Patrick Monahan
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Monahan performing with Train in 2014.
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Patrick Timon Monahan |
| Born |
February 28, 1969 Erie, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
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| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, musician, actor |
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| Years active | 1988–present |
| Associated acts | Train |
Patrick Timon "Pat" Monahan (born February 28, 1969) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor, best known as the lead singer for the band Train. He has collaborated with multiple artists, and has recorded a solo album, Last of Seven.
Patrick Monahan was born and raised in Erie, Pennsylvania, the son of Jack Monahan, a clothing store owner and musician and mother, Patricia Ann (née Timon) Monahan. He is the youngest of seven children in a family of Irish descent and became an uncle at five. He attended McDowell High School in Millcreek Township. Monahan attended the Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, in Edinboro, Pennsylvania.
Monahan began his musical career singing with cover band Rogues Gallery from 1988 to 1990. The band consisted of Monahan (lead vocals, percussion), Mark Emhoff (lead guitar, vocals), Mike Imboden (bass, keyboards, vocals), John McElhenny (drums, vocals) and his brother Matt McElhenny (rhythm guitar, keyboards and vocals), in his hometown of Erie, Pennsylvania. After the dissolution of the band, he left Erie in late 1993 and moved to California, where he met Rob Hotchkiss. While progressing from the SF coffeehouse circuit to the LA club scene, Monahan and Hotchkiss added Jimmy Stafford (guitar), Charlie Colin (bass), and Scott Underwood (drums) to their lineup, thus officially forming Train.
From 1994 to 2006, Monahan released four studio albums with Train. In 2002, the band earned two Grammys, one of them for the song "Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)", which was written by Monahan and inspired by his late mother, who had died of cancer.
Aside from his work with Train, Monahan also sang additional vocals on the song "Shimmer" with the band Fuel in 2001. In November 2005, he appeared as a guest vocalist on VH1's Decades Rock Live, where he covered Cyndi Lauper's hit single "Time After Time". Later, he took part in Storytellers – The Doors: A Celebration, paying tribute to The Doors by performing "Love Me Two Times".
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