The 30 Richest Drummers In The World

[QUOTE] [b]99jaystang wrote:[/b]
Btw Neil is one of the most respected drummers he is amazing to watch. I could not imagine the pain he endured when his teenaged daughter died in a auto accident and his wife (cancer) in the same year. [/QUOTE]

That was dealt with so movingly in Beyond the Lighted Stage. Definitely one of my favourite rock docs.

[QUOTE] [b]philip storey wrote:[/b]
Ringo,the worst drummer on the list by far.Talk about making money on other peoples backs !![/QUOTE]
Ringo wrote the book on rock drumming. Countless things that are now commonplace simply did not exist before Ringo.

(Enter someone who'll post a youtube clip of an earlier more obscure drummer in an attempt to look smart...)

At absolute worst, Ringo popularized it. He made it the norm.

[QUOTE] [b]Micrówave wrote:[/b]
How many #1sdoes RUSH have? That's correct, zero.[/QUOTE]
Exactly. The only way to rate the quality of music is by record sales.

[QUOTE]Plus all Neil does is write words.
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Little known fact - it's Alex Lifeson who wrote those iconic drum parts that have regularly led to Peart winning drumming awards year after year.

[QUOTE]Sure, I know the lyrics to The Necromancer... but no one else does and it has never been licensed for anything.
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My mistake. The combination of record sales and business interests are the only way to measure what makes a good band.

[QUOTE]I think Ringo could play miles around Neil.[/QUOTE]
If Ringo can play YYZ and Tom Sawyer, then Neil Peart has eight arms and can simultaneously play drum kits on four different continents.

[QUOTE]If Rush would have started writing Ballads back in the 80s, they would have made the money that bands like Journey, Foreigner, Chicago, etc. were making.... because dudes can't carry album sales.[/QUOTE]
And how many of those bands are still writing albums that are reviewed as being amongst the best in their catalogue? That's correct, zero.

A basic scan of bands who sold out in the 80s reveals that every single one of them did not survive, except for those who are resting on their laurels. Most have had many lineup changes, and none of them have put out a decent record in decades. Chicago are playing to old people in casinos. Rush are playing packed arenas, and half the audience is under the age of 30.

[QUOTE] [b]philip storey wrote:[/b]
Ringo,the worst drummer on the list by far.Talk about making money on other peoples backs !![/QUOTE]
there was no such thing as "rock drummers" til Ringo...give the guy some credit

go away and listen to rubber soul and revolver then you start to see where the rock drummers of the late 60s got their inspiration

I LOVE this information...thank you! Ow! Though my mother made it REAL clear to me as a 34 year old man that most drummers do not have this type of financial success. Oh and she was clearly pissed off about it too.

how much do they get per album? back in the 1970's was it 10 pence per pound for the whole group or something paltry like that?
whatever it was it wasn't much between four people, so you have to be the best to make any money- amazes me they managed to be so rich with such a poor deal, all going to plastic manufacturing companies who made the records, and such a small amount going to the musicians.

"10 pence per pound for the whole group or something paltry like that?"

You evidently have no clue about the music industry. No starting band gets 10% of sales-income, which is anything but a small share.

I would say Roger Taylor probably had an inheritance somewhere though. Which is fine of course.