Pat Monahan of Train
6/24/20261 hr 5 min
On this week's episode of Artist Friendly, Joel Madden is joined by Pat Monahan of Train.
Beginning in July, Train will go on a huge tour to mark the 25th anniversary of Drops of Jupiter — the 2001 album with a title track that won them two Grammy nominations and reached certified diamond status last year.
Before hitting the road, the pop-rock frontman stopped by the Artist Friendly studio to catch up with Madden, where they discussed coming up in an era when shelf space drove record sales, scoring the upcoming musical Begin Again, and the band's upcoming run.
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Host: Joel Madden, @joelmadden
Executive Producers: Joel Madden, Benji Madden, Jillian King
Producers: Janice Leary, Josh Madden, Joey Simmrin
Director/Visual Producer/Editor: Ryan Schaefer
Audio Producer/Composer: Nick Gray
Music/Theme Composer: Nick Gray
Cover Art/Design: Ryan Schaefer
Additional Contributors: Anna Zanes, Neville Hardman
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First 90 secondsJoel Madden· Host0:00
This episode is brought to you by Good Charlotte. Good Charlotte is a band I started when I was 16 with my brother, and it is the reason I'm sitting here today. Thank you, Good Charlotte. We're going on tour June 20th, San Diego County Fair, Del Mar, California. And July 25th through August 30th, Good Charlotte and Avenged Sevenfold touring in the US, starting July 25th, Thunder Ridge Nature Arena in Ridgedale, Missouri, and ending at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles, California on August 30th. If you are in the UK or Europe, we're coming to you this November. November 8th, we are in Stockholm, Sweden. November 11th, we're in Munich, Germany. November 13th, we're in Brussels, Belgium. November 14th, Dusseldorf, Germany. And November 16th, we're in Amsterdam. November 17th, Paris, France. November 19th, London, UK. November 20th, Manchester, UK. Tickets are on sale now. We will see you at the show.
Pat Monahan· Guest1:03
You know, I think Train is a romantic comedy.
Joel Madden· Host1:08
Mm.
Pat Monahan· Guest1:08
And I want people to feel like they've listened to a really cool movie, and I think this is maybe my best lyric writing as a whole, and that's important to me. Those, uh, those ways of saying things that are meaningful that have not been said that way before- Mm-hmm ... is very important to me and very difficult. I want bad times.