Charlie Colin, one in every of Train’s founding members, has died from what seems to be a tragic accident … TMZ has realized.
The musician’s mom tells us Charlie handed away after he slipped and fell within the bathe whereas house-sitting for a pal in Brussels, Belgium … nevertheless it’s unclear precisely when he fell.
She tells us nobody discovered Charlie till his mates returned house from their journey about 5 days in the past.
Charlie had moved to Brussels the place he was educating a music grasp class at a conservatory … based on his mom. She says he was additionally working at a studio and ending making music for a movie.
Charlie, a bass participant, helped type the band in San Francisco within the mid ’90s with fellow OG members Pat Monahan, Rob Hotchkiss, Jimmy Stafford and Scott Underwood.
They achieved mainstream success with their self-titled debut album “Train” in 1998 — and had been identified for large hits … corresponding to “Drops of Jupiter,” “Meet Virginia” and “Hey, Soul Sister.”
The band scooped up 2 Grammy’s again in 2002 — one for Best Rock Song and the opposite for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s). Charlie left the band in 2003.
His mom has paid an emotional tribute to her son … calling him a lovely human being.
He was 58.
RIP