30 Richest Drummers in the World

From: KSLU
Series: Rock School
Length: 59:01

Drummers can be rich too! Even though drummers don't get the same attention as the singers and guitarists, there are still many ways drummers can make millions (some even hundreds of millions). Read the full description.

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Playing: 30 Richest Drummers in the World
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Rs_logo_small Just because you can't as easily put a face to a drummer of a band than, say, the singer, it does not mean they don't get a cut of the money. We'll go from the obvious Ringo Star to drummers you wouldn't have guessed like Steven Adler. All this, and how they make so much money on this week's Rock School!

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Just because you can't as easily put a face to a drummer of a band than, say, the singer, it does not mean they don't get a cut of the money. We'll go from the obvious Ringo Star to drummers you wouldn't have guessed like Steven Adler. All this, and how they make so much money on this week's Rock School!

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Tusk	Fleetwood Mac	Tusk.	Warner Bros.	1979	03:30
Music Never Stopped	Grateful Dead	Blues For Allah.	Rhino	1975	05:28
Born To Be My Baby	Bon Jovi	New Jersey.	Polydor	1988	04:40
Waiting for the Worms	Pink Floyd	The Wall.	EMI Music Distribution	1979	04:14
I Miss You	blink-182	blink-182.	Geffen / Interscope	2003	03:47
Stone Cold Crazy	Queen	Sheer Heart Attack.	Island UK / Universal Music Group	1974	02:16
Turn It On Again	Genesis	A Trick of the Tail.	Disk Union	1976	03:52
Octopus's Garden	The Beatles	Abbey Road.	Capitol	1969	02:49