At Newport Harbor High School surfing, playing water polo, and the guitar became his constant companions.

[3] After Singapore, Colin, Jimmy Stafford (Train's future lead guitarist and mandolin player), and Rob Hotchkiss moved to [Los Angeles and started the group Apostles.

[8] Hotchkiss headed to San Francisco and met Pat Monahan, Train's future lead singer.

[14] During the autumn of 2002, after Train finished promoting Drops of Jupiter with Matchbox Twenty, Scott Underwood and Colin moved to a "huge psychedelic mansion" called The Paramour in West Hollywood to collaborate and record music.

[18] The band was formed in 2017 by Colin, Stan Frazier of Sugar Ray, and brothers Joel and Scott Owen of The PawnShop Kings.

[19] The Side Deal performed live with other notable artists such as Jeff "Skunk" Baxter of The Doobie Brothers, Steely Dan, and Alice Cooper.

[20] In 2019, Colin appeared on guitar/bass and vocals while recording Featherborn for musician and vocalist Danny Beissel at the iconic Blackbird Studio in Nashville with veteran engineer John McBride.

[25] At the time of his death, he also was serving as musical director for the Newport Beach Film Festival, per his social media profiles.