Sunday 13th February Concord RSL Concord, NSW (with Guitar Heroes) 1st April 2011 Manly Fishos Manly, NSW (supporting The Break) Thursday 10th May 2011 Summer Salt Restaurant Cronulla, NSW (with The Atlantics) Friday 27th May 2011 The Vault Windsor, NSW (with The Atlantics) Saturday 28th May Coogee Diggers Coogee, NSW…
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Sit back, relax and enjoy this memorable collection of songs recorded by The Atlantics between 1966 and 2010. You can buy it here
John Reid interviewing surfing guitarist Martin Cilia on Jazz Radio 94.1fm (Gold Coast). Martin joined the legendary band The Atlantics who had some huge hits in the 60s with iconic surfing tracks like Bombora.
Martin plays guitar on two songs on the recently released album “Instrumentally Disturbed” by Ben Rogers Instrumental Asylum, “e-Game” and “Last Coffee on Union Road” check out the cd at http://www.benrogers.com.au/
Rumble and Run Martin, Lloyd & Mike are pleased to announce the arrival of their band Rumble and Run. Featuring Martin Cilia, guitar, Lloyd G. Drums / vocals & Mike Berry Bass / vocals. Martin is renowned as Australia’s premier surf rock guitarist and also member of legendary Australian surf…
I’m pleased to announce a couple of huge double bill shows in Melbourne with Mikelangelo and the Tin Star. We’ll be at the Gershwin Room at the Espy in St Kilda (home of RockWiz) and the beautiful Thornbury Theatre. Mikelangelo and the Tin Star have quickly been gaining a national…
Thanks to everyone that came along to the “Surf meets Western” shows in Melbourne last month with Mikelangelo and the Tin Star. They were a great success. If you missed them, or just want to relive the atmosphere, here are a couple of videos from the Espy taken by Carbie…
Martin Cilia & Mikelangelo Martin Cilia A healthy dose of surf-rock will be just what the doctor ordered when Martin Cilia joins forces with Mikelangelo & The Tin Star for a special one-off Melbourne show at The Espy this month. With new albums in the bag for both acts, Cilia…
Wednesday, October 19th 2011, 859 High Street, Thornbury Theatre, 8pm Thursday, October 20th 2011, Gershwin Room, the Espy Hotel, the Esplanade, St Kilda, 8pm Martin Cilia, renowned for his guitar skills with legendary surf band the Atlantics will share the Thornbury and Espy stages with Mikelangelo and the Tin…
Around 2006 Martin got a phone call to demonstrate some guitar sounds for ABC’s The Collectors TV show. He had original versions of all the guitars they wanted to demo, except for one – a Fender Jaguar. Steve Jackson of Jackson’s Rare Guitars sent over one of his Jaguars to…
There’s been a lot happening in the last month. Surfersaurus is now available in the US though CD Baby. You can get it here. Just a reminder that it’s also available worldwide on iTunes. It was reviewed in Pacific Longboarder by Stephen McParland, surf music historian and author. We’ve put…
I just wanted to say thanks to everyone that bought my new album ‘Surfersaurus’. It’s been getting a fantastic response and also getting airplay both here in Australia and overseas. If you don’t own a copy yet you can find it on iTunes, www.bombora.net.au, and in Australia at JB HiFi…
When I was starting out on the guitar I was influenced by sixties guitar instrumentals such as Apache, Walk Don’t Run and Wipe Out. In fact, Apache was the first song that I ever played in front of an audience at age 13. When trying to learn these tunes I…
http://www.voxmagazine.com.au/2011/06/a-chat-with-martin-cilia-from-the-atlantics/ Martin Cilia is Australia’s premier surf rock guitarist and also member of legendary Australian surf band, The Atlantics. He talked to us about his new album and upcoming gigs. Tell us about your background. I grew up in Perth, Western Australia and started to learn guitar in the early…
Martin Cilia, Australia’s premier surf rock guitarist and also member of legendary Australian surf band, The Atlantics is making the trip down from Sydney to Melbourne to play some surf guitar to warm up the traditional Melbourne winter. He has taken a step into the solo spotlight with the release…
I’ll be playing in Melbourne on the Queen’s birthday long weekend. If you’re in town it would be good to see you there. Grab your Hawaiian shirts and sunnies and head on down to Spensers Live 419 Spencer Street, West Melbourne on Saturday 11th June 2011. Doors open 7.30pm. Band…
SATURDAY 28th MAY – COOGEE DIGGERS CLUB The Atlantics most famous song “Bombora” was written by Jim Skiathitis and Peter Hood in a house that Jim lived in with his parents in Oberon Street, Coogee in 1963. When Martin Cilia joined the band in 1999 unbeknown to him it turned…
The Vault, 146 George Street, Windsor Friday 27th, May The Atlantics’ seminal surf classic instrumental ‘Bombora’ shot to number one for a record eight weeks in 1963 and charted around the world. Their follow up single ‘The Crusher’ also charted strongly. The Atlantics went on to record seven more singles…
Have a look at the video of Cry for a Shadow, a song from the new album. Watch the video.
The Atlantics Live at Freshwater is now on sale through Bombora. This is the entire Delightful Rain concert and includes new songs as well as some old favourites. Buy it now.
Manly Fisho’s – Friday, 1st APRIL, 2011 When the three remaining members of Midnight Oil formed Australia’s most exciting new surf band last year with Violent Femmes bass player Brian Ritchie, their first club date was at a packed-out Manly Fisho’s. The guys returned in November for sold out shows…
Read about the guitars used on each track of the Odd One Out.
Martin won 2 JPF Awards for “Best Surf Album” for Revenge of the Surf Guitar & “Best Surf Song” for Return of the Surf Guitar. This is the second time he’s won a JPF songwriting award. The first was in 2007 for the song Point Zero (by The Atlantics).
Music has long been synonymous with the surfing culture. But like the trends in surfing styles and the lifestyle surrounding it, music styles in the genre have also changed. For next weekend’s first Festival of Surfing in Manly the evolving beast of surf culture will be revisited and celebrated. Possibly…