Colin's Father Artie was an accomplished bass player and member of several popular and successful Cleveland area bands including The Crawling Group, United Artists Recording group Audi Badoo and Springwheel. Audi Badoo was a group that emerged after two local bands split up and merged. Former members of the Tree Stumps (which at one time featured Michael Gee, later know as Michael Stanley) and former members of the Blackwelles joined together and formed Audi Badoo and later Springwheel.