Best known as the lead singer for the rock band
Train,
Pat Monahan is a longtime performer in his own right. Born in Erie, PA, in 1969,
Monahan moved to California in 1993 and began singing in coffeehouses around San Francisco with guitarist
Rob Hotchkiss. The duo added members, named themselves
Train, and eventually found success with the 2001 album
Drops of Jupiter. In 2006,
Train decided to take a break from touring and recording and
Monahan accepted an offer to write music with British singer/songwriter and producer
Guy Chambers for a
Tina Turner project. The creative partnership stuck, and soon
Monahan was writing music with
Chambers and others with an eye on his own album. He released
Last of Seven on Sony in 2007. ~ Matt Collar