Charlie Colin

Charlie Colin (22 November 1966 to about 17 May 2024) was an American musician, best known as the founding bassist of the rock band Train. He was born in Newport Beach, California, took up guitar at about age eight and, at Newport Harbor High School, divided his time between surfing, water polo and music before studying at the University of Southern California and then Berklee College of Music in Boston. He formed the group Apostles in Los Angeles with Jimmy Stafford and Rob Hotchkiss, then joined Train in 1993 as its bassist; the band broke through with Drops of Jupiter in 2001, a song for which the credited musicians won two Grammy Awards in 2002. He left Train in 2003, went on to form Food Pill with Scott Underwood, and later played in Painbirds and The Side Deal. He died in Brussels in May 2024. He appears in the sport atlas as a recorded surfer.