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Bow Wow Wow was a New Wave band organized by Malcolm McLaren, who is better known as the man behind the Sex Pistols. McLaren used the former members of Adam & the Ants after Adam Ant's solo career began. Matthew Ashman, Leigh Gorman and David Barbarossa, along with Annabella Lwin on vocals, formed the band and began playing before Lwin quit in 1983 to pursue a solo career and the remaining trio became the Chiefs of Relief. After issuing a few albums, Ashman died from diabetes complications and Lwin and Gorman reunited to release Wild in the U.S.A. in 1998, adding Dave Calhoun and Eshan Khadaroo.

Discography (UK)

Jul 1980 C30, C60, C90, Go! b/w Sun, Sea and Piracy (EMI 5088, 45rpm single)

Dec 1980 Your Cassette Pet (EMI WOW 1, cassette EP)

  1. Louis Quatorze
  2. Gold He Said
  3. Uomo Sex Al Apache
  4. I Want My Baby On Mars
  5. Sexy Eiffel Towers
  6. Giant Sized Baby Thing
  7. Fools Rush In
  8. Radio G. String

Mar 1981 W.O.R.K. (N.O. Nah, No No My Daddy Don't) b/w C30, C60, C90, Anda (EMI 5153, 45rpm single)

Jul 1981 Prince of Darkness b/w Orang-outang (RCA 100, 45rpm single)

Oct 1981 See Jungle! See Jungle! Go Join Your Gang, Yeah. City All Over! Go Ape Crazy. (RCA RCALP 3000, 33rpm LP)

  1. Jungle Boy
  2. Chihuahua
  3. Prince of Darkness (Sinner! Sinner! Sinner!) [Instrumental]
  4. Mickey Put It Down
  5. (I'm a) TV Savage
  6. Elimination Dancing
  7. Golly! Golly! Go Buddy!
  8. King Kong
  9. Go Wild in the Country
  10. I'm Not a Know It All
  11. Why Are Babies So Wise?
  12. Orang-Outang
  13. Hello, Hello Daddy (I'll Sacrifice You)

Oct 1981 Chihuahua b/w Golly! Golly! Go Buddy! (RCA 144, 45rpm single)

Jan 1982 Go Wild in the Country b/w El Boss Dieho (RCA 175, 45rpm single)

Apr 1982 See Jungle! (Jungle Boy) / (I'm a ) TV Savage (RCA 220, 45rpm single, double A-side)

May 1982 I Want Candy b/w King Kong (RCA 238, 45rpm single)

Jul 1982 I Want Candy (EMI EMC 3416, 33rpm LP)

  1. I Want Candy
  2. Cowboy
  3. Louis Quatorze
  4. The Mile High Club
  5. W.O.R.K. (N.O. Nah No! No! My Daddy Don't) (extended version)
  6. Bow Wow Wow
  7. Fools Rush In
  8. I Want my Baby on Mars
  9. Gold He Said
  10. Sexy Eiffel Towers
  11. Radio G-String
  12. C-30, C-60, C-90 Go
  13. Sun, Sea and Piracy
  14. Uomo Sex Al Apache
  15. Giant Sized Baby Thing
  16. C-30, C-60, C-90 Anda!

Jul 1982 Louis Quatorze b/w Mile High Club (RCA 263, 45rpm single)

Sep 1982 Fools Rush In b/w Sex (instrumental) (EMI 5344, 45rpm single)

Feb 1983 When the Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going (RCA RCALP 6068, 33rpm LP)

  1. Aphrodisiac
  2. Do You Wanna Hold Me?
  3. Roustabout
  4. Lonesome Tonight
  5. Love Me
  6. What's the Time? (Hey Buddy)
  7. Mario (Your own Way to Paradise)
  8. Quiver (Arrows in my)
  9. The Man Mountain
  10. Rikki Dee
  11. Tommy Tucker
  12. Love, Peace and Harmony

Feb 1983 Do You Wanna Hold Me? b/w What's the Time (RCA 314, 45rpm single)

May 1983 I Want Candy (RCA RCXK 004, cassette EP)

  1. I Want Candy
  2. See Jungle
  3. Go Wild in the Country
  4. Chihuahua

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May 1983 I Want Candy (RCA RCXK 004, cassette EP). The ORGAN (http://www.organart.demon.co.uk/) fanzine produced a Cardiacs anthology of interviews and reviews in 1993. Feb 1983 Do You Wanna Hold Me? b/w What's the Time (RCA 314, 45rpm single). No official Cardiacs histories or biographies have been published. Feb 1983 When the Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going (RCA RCALP 6068, 33rpm LP). Other and related releases. Sep 1982 Fools Rush In b/w Sex (instrumental) (EMI 5344, 45rpm single). Videos.

Jul 1982 Louis Quatorze b/w Mile High Club (RCA 263, 45rpm single). Albums. Jul 1982 I Want Candy (EMI EMC 3416, 33rpm LP). Singles and EPs. May 1982 I Want Candy b/w King Kong (RCA 238, 45rpm single). Influences the band have cited include Gong, early Genesis, and Frank Zappa. Apr 1982 See Jungle! (Jungle Boy) / (I'm a ) TV Savage (RCA 220, 45rpm single, double A-side). Musical prejudice is the worst thing in the world.".

Jan 1982 Go Wild in the Country b/w El Boss Dieho (RCA 175, 45rpm single). Whatever they play. Oct 1981 Chihuahua b/w Golly! Golly! Go Buddy! (RCA 144, 45rpm single). "There's nothing wrong with any kind of band in the world. City All Over! Go Ape Crazy. (RCA RCALP 3000, 33rpm LP). It's chaos, but it's ordered chaos - everything is really. Look out of the window.". Oct 1981 See Jungle! See Jungle! Go Join Your Gang, Yeah. "Everything we play is written, right down to the last drumbeat.

Jul 1981 Prince of Darkness b/w Orang-outang (RCA 100, 45rpm single). In 1995 much of the Cardiacs back catalogue was re-released on CD. Nah, No No My Daddy Don't) b/w C30, C60, C90, Anda (EMI 5153, 45rpm single). By the end of 1990, the band had slimmed down to a four piece, using a backing tape for live shows. (N.O. The release of Is This The Life in 1988 saw brief chart success and the attention of a wider audience, as the single reached the Indie top ten in the UK. Mar 1981 W.O.R.K. anything goes - even INCEST." Much of the misunderstanding was perpetuated by Tim himself.

Dec 1980 Your Cassette Pet (EMI WOW 1, cassette EP). In March 1987 the British tabloid newspaper the Sunday Sport ran a story 'exposing' the supposedly incestuous relationship between Tim and Sarah, mistaking the couple for brother and sister,"In their bizarre world of music. Jul 1980 C30, C60, C90, Go! b/w Sun, Sea and Piracy (EMI 5088, 45rpm single). While the tour gave Cardiacs some overdue publicity, Marillion's fanbase took an aversion to them resulting in the band being bottled on stage. After issuing a few albums, Ashman died from diabetes complications and Lwin and Gorman reunited to release Wild in the U.S.A. in 1998, adding Dave Calhoun and Eshan Khadaroo. In 1984, Cardiacs supported Marillion at the personal request of Marillion’s lead singer Fish. Matthew Ashman, Leigh Gorman and David Barbarossa, along with Annabella Lwin on vocals, formed the band and began playing before Lwin quit in 1983 to pursue a solo career and the remaining trio became the Chiefs of Relief. Tim and Sarah got married in July 1983.

McLaren used the former members of Adam & the Ants after Adam Ant's solo career began. The band's line-up was whittled down throughout 1983 from eight to six (Tim, Jim, Sarah, Bill, Dom, and Tim) the line-up that would remain for the rest of the 1980s. Bow Wow Wow was a New Wave band organized by Malcolm McLaren, who is better known as the man behind the Sex Pistols. Early releases followed the punk DIY ethic, and included limited runs of the cassette albums The Obvious Identity, Toy World, and The Seaside. Chihuahua. Starting off as The Filth or Philip Pilf and the Filth, the band underwent a series of name changes, becoming Cardiac Arrest, then The Obvious Identity, and Alphabet before settling on Cardiacs by the end of 1980. Go Wild in the Country. Since then the band line-up has remained fluid, undergoing numerous line-up changes, with Tim's brother Jim Smith being the only other surviving original member, and many previous members appearing now and again for live performances, or helping out backstage (and vice vera).

See Jungle. Cardiacs were formed by Tim Smith in suburban Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, sometime around 1977. I Want Candy. Combining the excitement and energy of punk rock with the intricacies and technical cleverness of early British progressive rock, a combination sometimes referred to as pronk, their sound is unique and varied. Love, Peace and Harmony. Cardiacs are a British band formed in 1977. Tommy Tucker. Cardiacs and Affectionate Friends (2001) ORG228.

Rikki Dee. Tim Smith's OceanLandWorld (1995) ALPH 020. The Man Mountain. The Sea Nymphs Cassette (1992). Quiver (Arrows in my). Mr and Mrs Smith and Mr Drake Cassette ALPH 003. Mario (Your own Way to Paradise). Maresnest, live at Salisbury Arts Centre 30 June 1990.

What's the Time? (Hey Buddy). Seaside Treats (1985). Love Me. Surbiton Assembly Rooms 1985. Lonesome Tonight. Greatest Hits ALPH 029. Roustabout. Guns (1999) ALPH 027.

Do You Wanna Hold Me?. Sing to God (1995) ALP 022, 023, 024 This LP was released in two parts. Aphrodisiac. Sampler (1995) ALPH 019. C-30, C-60, C-90 Anda!. All that Glitters is a Mares Nest ALPH 018. Giant Sized Baby Thing. Heaven Born and Ever Bright (1992)ALPH 017.

Uomo Sex Al Apache. Songs for Ships and Irons (1991) ALPH 014. Sun, Sea and Piracy. The Seaside reissue ALPH 013. C-30, C-60, C-90 Go. On Land and in the Sea (1989) ALPH 012. Radio G-String. Cardiacs Live recorded live at The Paradiso, Amsterdam (1988) ALPH 010.

Sexy Eiffel Towers. A Little Man and a House and the Whole World Window (1988) ALPH 007. Gold He Said. Rude Bootleg (1987) recorded live at the Reading Festival 1986 ALPH 005. I Want my Baby on Mars. Big Ship Mini Album (1987) ALPH 004. Fools Rush In. The Seaside Cassette (1983) ALPH 001.

Bow Wow Wow. Archive Cardiacs Cassette (1983) ALPH 000. Nah No! No! My Daddy Don't) (extended version). Toy World Cassette (1981). (N.O. The Obvious Identity Cassette (1980). W.O.R.K. Signs (1999) ALPH 028.

The Mile High Club. Odd Even ALPH 026. Louis Quatorze. Bellyeye (1995) ORGAN011. Cowboy. Manhoo (1995) ALPH 025. I Want Candy. Day Is Gone 12" and CD (1991) ALPH 015.

Hello, Hello Daddy (I'll Sacrifice You). Baby Heart Dirt 7" and 12" (1989) ALPH 011. Orang-Outang. Susannah's Still Alive 7" and 12" (1988) ALPH 009. Why Are Babies So Wise?. Is This The Life 7" and 12" (1988) ALPH 008. I'm Not a Know It All. There's Too Many Irons In The Fire 12" EP (1987) ALPH 006.

Go Wild in the Country. Seaside Treats 12" EP (1985) ALPH 002. King Kong. A Bus for a Bus on the Bus 7" (1979) TOR 002. Golly! Golly! Go Buddy!. [The Trudy (http://void.moleseyjugglers.co.uk/tlmb/TheTrudy/TrudyRe-Entry.html)] (Peter Tagg and Ralph Cade - after leaving Cardiacs). Elimination Dancing. Spratley's Japs (Tim).

(I'm a) TV Savage. The Sound (Mick Pugh and Colvin Myers - after leaving Cardiacs). Mickey Put It Down. Tim Smith's OceanLandWorld (Tim Smith's solo project). Prince of Darkness (Sinner! Sinner! Sinner!) [Instrumental]. Shrubbies (Dominic Luckman - after leaving Cardiacs). Chihuahua. The Sea Nymphs (Tim, Sarah, Bill).

Jungle Boy. Ring (Christian Hayes - prior to joining Cardiacs). String. Panixphere (Tim Smith, Jon Poole, and Christian Hayes). Radio G. Mr and Mrs Smith and Mr Drake (Tim Smith, Sarah Smith, and Bill Drake). Fools Rush In. Mikrokosmos (Christian Hayes solo project).

Giant Sized Baby Thing. Mice (Dominic Luckman - after leaving Cardiacs). Sexy Eiffel Towers. Levitation (Christian Hayes - after leaving Cardiacs). I Want My Baby On Mars. The Lake of Puppies (Bill Drake - after leaving Cardiacs). Uomo Sex Al Apache. Dark Star (Christian Hayes - after leaving Cardiacs, and Levitation).

Gold He Said. Catherine in a Cupboard (Bill Drake, Bob Leith, Jim Smith). Louis Quatorze. Ad Nauseum (Jon Poole, and Bob Leith – prior to joining Cardiacs). Kavus Torabi (2003-present). Peter Tagg (1979).

Sarah Smith (ne Cutts) (1980-1990). Jim Smith aka Patty Pilf (1977-present). Tim Smith aka Philip Pilf(1977-present). Graham Simmonds (left 1983).

Tim Quy (1980-1990). Michael Pugh aka Peter Boker. Bob Leith (1994-present). Jon Poole (1992-2004).

Colvin Mayers aka Max Cat. Dominic Luckman (1983-1990). Marguerite Johnson (left 1983). Christian Hayes aka Bic (1989-1992).

William (Bill) Drake (left 1990). Mark Cawthra aka Little Bobby Shattocks. Ralph Cade (1979). Bob Leith - drums, backing vocals.

Kavus Torabi - guitar, backing vocals. Jim Smith - bass, backing vocals. Tim Smith - lead vocals, guitar, keyboards.