Richest drummers, I'm no on it... :-)

[Rodge]

So, we know that being in the right band is more important than being a good drummer, but there is some good one in that list still, some awful one in my taste too...

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

[amoergosum]

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[amoergosum]

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3. Dave Grohl (Nirvana/Foo Fighters, $225 million)

[bananajou]

Wow...I wouldn't have guessed >>>

3. Dave Grohl (Nirvana/Foo Fighters, $225 million)

Well, most of his money doesn't come from drumming, same as phil collins

[Rodge]

Of course, the money comes from writing, royalties, sales...

[thewikiman]

Those are some insane figures! How Chad Smith has amassed more money than Nick Mason is beyond me....

I suppose it must be because the Chilli's split the composition royalties equally and the Floyd don't, but still.

[Rodge]

I'm really not surprised by all that amont of money, not at all, can you imagine all the CD sold by the RHCP ? And yeah maybe not the composition royalties, but the CD sales, the contract with the Warner must indeed be splited equally between them, that's why they are still together.

I know that the 4 members of U2 sign all their song, I think it's great and healthy, see what's happened to Police...

[amoergosum]

5. Lars Ulrich (Metallica, $175 million)

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eD6TAOvN_JM#t=2m38s

[AllenS]

Lars may be a mediocre drummer on his best day, but you can't deny the success or influence of Metallica (you know, the band he founded with James Hetfield... )

[Julián Fernández]

That list seems to be BS.

I bet JR and some other session cats belong to that list too...