By Mark Bannerman It was 1961 and two boys from Maroubra Bay High in Sydney are talking after school. One is Peter Hood, the drummer in a new band called The Atlantics. The other, Jim Skiathitis, is an up and coming guitarist who sings songs like Sweet Sixteen at parties. They…
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Interview with Martin Cilia – part 1 Martin Cilia, who joined Mental As Anything in January 2014, has been kind enough to take the time to do an email interview for this forum, about his time as a member and also about his life in music before and after Mental…
Martin Cilia joins us to talk about a career that has seen him play with legendary Australian surf band The Atlantics, the chart topping Mental As Anything, release a number of albums under his own name and a host of other projects.
Martin is the featre of a 6 page article in this month’s Vintage Guitar magazine. He talks about his influences, experience and shares some of his vintage guitars. Read as a PDF
Source: https://australianmusician.com.au/martin-cilia-the-shadowman-interview/ AustralianMusician Oct 15, 2019 Martin Cilia is Australia’s self-proclaimed premier surf rock guitarist and he certainly has the credentials to back the claim up. Growing up in Essex in the UK, Martin was exposed to the instrumental guitar licks of Hank Marvin and The Shadows at a very…
Source: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10157387773720210&set=a.10151908199410210&type=3&theater Hi Martin! Thanks for taking time out to talk with me. The last time we met was at the Charles hotel in a Perth, it’s such a good venue with so much history of great bands. It’s great to talk to you again! 1.You were born in Rochford,…
An interview in the latest issue of Pacific Longboarder, and a review of Shadowman.
Mr Martin Cilia played guitar in Messenger, Invasion Force, Flying Fonzarellis, Midget and the Farrellies, Dave Warner and the Suburbs, Atlantics and these days he’s as Mental As Anything. He has a successful career recording surf Instrumental albums and lots of good memories . Loves the colours red, white and…
Listen to the interview here . Playlist for Tuesday 13 November 2012 Artist | Track/Song Name | Album Title | Label/Distributor | Comments Carl Roa|Risen|Eternity Patrick DeCoste|Floydian Theory|Inside the Unsaid Cosmosquad|Jam For Jason|Squadrophenia Cuthead|Nagging|Walkabout Martin Cilia|Interview|Interview Martin Cilia|Black Jaguar|Revenge of the Surf Guitar Martin Cilia|The Same Song Remains|The Odd One…
Warp Magazine, Tasmania, November 2012
Martin features in the latest issue of English music magazine – New Gandy Dancer.
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 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…
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…
Friday 4th June 2010 http://blogs.abc.net.au/
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…
Video Interview with Martin Get a copy of Aust. Guitar Issue 74 to watch a video interview with Martin on the cover CD. The CD also contains the song Return of the Surf Guitar as well as a backing track and tab for the song. Interview part 1 Interview part…
RARE FIND ’54 STRATOCASTER By Dean Thomas Recently at Christies in New York a Stradivarius violin sold for a record US$3,544,000. And while this Stratocaster isn’t worth that much yet, I have always seen the ‘54’s as the Stradivarius of guitars. Even their popular names, Strad/Strat, are similar. And the…