People in bands like Poison when they are not touring
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Re: People in bands like Poison when they are not touring
Totally unrelated, but when I got onto the bus today, the bus driver was rockin out to Nothin but a Good Time.
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Jason essentially told his boss, f-u I am outta here!aznsquirt wrote: ↑Mon Jul 14, 2025 6:49 pmSeriously, when did FU money go from "wealthy enough to tell your boss to fuck off" to "you have to have enough money to buy a yacht and torpedo it with a nuclear sub for fun, every single day, while wearing a suit made of $1000 bills that you have to replace weekly".Brainy Lane wrote: ↑Mon Jul 14, 2025 3:36 pm FU money used to mean enough money to tell your boss F-ck You I’m out of here.
I have enough to not work again and maintain my current lifestyle. That’s was really it.
Back then we would say Bill Gates has F Everybody money!
Anyway, these discussions are always so tired. People actually think they can estimate how much money someone has based on how successful their music career was.
There are people who were multi-platinum in the 80s who were broke as a joke by 1988. There are people who got a 100k advance for a record that completely bombed in 1987 and have been loaded for the last 30 years. Comeon, people.
That being said, LMAO at people actually questioning Jason Newsted's wealth. I guess people really don't realize how much of a money machine Metallica was, even for the bass player who has writing credits on "only" 3 songs.
I'd love to know what his total royalty earnings has been for his writing share on Blackened, My Friend of Misery, and King Nothing.
I think it is a very safe bet he had/has f-u money.
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Re: People in bands like Poison when they are not touring
I always wondered what you did for a living.Psychobolia.com wrote: ↑Sat Jul 19, 2025 10:32 am Totally unrelated, but when I got onto the bus today, the bus driver was rockin out to Nothin but a Good Time.

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I ain't telling. But I'll tell ya this, I got on that bus to get to the train station. To take a suburb train to San Sebastian in Spain, to walk around and have lunch/beer.pieceofme wrote: ↑Sat Jul 19, 2025 12:05 pmI always wondered what you did for a living.Psychobolia.com wrote: ↑Sat Jul 19, 2025 10:32 am Totally unrelated, but when I got onto the bus today, the bus driver was rockin out to Nothin but a Good Time.
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LAGlamrocker has FU money. To him it’s $13.75 in his pocket , a beach taco and a free ticket to Keel.
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MetalSludgeCEO wrote: ↑Mon Jul 14, 2025 2:51 pm """""""""""""""Jason Newsted and Tico Torres don't have FU money. """"""""""""""
Jason Newsted ABSOLUTELY has FU money! ALL DAY! Tico Torres is also loaded!
Jason Newsted literally said FU and walked away from the ultimate dream job. It doesn't get any more FU money than that.
Btw I love the narcissistic premise of this thread: "If I don't see a rock star active, they must be doing nothing."
Once you have big money in your life, all the other stuff comes in. Real estate, side businesses, etc. The '80s money isn't just sitting in a checking account.
Tico Torres was paid a ton of money for all those tours, regardless of what he collected on any albums. (Even a small piece is huge for Slippery, NJ, or a greatest hits.) But all that money was invested elsewhere. Even if he just bought S&P 500 ETF stock and nothing else, it's multiplied many times over the years.
Dumb examples of wasting money are out there. MC Hammer personally financing his family and hangers-on comes to mind. Tommy Lee is always inside his home studio recording shitty solo side projects that nobody hears. It's gotta be a money hole, but I'm sure he comes out well ahead.
Fuck, even Eric Singer has FU money and is sitting out the latest Kiss cash grab.
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Re: People in bands like Poison when they are not touring
DeMartini is another example with his family fortune and his lack of interest in a Ratt reunion.Mister Freeze wrote: ↑Sun Jul 20, 2025 9:28 amMetalSludgeCEO wrote: ↑Mon Jul 14, 2025 2:51 pm """""""""""""""Jason Newsted and Tico Torres don't have FU money. """"""""""""""
Jason Newsted ABSOLUTELY has FU money! ALL DAY! Tico Torres is also loaded!
Jason Newsted literally said FU and walked away from the ultimate dream job. It doesn't get any more FU money than that.
Btw I love the narcissistic premise of this thread: "If I don't see a rock star active, they must be doing nothing."
Once you have big money in your life, all the other stuff comes in. Real estate, side businesses, etc. The '80s money isn't just sitting in a checking account.
Tico Torres was paid a ton of money for all those tours, regardless of what he collected on any albums. (Even a small piece is huge for Slippery, NJ, or a greatest hits.) But all that money was invested elsewhere. Even if he just bought S&P 500 ETF stock and nothing else, it's multiplied many times over the years.
Dumb examples of wasting money are out there. MC Hammer personally financing his family and hangers-on comes to mind. Tommy Lee is always inside his home studio recording shitty solo side projects that nobody hears. It's gotta be a money hole, but I'm sure he comes out well ahead.
Fuck, even Eric Singer has FU money and is sitting out the latest Kiss cash grab.

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Re: People in bands like Poison when they are not touring
That's called "Fuck Me" money: ie you have so much money that can buy yourself out of the consequences of making making stupid decisions, which encourages you to make even dumber decisions. It is an order of magnitude more than "fuck you" money, which is enough to tell your boss "fuck you" if he asks you to do something you don't want to do.
Richie Sambora has "fuck you" money. He literally told Jon "fuck you" and is doing his own thing / isn't starving.
Michael Jackson had "fuck me" money: built Neverland, had a fucking chimp as a friend, bought the bones of the elephant man. So much money he indulged in whatever he wanted, including (according to the courts) diddling little kids, which, needless to say, wasn't good.


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Re: People in bands like Poison when they are not touring
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Might even get some chicks
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Fuck you money
We all could use a little bit
Hey!hey!hey!hey!
I'm sick and tired of just getting by, being broke is such a bitch
I won't lie, I can't deny, I wish that I was rich
They say money talks but it ain't never spoke to me
I got no luck, threw my last buck on the lottery
I wanna be a famous jet-set billionaire
Just like donald trump, with better hair
I mean, fuck you money
That's how I get my kicks
Fuck you money
Might even get some chicks
Sweet like honey
It always does the trick
Fuck you money
We all could use a little bit
Woah, oh woah oh 2x
I want a maseratti that goes 185, or better yet, a big ol' jet
Who got time to drive?
I'd buy myself an harley, pack my shit and I'd be gone
Have some fun, in the sun, bring all my friends along
See pop shows near Boston
Get tickets as low as $348
You might also like
Beautiful Regret
Danger Danger
Rocket to Your Heart
Danger Danger
I Still Think About You
Danger Danger
We'd rock n' roll all night and party everyday
That would be alright, that would be okay!
I mean, fuck you money
That's how I get my kicks
Fuck you money
Might even get some chicks
Sweet like honey
It always does the trick
Fuck you money
We all could use a little bit
Woah oh woah oh 2x
I don't need no sympathy, just give me cold hard cash
So I can go tell everyone, kiss my ass!
(Solo)
I mean, fuck you money
That's how I get my kicks
Fuck you money
Might even get some chicks
Sweet like honey
It always does the trick
Fuck you money
We all could use a little bit