Original Train bassist Charlie Colin dies, aged 58, after falling in the shower

Charlie Colin, the original bassist of Train, has died after an accident in Brussels, Belgium. He was 58.

TMZ reports that Colin, who had been house-sitting for a friend in Brussels, had slipped and fell in the shower. According to Colin’s mother via TMZ, his body was not discovered until his house-owner friend returned last week. Colin’s sister Carolyn Stephens has also confirmed the death to the Associated Press. It is currently unclear when the accident took place.

Colin’s mother informed TMZ that he had moved to Brussels to teach a music master class at a local conservatory, all while wrapping up work on music for a film. Variety also reports that Colin previously served as musical director for the Newport Beach Film Festival.

Train acknowledged his death in a statement posted on social media, which was accompanied by a picture of the band early in their career. “When I met Charlie Colin, front left, I fell in love with him,” the band write. “He was THE sweetest guy and what a handsome chap. Let’s make a band that’s the only reasonable thing to do.”

“His unique bass playing a beautiful guitar work helped get folks to notice us in SF and beyond,” they add. “I’ll always have a warm place for him in my heart. I always tried to pull him closer but he had a vision of his own. You’re a legend, Charlie. Go charm the pants off those angels ”

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Colin served as the original bassist for Train from 1993 to 2003. The band, which at the time comprised Colin, Pat Monahan, Rob Hotchkiss, Scott Underwood and Jimmy Stafford, formed in San Francisco.

Colin performed on their first three albums: ‘Train’, ‘Drops of Jupiter’ and ‘My Private Nation’. Monahan, the band’s vocalist, remains its sole original member.

After his departure from Train, Colin continued to work in music. He revealed in an interview with motivational speaker Dan Clark that he toured with Slipknot in 2005, filling in for guitarist Jim Root while he was recovering from a skateboarding accident.

“When I left Train, I went out because my ego and my identity were all at stake and I was thinking about that too much,” he stated. In 2015, Colin reunited with his former bandmate Hotchkiss to form the band Painbirds.

In 2002, a year before his departure from the band, Colin won two Grammys with Train for ‘Drops of Jupiter’, nabbing Best Rock Song and Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s).

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