Cilia played his first gig in a school hall in Morley High in 1972 with fellow students.

In 1982 Cilia joined Invasion Force where he met locals Alf Demasi and Lloyd Allanson.

[2] After the Fonzarellis, he went on to play in Dave Warner's Sensational Sixties and then with Midget and the Farrellys who were extremely popular in Fremantle throughout the America's Cup.

Bosco Bosanac, the bassist with the Australian surf group The Atlantics heard one of his demo tapes.

The album brought him first place internationally, both as an artist and songwriter in the Surf song category in 2009 at the Just Plain Folks Music Awards.

In 2019 he released Shadowman, a tribute to the British instrumental group, The Shadows, containing some covers and many original songs.

The band toured constantly from 2013 - 2019, but left the road due to the untimely death of lead singer Greedy Smith.

Inspired by a 2012 trip to Hawaii and California (the Hawaiians call it Kaleponi) and a chance meeting with surf guitarist Dick Dale, Going To Kaleponi has Martin and his classic guitar collection in full flight.