Born and raised in Chilaw, Sri Lanka, Nalin Perera schooled at St. Mary’s College. His life took a turn in 1988 when he became the head prefect of his school and he decided to pursue his dream of becoming a musician and formed a band with few of his school mates and named it “Marians” with the help of late Rev. Bro. Alosious who was the school principle at the time. The first concert of Marians was held on the 11^th of February 1988 at Sudasuna auditorium, Nalin Perera being first bass guitarist of the band. Wisharada Edward Jayakody attended the concert as the chief guest. He stated that Marians was one of the best performing bands he had seen amongst other school bands  of Sri Lanka.

After the release of the debut album and with the overgrowing fanbase, the band was given many opportunities to perform outdoor concerts which were high in demand during this decade. The second album “Marians Sangeetha Naade Vol. 2” was released with the same producer. It was a ‘Party time Non-Stop' type album.

With ever-rising popularity of the band this year, the producers of the first two albums requested to release another ‘Non-Stop’ album called “Marians Sangeetha Naade Vol. 3”. All the music concerts that were performed were labeled as “Marians Naade”. All albums were able to successfully break sales records throughout the country.

Marians successfully toured in the middle east and formed a great fan base in countries like Dubai, Qatar and Kuwait. A new album called “Prema Nagare” was released after a 3-year hiatus of releasing albums. During this period Marians was a pop sensation amongst many fans appearing on Television, Magazine Covers, Newspaper Articles…etc. It could be easily identified as the year they were at the peak of their popularity.

MARIANS successfully opened a fully functional recording studio using analog technology in Chilaw. Nalin Perera was the recording engineer at the time. This was great milestone in the journey of Nalin Perera and Marians.

It took 5 years after opening the Marians Recording Studio, for the release of the album called “Komodu Gediya” in which the songs were recorded and mixed at the studio by Nalin Perera. With the consistent demand for more albums Marians made the most of being able to fully create and compose new music in their own studio unlike previous times. 15 songs were created out of which only 12 were released with the album.

This year once again marks as a huge milestone when Marians went on global tour in the United States, Europe and the Middle East and performed 23 concerts making a record as the only band in Sri Lanka to date to have done a world tour of 03 months.

The Marians Sound Gear, which was launched in 2004, is highly equipped with modern sophisticated high end and professionally maintained sound reinforcement gear, which delivers a clear and smooth sound to their audiences.

Nalin Perera had a strong need to change the quality of music he wanted to deliver to his audiences. This brings “Marians Unplugged” to the world, a musically rich concert bringing out the best of the talents of all the band members which became a sold-out concert with the first concert itself. The Sri Lankan audience eagerly embraced this new concept and Marians received invitations from organizers from all over the country to conduct more “Marians Unplugged” concerts in the country. This new concept helped the band reach out to a niche audience who specifically appreciated and enjoyed high quality. Marians gradually stopped playing outdoor concerts featuring multiple guest artists and moved to playing more indoor unplugged concerts.

Marians was always identified for how they prioritized high quality sounds and Nalin Perera always always wanted to improve the system with new technology. He was able to bring down the brand-new sounds system “JBL Line Array” introducing the digital console for the very first time in Sri Lanka. As an artist and a band leader it was the biggest achievement in his life. It was the talk of the town. At that time Marians had the dignity of having the best sound system in the country.

Marians celebrated their 25^th Anniversary at Museasus Auditorium with new concert called “Marians Acoustica”. The speciality of this concert was having extra players of brass and strings and enhancing the musical experience for all the fans who witnessed it. Marians always experimented and changed their style wanting to introduce new concepts to the music industry of Sri Lanka.