Joe Strummer – $4 million
Greatest Hits: Rock the Casbah
Joe Strummer is an influential figure in punk rock. He established the group called “The Clash,” which was drafted into Fame’s Rock and Roll Hall in 2003. The band’s second album on the UK charts was #2, and their third and fourth albums were successful, becoming platinum-certified. Strummer worked with bands like Mescaleros, Pogues, Latino Rockabilly, 101ers, and more. He also had a solo career, wrote TV and film scores, made radio plays, and became a major performer for Rock Against Racism, an activist organization.
Joe Strummer – $4 Million
Patti Smith – $16 million
Greatest Hits: Because the Night
Patti Smith is a songwriter, poet, and singer, and through her groundbreaking debut album, Horses, she was a prominent part of New York City’s punk rock movement in the 1970s. She’s known as the laureate of a punk poet, merging poetry with punk rock. She wrote the song “Because the Night” with Bruce Springsteen, and maybe it’s her most famous hit. Also a novelist, she won the 2010 National Book Award for her memoir, entitled Only Kids.
Patti Smith – $16 Million
