Joe Strummer – $4 million
Greatest Hits: Rock the Casbah
Joe Strummer is one of punk rock’s most influential figures. He created The Clash band, inaugurated in 2003 at Fame’s Rock and Roll Hall. The band’s second album on the UK charts was #2, and their third and fourth albums in the US became certified platinum. Strummer also worked with bands like the Mescaleros, Pogues, Latino Rockabilly, 101ers, etc. He also had a solo career, wrote TV and movie scores, played radio, and played for a leading organization called Rock Against Racism.
Joe Strummer
Patti Smith – $16 million
Greatest Hits: Because the Night
Patti Smith is a singer, poet, and songwriter, and, thanks to her groundbreaking debut album Horses, she played an important role in New York City’s punk rock movies in the 1970s. She is known as the laureate of punk poetry combining poetry and punk rock. She wrote Bruce Springsteen’s song “Because the Night,” It is perhaps her most famous hit. She is also a novelist, receiving her memoir’s National Book Award, entitled Only Kids, won in 2010. She’s the “Greatest Artists” of Rolling Stone, too.
Patti Smith