CARDIACS – Live @ Woughton Centre, Milton Keynes (1995)

Cardiacs are an English rock band formed in Kingston upon Thames by Tim Smith (lead guitar and vocals) and his brother Jim (bass, backing vocals) in 1977 under the name Cardiac Arrest. The band’s sound fused circus, baroque pop and medieval music with progressive rock and post-punk, adding other elements like nursery rhymes and sea shanties. Tim Smith was the primary lyricist, noted for his complex and innovative compositional style. He and his brother were the only constant members in the band’s regularly changing lineup.

Woughton Centre, Milton Keynes. Thursday 25th May 1995 Jon Daniels 300th gig

1. “Vile Countdown” intro

2. The Icing on the World

3. Burn Your House Brown

4. In a City Lining

5. Is This The Life

6. Bell Stinks

7. Bell Clinks

8. ABC bang

9. Joining the Plankton

10. A Horses Tail

11. Interlude

12. Dive

13. Icky Qualms (Jon Poole on drums)

14. Arnald

15. ABC drone

16. Big Ship

Encore 1

1. Bellyeye

2. Nurses Whispering Verses

Encore 2

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