Cardiacs - Musical Relations

Musical Relations

(alphabetically)

• Ablemesh (Jon Poole and Bob Leith)
• Admirals Hard (Kavus Torabi sings and plays mandolin and guitar in this “psychedelic sea-shanty” band)
• Ad Nauseam (Jon Poole and Bob Leith – prior to joining Cardiacs)
• Authority (Kavus Torabi with Jamie Keddie and Dan Chudley from The Monsoon Bassoon and Craig Fortnam from Lake Of Puppies/North Sea Radio Orchestra)
• Blurt (Bob Leith drums for this long-established jazz/punk/art-rock band)
• Circulus (Progressive Folk/Rock band featuring Cardiacs Percussionist/Backing Vocalist, Cathy Harabaras)
• Dark Star (band) (Christian Hayes sang lead vocals and played guitar in this band after leaving Cardiacs and Levitation)
• GodDamnWhores (Jon Poole’s hard rock band, formed after leaving Cardiacs)
• Guapo (Kavus Torabi plays guitar for this progressive rock band)
• Katherine In A Cupboard (progressive rock band fronted by Bob Leith on vocals and with Jim Smith on bass)
• Knifeworld (Kavus Torabi's current band. Complex, dense psychedelic songs also featuring Melanie Woods on Vocals and Craig Fortnam on bass)
• Lake Of Puppies (William D. Drake’s mid-‘90s “psychedelic acoustic” band, also featuring Sharron Fortnam)
• Levitation (Christian Hayes played guitar and sang in this band after leaving Cardiacs)
• Mice (short-lived band led by former All About Eve singer Julianne Regan, with post-Cardiacs contributions from Dominic Luckman and Christian Hayes )
• Mikrokosmos (Christian Hayes solo project)
• Nervous (William D. Drake played keyboards and sang backing vocals for this folk/roots/rock band after leaving Cardiacs)
• The Monsoon Bassoon (Kavus Torabi co-led this psychedelic indie/math rock band prior to joining Cardiacs. Tim Smith produced their album I Dig Your Voodoo.)
• Mr and Mrs Smith and Mr Drake (Tim Smith, Sarah Smith, and William D. Drake – an early version of The Sea Nymphs)
• North Sea Radio Orchestra – (contemporary chamber ensemble featuring Sharron Fortnam, Kavus Torabi, William D. Drake, Melanie Woods among others; albums produced by Mark Cawthra)
• Panixphere (band featuring various Cardiacs at different times – the 1982–1984 lineup featured (Christian Hayes, “Flat Hat” and future Cardiacs roadie “Little Hicky”; the 1991–1993 lineup featured Christian Hayes, Tim Smith, Jon Poole and Dave Francolini)
• Ponce (band featuring Jim Smith and Melanie Woods)
• Ring (psychedelic band featuring Christian Hayes – prior to joining Cardiacs – also featured future members of The Milk And Honey Band and Zag And The Coloured Beads)
• Scalp (Mark Cawthra's solo recording projects)
• Sidi Bou Said (band led by Clare Lemmon and Melanie Woods, touring extensively with Cardiacs in the early 1990s, before Tim asked Clare and Melanie to do backing vocals on the Sing to God and Guns albums. Tim Smith produced their second album Bodies and John Poole their third album Obsessive.)
• Silver Ginger 5 (band led by Ginger from The Wildhearts with Jon Poole produced by Tim Smith)
• Spratleys Japs (short-lived band featuring Tim Smith and Jo Spratley)
• Stuntdog (Dominic Luckman's current band, featuring former Cardiacs merchandise man Steve Wattison on guitar and vocals)
• The Sea Nymphs (semi-acoustic psychedelic folk spin-off from Cardiacs featuring Tim Smith, Sarah Smith and William D. Drake)
• The Shrubbies (mid-‘90s "psychedelic acoustic" band led by Craig and Sharron Fortnam and featuring a post-Cardiacs Sarah Smith and Dominic Luckman)
• The Sound (Colvin Mayers – after leaving Cardiacs)
• Tim Smith's OceanLandWorld (Tim Smith's solo project)
• The Trudy (band formed by Peter Tagg and Ralph Cade after leaving Cardiacs)
• Ungodly Racket (project featuring Dawn Staple)
• The Wildhearts (celebrated British hard rock band, which Jon Poole joined on bass during/after his time in Cardiacs)