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