The Richest Bassists Ever

If you play bass in the band, you might be the butt of all your buddies’ jokes… but it don’t mean you can’t make a TON of money.

The Richest  just put together a list of the 10 richest bassists in music and YOU WON’T BELIEVE WHO’S NUMBER ONE!!! Actually you totally will… but check out how much Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea and Nirvana’s Krist Novoselic are making:

From The Richest:

1. Paul McCartney – $1.2 billion
2. Sting – $300 million
2. Gene Simmons (KISS) – $300 million
4. Roger Waters – $270 million
5. Adam Clayton (U2) – $150 million
6. Flea – $115 million
7. John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin) – $80 million
8. Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath) – $65 million
9. Tony Kanal (No Doubt) – $45 million
10. Krist Novoselic (Nirvana) – $40 million