Kurt Cobain – $50 million
Greatest Hits: Smells Like Teen Spirit, Sappy
Kurt Cobain was Nirvana’s frontman, one of Generation X’s most influential bands. He’s also the band’s lead guitarist. Born in Washington, Aaron Burckhard and Krist Novoselic founded the band in 1987. It was in the Grunge scene, Seattle. Nirvana signed with DGC and flourished, mostly through his second album with “Smells Like Teen Spirit.” Cobain resented media coverage, claiming that the mainstream misconstrued and oversimplified his message.
Kurt Cobain – $50 Million
Walter Becker – $20 million
Greatest Hits: Bad Sneakers, Do It Again
Steely Dan’s co-songwriter and founder was Walter Becker. He played guitar and bass for jazz/rock bands. He met his co-founder, Donald Fagen when Bard College students. They decided to start Steely Dan and moved to LA. After a successful commercial run, Becker moved to Hawaii after the breakup, becoming a record producer and part of China Crisis, an English band. Fagen’s 1993 reformed Steely Dan.
Walter Becker – $20 Million
