Rock Stars
Robert Smith Net Worth
Robert Smith's Net Worth as of 2024
$15 Million
Robert James Smith was born on the 21st April 1959, in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, and is best known for being the co-founder and lead singer of English punk-rock band The Cure. He is also a songwriter and guitarist, whose career began during the 1970s. He is also recognized as a member of the band Siouxsie and the Banshees.
Have you ever wondered how rich is Robert Smith? Sources estimate that Smith’s net worth is $15 million as of early 2016, with the main source of this amount of money being, of course, his professional career in the music world.
Robert Smith Net Worth $15 Million
Robert Smith was brought up in a musical family, with father James Alexander Smith a singer, and mother Rita Mary Smith a pianist, so at a very young age he took not only piano lessons, but also guitar lessons. He attended St. Francis Primary School, later transferring to St. Francis Junior School in Crawley, West Sussex, as his family moved there. After elementary education, he went to Notre Dame Middle School and St. Wilfrid’s Comprehensive School. As a 13-year-old boy he was already a member of several bands; along with brother Richard, sister Janet and their friends, he was a member of the band called The Crawley Goat Band, and even before founding this band, Smith has performed with friends from Notre Dame Middle School in the band named The Obelisk, which later became The Easy Cure in 1976, and then just The Cure.
Beside Smith, The Cure featured Paul Thompson, Michael Dempsey, and Lol Tolhurst. With the band he has released 13 studio albums, a number of live recordings and also EP’s and compilations albums, all of which, have increased Smith’s overall net worth. The band has changed several members; however Smith remained the only founder member through the years of its existence. The band’s first full length album was released in 1979, entitled “Three Imaginary Boys”, but a different version of the album was released for the USA market, with a different name – “Boys Don’t Cry”. Although it received positive critiques from various music magazines, Smith wasn’t quite satisfied with the debut album. Nevertheless, he continued making music, and the next year, Robert and the band released their second album, entitled “Seventeen Seconds” (1980), on which they focused more on a gothic sound, and which they continued to incorporate in their next few albums, making Smith the “Godfather Of Goth” and extending his overall net worth by a large margin.
The Cure released two more albums, before their name hit with the public, “Faith” (1981), and “Pornography” (1982), after which Smith changed the genre of the band’s music, switching from goth to pop rock, with the first album which entered into the top 10 UK chart list, “Top” (1984).
The album also managed to enter into the US Billboard top 200 chart on the No. 180. Since then, Robert has became one of the more noted musicians in pop history. With the Cure, he has released eight more studio albums, such as “Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me” (1987), “Disintegration” (1989), “Wish” (1992), which also reached No. 1 on the UK Top Albums, and No. 2 on the Billboard Top 200 chart in US, “Bloodflowers” (2000), and their last studio release “4:13 Dream” (2003).
Apart from his successful career with the band Cure, Robert has also collaborated with numerous musicians and bands of the rock music scene, which also increased his net worth. Robert performed and recorded with acts such as Siouxsie and the Banshees, Billy Corgan, Placebo, and numerous others.
Regarding his personal life, Robert Smith has been married to Mary Theresa Poole, his high-school sweetheart, since 1988, but they mutually agreed at the beginning of the marriage not to have any children.
Musicians
Neal Schon Net Worth
Neal George Joseph Schon was born on 27th February 1954 at Tinker AFB (Air Force Base), Oklahoma USA, of Italian and German descent. Neal Schon is a rock guitarist, songwriter and vocalist, best known for being an important member of several hugely popular bands, namely Santana, Bad English and Journey.
So just how rich is Neal Schon? Neal’s net worth has been calculated to be over $30 million, amassed during his successful career of more than 40 years in the music industry.
Neal Schon Net Worth $30 Million
Neal Schon was lucky to be born into a musical family – his father Mathew Schon was a famous musician and mother Barbara Schon sang in a band. So Schon picked his first guitar at the age of five years, and starting at early age is usually a way to success. His first career steps started at the age of 15 with the band Santana, in preference to joining Eric Clapton in the band Derek and the Dominos, and debuting with some vocals on Santana’s album Santana III. Being such a great musician at such young age with the possibility to choose between two iconic bands, he went on and started making his money. He also played for Azteca but very briefly.
In 1973 Neal Schon formed his now legendary band Journey. He subsequently released five solo albums, and fourteen studio albums with the band. This must be the main flow into his net worth. Importantly, he is the only band member who has not changed through the years. He has taken part in every tour of the band, and sang on all their albums, so no doubt this longevity with Journey has increased the overall amount of Neal Schon’s net worth as well. Apart from this, he has also collaborated with famous musicians such as keyboardist Jan Hammer, Sammy Hagar and Paul Rodgers on short-term projects.
Neal Schon is as great a vocalist, as he is a guitar virtuoso. Two talents double the money earned, does it not? Let’s talk about his musical influences, of whom there were plenty. He has said that he was highly influenced by the 1960’s, musicians from that era such as Gladys Knight and Aretha Franklin. Then he put some blues to the mix, namely B.B. King and added some guitar-based influences, including of course Carlos Santana and Eric Clapton as well as Wes Montgomery. This is probably Neal Schon’s key to fame – adding the best ingredients from different musical eras.
Schon was always proud of his guitars. He started with acoustic Stella guitar followed by Gibson ES-335. At present he became interested in Xotic guitars. Schon was inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame in August 2013, which made him, if possible, even more famous. This is considered to be an accomplishment of a lifetime for any musician.
In his not-so-private personal life, Neal Schon has married five times, first to Tena Austin(1976-86), then Beth Buckley(1987-92), Dina Gioeli(1993-99), and Amber Kozan(2001-08). In 2013 he married Michaele Salahi. He has five children.
Rock Stars
John Frusciante Net Worth
John Frusciante is a famous musician. He is one of the most successful musicians of all time, because his net worth is said to have reached 23 million dollars. John Frusciante is well known for being a singer, guitarist, songwriter and producer. However, John Frusciante is most famous for having been a member of the band called Red Hot Chili Peppers, where he played as a guitarist. Through work with the Red Hot Chili Peppers band, most of his net worth has been accumulated, as well. He recorded five albums with the band between the years 1988-1992 and 1998-2009. John Anthony Frusciante was born in Queens, New York on March 5, 1970.
John Frusciante Net Worth $23 Million
His both parents had musical careers but at the early age they separated and John grew up with his mother and later, stepfather. Throughout life they were moving quite a lot to different states and cities. However, at nine years old his family settled in the Los Angeles area and that was when he started playing guitar. At first his interest was fixed on punk rock music, later he focused on famous guitar players, like Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, David Gilmour and Jimi Hendrix. When he discovered Frank Zappa, he could try to reach the same level of mastery for hours. Around 1984 he discovered the band Red Hot Chili Peppers and instantly became a fan. At sixteen he dropped out of high school and moved to L.A. to work on his guitar playing skills. He tried studying professionally at the Guitar Institute of Technology but dropped out understanding that academic studies were not for him.
John Frusciante became member of Red Hot Chili Peppers at eighteen and this was the beginning of his professional music career. By the way, he was the youngest band member, gapping about twenty years from others. This did not stop him from winning the audition and bringing fame and money to the then not very popular band. The first album they produced was called “Mother’s Milk” in 1989. In 1991, a very successful album of the band was released titled “Blood Sugar Sex Magik”. The band gained overwhelming success and because of it, John Frusciante left the band one year later after the release of the mentioned album.
Knowing the history of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, you could understand the reason why the young guy got into drugs. The band’s lead singer, Anthony Kiedis describes their past time activities in his biographical book “Scar Tissue”. Being so young and inexperienced, John got instantly addicted, was practically thrown out of the band and started his solo career. During that he burned down his house and had many visits to rehab. The solo projects he released during that time were called “Smiles from the Streets You Hold” and “Niandra Lades and Usually Just a T-Shirt”. In 1998, it was announced that 16 million copies of his solo records were sold. Today he has 10 solo albums released. Drugs did not stop him from getting near the money.
Besides solo career and Red Hot Chili Peppers, John Frusciante has also collaborated with many other acts, such as Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, The Mars Volta, Josh Kilingoffer and many more. The collaborations, of course, also added up to his net worth.
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