His father, Marino Jose de Jesús Colina Pardo, an aeronautics engineer, from Venezuela, met her in London during the 1970s and together they initiated a family in Buenos Aires.

Being raised in such a multicultural family, Marino got in touch with very diverse musical styles and got very interested in arts in general.

[1] In October 2012 the band Olga Show[2] won the award for Best Street Performer in Berlin (Sat.1-Frühstücksfernsehen [de].

[3] In 2017 Colina, with numerous performances in Switzerland and Germany, premiered with Olga Show[2] and their own strings ensemble, J.S.

As a teenager he was inspired mostly by Ian Paice, Gene Kruppa, Vinnie Colaiuta, Daniel "Pipi" Piazzolla and Sebastian Peyceré.