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Train
Train came out of San Francisco in the mid-90s, and it took a few years before anyone outside the Bay Area noticed. Their 1998 debut gave them "Meet Virginia," but it was "Drops of Jupiter" in 2001 that made them one of the biggest rock bands in America, and they managed the trick again nearly a decade later with "Hey, Soul Sister." Pat Monahan's warm, unhurried voice has been the constant through it all, sitting comfortably between rock and adult alternative.
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Drops of Jupiter (2001). The title track was everywhere in 2001, and the rest of the album holds up around it — "She's on Fire" and "Something More" show the band at their most confident. It's the clearest picture of what Train do well.
Biography
Train is an American rock band from San Francisco that formed in 1993. As of 2025, the band consists of Pat Monahan (lead vocals), Butch Walker (guitar, vocals), Hector Maldonado (bass, vocals), Jerry Becker (keyboards, guitar), and Matt Musty (drums). The band has had many lineup changes, with Monahan serving as the sole constant original member.
With a lineup that included original members Monahan, Rob Hotchkiss, Jimmy Stafford, Scott Underwood, and Charlie Colin, the band achieved mainstream success with its debut album, Train. The album was released in 1998 with the hit "Meet Virginia". Train's 2001 album Drops of Jupiter contained the lead single—the RIAA Diamond-certified international hit "Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)". The single won two Grammy Awards in 2002, and the album was certified double platinum. Train's third studio album, My Private Nation, released in 2003, was certified platinum in the United States with the hit "Calling All Angels". After the departures of Hotchkiss and Colin, the band released its fourth album, For Me, It's You, in 2006, with Brandon Bush (keyboards) and Johnny Colt (bass).
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Studio albums
Discography
Official studio albums and EPs.
- 2026Mad Dog in the FogAlbum
- 2022AM GoldAlbum
- 2022Turn the Radio UpEP
- 2017a girl a bottle a boatAlbum
- 2016Train Does Led Zeppelin ⅡAlbum
- 2015Christmas In TahoeAlbum
- 2014Bulletproof PicassoAlbum
- 2012California 37Album
- 2010iTunes SessionEP
- 2009Save Me, San FranciscoAlbum
- 2006The Napster SessionsEP
- 2006For Me, It’s YouAlbum
- 2003My Private NationAlbum
- 2003Get To MeEP
- 2001Drops of JupiterAlbum
- 1999One and a HalfEP
- 1998TrainAlbum
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