Cardiac Kidz was an American punk band from San Diego, California, United States, active from the late 1970s through the early 1980s. In 1979, the Cardiac Kidz released two 7" vinyl records; a 45 rpm disc, "Get Out / Find Yourself A Way" and a 331⁄3 rpm EP called, Playground.
They were the first punk band to make a TV appearance in San Diego June 1979 appearing on San Diego's KFMB-TV show "Sun Up San Diego" (Host Jerry G. Bishop) and were played on San Diego mainstream radio stations of the time such as KGB-FM, KPRI and XETRA-FM (91-X) along with local college radio stations like SDSU's KPBS-FM. Articles on the Cardiac Kidz appeared in the San Diego Union Tribune, Kicks Magazine, and the San Diego Reader. The Cardiac Kidz are still featured across the US and in the UK through Independent Radio shows and podcasts such as "Strange Reaction". 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.