Cardiac Kidz was an American punk band from San Diego, California, United States, active from the late 1970s through the early 1980s.
They performed with many San Diego and Los Angeles punk and new wave bands of that era, such as The Penetrators, The Dinettes, DFX2, Hitmakers, The Standbys; Gary and the Blind Dates, The X-terminators, The Monroes, The Rick Elias Band, The Cock Pits; Claude Coma and The IV's, the Stingers, The Curved Invaders, The Americans, and others.
Jim Ryan drummer/lead vocalist and Billy Williams rhythm guitarist were members of the Southern California punk band Glass Onion during the mid-1970s.
The band performed to moderate success but disbanded in 1976 due to a stylistic division between the pair and bandmate Terry Thompson.
The Lub-Dub record label, was created by Jim Ryan the drummer and lead vocalist of the band in early 1976.
In 1994, The Cardiac Kidz name received a boost on the worldwide collectors market when their song "Find Yourself A Way" was included on the compilation, Killed by Death No. 007.
This was the Cardiac Kidz first release since their live "Playground" EP, after their previous label Lub-Dub Records was folded in 1978.