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The 30 Richest Drummers in the World

The 30 Richest Drummers in the World

By Tom Breihan
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Ringo Starr (©Retna Ltd.)

Q: What do you call someone who hangs out with musicians? A: A drummer!

If you've spent enough time hanging out with people in bands, you've heard a million jokes like this. But as it turns out, banging on things is potentially way more lucrative than anyone could've realized. Celebrity Net Worth recently published a list of the 30 richest drummers in the world. And maybe it's not surprising that Ringo Starr could buy and sell all of us several times over, or that many of the richest drummers are people who figured out ways to stop being drummers (Dave Grohl, Phil Collins). But how in the hell is Aerosmith's Joey Kramer worth $100 million? Check out the full head-spinning list below.

1. Ringo Starr (The Beatles, $300 million)
2. Phil Collins (Solo/Genesis, $250 million)
3. Dave Grohl (Nirvana/Foo Fighters, $225 million)
4. Don Henley (The Eagles, $200 million)
5. Lars Ulrich (Metallica, $175 million)
6. Charlie Watts (The Rolling Stones, $160 million)
7. Larry Mullen Jr. (U2, $150 million)
8. Roger Taylor (Queen, $105 million)
9. Joey Kramer (Aerosmith, $100 million)
10. Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers, $90 million)

28. ?uestlove (The Roots, $16 million)
29. Steven Adler (Guns N' Roses, $15 million)
30. Mick Fleetwood (Fleetwood Mac, $8.5 million)

http://music.msn.com/music/article.aspx?news=754433

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Reply #1 posted 08/30/12 1:53pm

Gunsnhalen

Top 10 makes sense smile & glad to see questlove getting love!

but wtf Steven Adler confused he hasn't even been in GNR since 1990 & his other bands have not been... anything big.

How they hell does he have a million.... yet 15 million neutral And for a decade he had an incredibly bad coke & heroin habit.

So that is a big wtf to me..

Pistols sounded like "Fuck off," wheras The Clash sounded like "Fuck Off, but here's why.."- Thedigitialgardener

All music is shit music and no music is real- gunsnhalen

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Reply #2 posted 08/30/12 2:25pm

cbarnes3121

where does sheila e fit on this list??

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Reply #3 posted 08/30/12 2:27pm

MickyDolenz

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cbarnes3121 said:

where does sheila e fit on this list??

Not at all. Here's the entire list:

1. Ringo Starr (The Beatles, $300 million)
2. Phil Collins (Solo/Genesis, $250 million)
3. Dave Grohl (Nirvana/Foo Fighters, $225 million)
4. Don Henley (The Eagles, $200 million)
5. Lars Ulrich (Metallica, $175 million)
6. Charlie Watts (The Rolling Stones, $160 million)
7. Larry Mullen Jr. (U2, $150 million)
8. Roger Taylor (Queen, $105 million)
9. Joey Kramer (Aerosmith, $100 million)
10. Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers, $90 million)
11. Travis Barker (blink-182, $85 million)
12. Stewart Copeland (The Police, $80 million)
13. Alex Van Halen (Van Halen, $75 million)
14. Nick Mason (Pink Floyd, $75 million)
15. Tommy Lee (Motley Crue, $70 million)
16. Bill Ward (Black Sabbath, $65 million)
17. Jon Fishman (Phish, $60 million)
18. Carter Beauford (Dave Matthews Band, $55 million)
19. Rick Allen (Def Leppard, $50 million)
20. Tre Cool (Green Day, $45 million)
21. Danny Carey (Tool, $40 million)
22. Tico Torres (Bon Jovi, $40 million)
23. Max Weinberg (Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band/"Conan O'Brien," $35 million)
24. Mickey Hart (The Grateful Dead, $30 million)
25. Bill Kreutzmann (The Grateful Dead, $25 million)
26. Neil Peart (Rush, $22 million)
27. Taylor Hawkins (Foo Fighters, $20 million)
28. ?uestlove (The Roots, $16 million)
29. Steven Adler (Guns N' Roses, $15 million)
30. Mick Fleetwood (Fleetwood Mac, $8.5 million)

You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton
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Reply #4 posted 08/30/12 3:18pm

aardvark15

Number one's not really shocking at all lol

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Reply #5 posted 08/30/12 4:54pm

Gunsnhalen

aardvark15 said:

Number one's not really shocking at all lol

Ringo be slaying them hoes night & day lol even if he is the least loved Beatle razz

Pistols sounded like "Fuck off," wheras The Clash sounded like "Fuck Off, but here's why.."- Thedigitialgardener

All music is shit music and no music is real- gunsnhalen

Datdonkeydick- Asherfierce

Gary Hunts Album Isn't That Good- Soulalive
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Reply #6 posted 08/30/12 5:01pm

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Gunsnhalen said:

aardvark15 said:

Number one's not really shocking at all lol

Ringo be slaying them hoes night & day lol even if he is the least loved Beatle razz

I will admit I do love It Don't Come Easy and the whole Ringo album though nod But he's nowhere near George or John.

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Reply #7 posted 08/30/12 5:05pm

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I seriously, seriously question some of these figures - especially Travis Barker's.

[Edited 8/30/12 17:06pm]

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Reply #8 posted 08/30/12 6:37pm

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You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton
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Reply #9 posted 08/30/12 7:15pm

Hudson

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ew. Travis Barker isn't worth one-millionth of that!

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Reply #10 posted 09/04/12 3:08pm

Milty

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wow. there's a list for everything.

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Reply #11 posted 09/04/12 5:27pm

MickyDolenz

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I wonder does Ringo still get paid from being Mr. Conductor.

You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton
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Reply #12 posted 09/04/12 8:37pm

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somehow I figured Mick Fleetwood would be richer. Not that 8.5M is bad...

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