How much $

[GNR - CROATIA]

Slash officially had 170$ million.
Axl had 10 more or so.
These figures were posted backin 99.

[chineseblues]

every member of the current GNR get a salary

it is not split equal ways

Jon Bon Jovi is the only member of Bon Jovi signed to the record label, he pays the bandmembers a salary

Axl probably pays them 20,000 a gig or so and he takes home 2 to 3 hundred thousand per show.

GNR made way more than 57 million between 87-93

they made that probably on record sales alone

their tours made 200 million all together easy.

I heard the members got around $50, 000 per show.

[ppbebe]

Slash officially had 170$ million.
Axl had 10 more or so.
These figures were posted backin 99.

Really? hmmm that 13 million of production costs sound like chicken feed.

Money is paper. (for some)

[madagas]

Literally......chicken feed...as food to feed our boy Bucket!

[Eva GnRAxlRosette]

On the subject of Dizzy, this really kinda bugs me. The man has been in the band since 1990 and yet some people still say that he is not a real member, or Axls lapdog etc etc. At the end of the day people who say this. Axl wanted a bloody keyboardist in the band and asked Dizzy and he accepted simple as that!!! He is a fully fledged member and at least he has stuck around to see it all through instead of leaving. And what is his reward for that? He gets accused constantly of not being a real member of the band!

*applause*

"(Along with Paul,) the only man from the old lineup who stayed loyal and worked hard everyday is on the keyboards, Mr. Dizzy Reed. Well, so much for the past, this is Live 'n Let Die."~ Axl Rose, Rock in Rio III, 1/15/01

these are the same 'fans' who Axl spoke about at the Pepsi Arena on 11/27/01 "that's why these guys worked real hard at being in a band that they can get abuse for, because "they're the guys in the way of getting the old band back together."

Alot of these same fans include Matt "what's with the piano?" Sorum in thier calculation when they laud VR as "3/5ths of GN'R"

Other than Axl, Dizzy has been in Guns N' Roses longer than any other GN'R alumni.? The man deserves some respect from the fans.?

so lets stop with the Dizzy insults!?

and show a little Dizzy love!?

as for the thread topic...   I don't care how much money they have.   Slash and Duff's lawsuit against Axl and Matt's accusations that Axl has tried to screw hm out of royalties does make me believe however that they're pretty un-fucking-satisfied with whatever they've got.  I'm glad that Axl has managed to keep his finances private.

What's more important than what any of the guys have in their pocket, I believe, is the contribution that Guns N' Roses has made to the industry in terms of revenue and employment.  It's not the hundreds of thousands or millions even that they 'took away' from the UYI Tours for example, but all the people that were emplyed through their touring.
And most of the money spend on CD to date, I'm sure was by way of wages paid to engineers, technicians, and other studio hires...    Think about how many meals CD has put on the table of those employed in its creation and production!   

[N.I.B]

I think these figures show us the meaning of "Eat the Rich"

[michaelvincent]

I seem to remember reading somewhere that the band had wanted Dizzy back before Appetite but at the time he was on the injured list with a broken hand or soemthing like that. So they continued on without a keyboardist and then sort of lost touch. Around Illusions they decided to bring him on. Or something like that, I don't remember the details.

As for Axl, I am sure that he has quite a bit of money. Though substantially less these days if the stories of his label refused to pay into the recording sessions anymore are true. Studios, producers, engineers, and lawyers are expensive when you have to foot the bill yourself. Though I'm sure there are people around here who beleive that he has some never ending supply of cash and will never go bankrupt just because he is Axl Rose.