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Points: 6809 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 30 2012 at 20:32
Originally posted by DiamondDog DiamondDog wrote:

Fascinating subject, I'd like to hear of this, and more documented tales of "where are their bank balances now?"

Glad you asked, I found this on the Facebook page for a buddy (John Pazdan, US drummer with famous Chicago bands "Pezband" and "Off Broadway").


Damn drummers did pretty good!  Grrrrrrrr (jealous bassist)
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Points: 841 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 31 2012 at 13:30
Amazed to learn that the drummer in Tool made that much money.
 
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Points: 6809 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 31 2012 at 23:53
Originally posted by silverpot silverpot wrote:

Amazed to learn that the drummer in Tool made that much money.
 

Yeah, way more than Mick Fleetwood!!  Jeez, Mick musta pushed it up his nose over the years, considering the band's commercial successes!!  
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Originally posted by silverpot silverpot wrote:

Amazed to learn that the drummer in Tool made that much money.
 

And I have never heard about such things as Blink 182 or The Aquabats, but obviously a few others have...
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I know that many musicians, some of them famous, didn't get anything like the money people think, many of them are (relatively!) poor now.
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Originally posted by Lofcaudio Lofcaudio wrote:

I talked to one of the members of Kansas who told me that when they went on tour in the late 70s and early 80s they were bringing in about $1 Million U.S. A WEEK.  That was a lot of money in those days.

It ain't exactly chump change in 2012.
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Originally posted by cstack3 cstack3 wrote:

Originally posted by silverpot silverpot wrote:

Amazed to learn that the drummer in Tool made that much money.
 
Yeah, way more than Mick Fleetwood!!  Jeez, Mick musta pushed it up his nose over the years, considering the band's commercial successes!!  
 
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How could Moraz not be paid for those tours which were the biggest tours of their time? Did he not at least receive a weekly paycheck? They were staying in the best hotels and traveling on their own jet---or did they consider that payment enough? Crazy.
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Originally posted by Padraic Padraic wrote:

Originally posted by Lofcaudio Lofcaudio wrote:

I talked to one of the members of Kansas who told me that when they went on tour in the late 70s and early 80s they were bringing in about $1 Million U.S. A WEEK.  That was a lot of money in those days.

It ain't exactly chump change in 2012.

I wouldn't mind making a measly 1 mil every week or so. Pays the bills and stuff.
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Points: 13298 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 08 2012 at 19:35
For the most part, I think the only prog bands that really "struck it rich" were the ones who crossed over to a more popular scene at some point, such as the aforementioned Kansas, obviously Genesis, maybe even Yes, and more modernly Dream Theater for sure, Opeth to a degree, and bands like Tool. They get signed to giant labels who give them a very pretty salary. 
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Originally posted by cstack3 cstack3 wrote:

Many fans presume that our prog heroes (especially from the 1970's) wallowed in vast piles of cash from album sales, touring revenues etc.
I believe in Armando Gallo's first pictorial biography, members of Genesis admitted they were deep into the "red" until well after both Peter Gabriel and Steve Hackett left the band...
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I wonder how many modern prog artists ( tird wave..) are actually living from their music.

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I'm pretty sure that Rush don't need that much touring now, don't you think?
Who else got rich? ELP, at a time, had more money than Cresus...stating their manager.
I frankly don't think that bands like Quella Vecchia Locanda made it big.
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Originally posted by Gerinski Gerinski wrote:


 
Of course some bands like Pink Floyd or Queen have genuinely made fortunes from their music.
 



Nick Mason has a really big car collection. And he was probably the one that made less money from the band. I guess Waters and Gilmour have made enough money for the next few generations in their families.
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Lol. Waters and Gilmour could buy a country together, bit they would have to split it in half because they don't get along. Lol
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Points: 13298 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 14 2012 at 21:12
Originally posted by Menswear Menswear wrote:

I'm pretty sure that Rush don't need that much touring now, don't you think?


I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that Neil Peart's net worth alone is like $22m.
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Points: 6809 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 14 2012 at 23:37
This is interesting!  http://www.paradiseartists.com/artists/greg_lake/rider.pdf

I have a friend who saw Greg Lake's recent solo tour, it was "OK."  Greg told a lot of stories, more than he sang/played guitar. 

I don't think Greg would be doing this if he were wealthy, do you?  

I had the chance to see this locally & passed.  Why ruin good memories of seeing "Brain Salad Surgery" in concert, twice?  
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Points: 841 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 15 2012 at 10:45
Money is certainly a big driving force but I think that these old artists also are rather proud of their work and have a need for recognition. The audiences are beginning to forget their legacy, so what better thing to do than tour to remind them. LOL

Roger Waters doesn't need the money but he's been putting up his monster show for more than two years now. He wants the applause methinks.
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Points: 10841 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 15 2012 at 15:13
I'm currently reading a book about Ange, one of the main French progressive bands (Ange, le Livre des Légendes, by Thierry Busson, Xavier Chatagnon and Bruno Vermisse, éditions Eclipse, 1995)

While the band could often fill venues with 5000 people (even 10 000, if not 30 000 when they played at Reading '73), they barely saw the money: Daniel Haas (bass) explains that the musicians would hardly earn 2000 francs (around 300 euros!) per months!
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