North American bassist Charlie Colin, founder of Californian pop-rock band Train, has died at the age of 58 after slipping in the shower while housekeeping for friends in Brussels, North American media reported this Wednesday.
The artist’s body was found inside the residence five days ago when his friends returned from a trip that took them outside the Belgian capital, media reports quoted by the Efe news agency said.
Colin was an original member of Train, originally consisting of Pat Monahan, Rob Hotchkiss, Scott Underwood and Jimmy Stafford, and contributed to the band’s first three studio albums, from their debut Train (1999) to My Private Nation ” ‘.’ (2003), through ‘Drops of Jupiter’ (2001).
The success of “Tell Me” from their second album propelled the group into the top Billboard charts and won two Grammy Awards: Best Rock Song and Best Instrumental Arrangement with Vocalist.
The musician, who was born in Newport Beach, California and still serves as the music director for the city’s film festival, studied at the prestigious Berklee School of Music, majoring in guitar and jazz composition.
He later moved to Los Angeles and joined a band with Hotchkiss, whom he met in Berkeley.
They then co-founded The Apostles with Stafford, which allowed them to perform internationally and return to the US in 1996 to finally form Train.
With Train, Colin toured the world and achieved great success before leaving the group in 2003 due to drug addiction problems.
More recently, Colin has played with hard rock bands such as Slipknot and Puddle of Mudd, and in 2015 he reunited with Hotchkiss to form Painbirds with Tom Luce.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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