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Okay, there seems to be a spectrum here regarding "take home" pay: either Neil is desperate to keep his ex-wives happy or he's 'laughing all the way to the bank'

So here's a real question, maybe some you know more about these matters than I do:

What do these guys actually make in a year (couting that they've been touring more or less non-stop since '98)?

What did Augeri clear in 2005 before he quit, or Soto for saving their asses in '06? I'm really curious about this.. because, maybe I tend to (maybe naively) believe that the main three (Schon, Cain, and to a slightly lesser extent Valory) are stinking rich!!

Any insight?

infinityplusone wrote:Okay, there seems to be a spectrum here regarding "take home" pay: either Neil is desperate to keep his ex-wives happy or he's 'laughing all the way to the bank'

So here's a real question, maybe some you know more about these matters than I do:

What do these guys actually make in a year (couting that they've been touring more or less non-stop since '98)?

What did Augeri clear in 2005 before he quit, or Soto for saving their asses in '06? I'm really curious about this.. because, maybe I tend to (maybe naively) believe that the main three (Schon, Cain, and to a slightly lesser extent Valory) are stinking rich!!

Any insight?

I believe that Schon is the most well off in the band because he has that half of that Nocturne income coming in thanks to ex-manager Herbie Herbert. Plus, being the oldest member, he probably gets a bigger percentage cut from all the royalties of greatest hits, back catalog, etc. But 4 divorces and 5 kids with expensive tastes in cars and boys toys that's gotta be very little left over.

Cain is probably the next well off, writing most of the tunes but he probably still suffers from bad investments.

Valory is probably just happy to be able to continue what he's doing after problems with bankruptcy and drugs. He must be in a stable place now but probably not as rich as Cain and Valory.

I won't comment on Castronovo because I don't know anything about him and nothing's been written practically.

Pineda will probably make peanuts compared to the existing members but it will work out well for all involved because the US dollar exchange is so favorable in the Philippines that he'll probably live like a billionaire on a typical average American middle-class salary in his country.