid of cataracts. After the Salisbury concert, Tim Quy left the band to pursue other projects. Whatever your stance, it’… Between 17–19 October 2003, Cardiacs recorded three special concerts at the Highbury Garage venue in London. Brothers Jim and Tim Smith grew up in Chessington, Surrey, UK and formed their first musical groups in neighbouring Kingston upon Thames, Greater London. Among other things, Tim Smith's guitar fell apart and keys fell off Sarah Smith's saxophone. The news was confirmed by his bandmate Kavus Torabi. Whilst the tour afforded the band a new level of publicity, generally they were not well received by Marillion's fanbase. 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