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Martin Cilia, Mental As Anything

by Paul Cashmere on November 17, 2021

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Australian guitarist Martin Cilia has driven three of Australia’s greatest live bands with his unique surf guitar style.

Martin was a longtime member of surf rock group The Atlantics. He was also the guitarist for Mental as Anything for many years and has now joined The Radiators.

When Mental’s co-founder and frontman Greedy Smith passed in 2019, Martin wrote the tribute ‘Farewell Mr Smith’. To mark Greedy’s second anniversary Martin Cilia decided now was the time for the world to hear his tribute.

Martin caught up with Noise11’s Paul Cashmere.

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