Train Bassist Charlie Colin Dies at 58 After Fall in Shower

Charlie Colin, founding member of Train, has died. He was 58 years old.

On Wednesday, TMZ reported that, according to the musician’s mother, he died after slipping and falling in the shower while house-sitting for a friend in Brussels, Belgium.

He was found when his friends were returning from their trip, she said.

He was in Brussels to give a master class at a conservatory and he was filming a film, his mother told the media.

Train is best known for the hit songs “Drops of Jupiter” and “Hey, Soul Sister.”

Colin was a bassist who co-founded the San Francisco band in the ’90s, with original members Pat Monahan, Rob Hotchkiss, Jimmy Stafford and Scott Underwood.

Their breakout album was 1998’s “Train.”

Originally from Newport Beach, California, Colin met Hotchkiss in seventh grade. Separately, each attended the Berklee School of Music, before forming the group.

“In essence, I have been trained since I was a child. We changed our name and in 1996 things were going well. At the end of that decade, we had hits, the Grammys, stadiums and all that,” Colin said on the Dan Clark podcast in an April 2022 interview.

“On a good note, I was a worldly guy. I ended up being accomplished and successful. At the same time, because I was always in a group with a schedule and a place to go and most of the people around me either bought a ticket to see us or worked for this organization or something, I Haven’t had many people tell me the truth about myself. I didn’t grow up in many ways,” he said.

He continued: “On the one hand, I was more experienced and more worldly than a lot of my friends, but on the other hand, I never had to go there and figure it out the hard way because I There was always something I liked. good enough for that, he led the way. All of a sudden I was 40 and all that time had passed. I looked in the mirror and said to myself, “I look like a 40-year-old child. I don’t know what it means to be a man who has to deal with life.

Colin left the group in 2003, after winning two Grammys in 2002.

He reportedly left the facility due to substance abuse issues. Monahan said at the time: “Charlie is an incredible bass player, but he was in a lot of pain, and the way he dealt with that was very painful for everyone around him.”

“There were a lot of things that led me to leave, but it really escalated,” Colin said in a 2023 interview with Delphine’s Circle. “We never took a break. We drove our tour bus to the recording studio parking lot for our second and third record. In Philadelphia, we made our record for a year and a half… We never stopped. It’s kind of one of those things where it feels like it’s too good to be true. Most groups have a lifespan of a few years.

In an April 2022 interview with the Dan Clark Podcast, Colin said: “When I left Train, I left because my ego and my identity were all on the line and I was thinking about it too much. I went out and played with all these hard rock bands. I toured with Slipknot. You can imagine the guys wearing masks and stuff. They are the hardest hard rock bands in the world. »

He added that he found a way to “appreciate” how different they were from Train.

“I’ve played with all these different bands… If I… put myself out there and find something in myself to connect with the people I’m playing with and be helpful, add value to them in any way I can, I I don’t care what I play. I swear. I don’t mind if I sing, play guitar, piano, bass, whatever.

After Colin’s exit from the group, he played with Slipknot and Puddle of Mudd. He also reunited with Hotchkiss in 2015 to form the group Painbirds. In 2017, Colin formed the group Side Deal with Stan Frazier (Sugar Ray) and Joel and Scott Owen (PawnShop Kings).

As of 2024, Train consists of Monahan, Taylor Locke, Hector Maldonado, Jerry Becker and Matt Musty.

Colin’s last Instagram post was on Mother’s Day, paying tribute to his mother.

“My mom…Jackie O/, but a little prettier,” he captioned the photo. “A true artist. the most beautiful and intelligent woman.