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James Kottak Net Worth

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1 year ago

January 21, 2023

Daniel Wanburg

James Kottak's Net Worth as of 2024
$3 Million

James Kottak was born on the 26th December 1962, in Louisville, Kentucky USA, and is a drummer, who is probably best recognized for being a member of the German hard rock band Scorpions, but is also known for founding his own band Kottak. His musical career has been active since the mid-1980s.

So, have you ever wondered how rich James Kottak is, as of late 2017? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that the total size of James’ net worth is over $3 million, accumulated through his successful involvement in the music industry.

James Kottak Net Worth $3 Million

Speaking about James Kottak’s early life and education, there is no information about it in the media.

James’ professional musical career began in the mid-1980s, when he started playing drums in such bands as the McAuley Schenker Group, Buster Brown, Kingdom Come and Montrose among many others. With Kingdom Come, he performed on its debut self-titled studio album, second studio album entitled “In Your Face”, and they released the hit single “Get It On”, which marked the beginning of an increase to his net worth, and his popularity.

His breakthrough year was 1996, when he joined the German hard rock band Scorpions, which was formed in 1965. The first studio album on which he performed out came in 1999 entitled “Eye II Eye”, which peaked at No. 26 on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. At that time, they released a single in their native language for the first time in their career – “Du Bist So Schmutzig”, which also added a considerable amount to his net worth. In the following year, he performed on their next studio album “Moment Of Glory”, reaching No. 3 on the German Albums Chart and increasing further his fortune.

The new millennium didn’t change too much for James, as he continued successfully with his musical career, contributing on the band’s album “Acoustica” (2001), which achieved platinum status. Three years later he was featured on the studio album entitled “Unbreakable”, and by the end of the decade he had also performed on “Humanity – Hour 1” (2007) and “Sting In The Tail” (2010), all of which increased his net worth by a large margin. In 2011, James performed on the album “Comeblack”, and most recently on the 2015 album “Return To Forever”, after which he left the band.

Parallel with his career as a part of Scorpions, James also established his own punk rock band called KrunK in 1996. The band’s debut studio album entitled “Greatest Hits” was released two years later, after which they went on hiatus. In 2006, the name of the band was changed to Kottak and they released the album “Therupy”. To speak further about his career with his own band, James also released the album “Rock & Roll Forever” (2010), and “Attack” in the following year, contributing more to his net worth.

When it comes to his personal life, James Kottak was married to Athena Lee (1996-2010), who is the younger sister of Tommy Lee. They had three children together. His current residence is in Los Angeles, California.

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Chris Kael Net Worth

Published

3 weeks ago

March 21, 2024

Daniel Wanburg

Chris Kael was born on the 21^st May 1974, in Lexington, Kentucky USA, and is best known to the world for being a musician who is the bassist in the heavy metal bend Dive Finger Death Punch (FFDP), established in Las Vegas. He is also recognized as a backing vocalist. He has been an active member of the music industry since 2011, when he joined the band.

Have you ever wondered how rich is Chris Kael as of early 2016? According to sources, it is estimated that the overall size of Chris Kael’s net worth is over $3 million. The main source of this amount of money is his career in the music industry as the bass guitarist in one of the most popular heavy metal bends in the world, FFDP.

Chris Kael Net Worth $3 Million

Chris Kael was raised in Lexington, where he attended Lafayette High School. Side by side with his studies, Kael spent time writing music, and playing with other musician friends. When he was a teenager, some friends described him as “the nicest scary guy” they have ever known. During those years, he spent his free time going to all-age musical shows, which had a big influence on his musical upbringing. When he was 15 years old, he picked up a bass guitar for the first time, and that was the beginning of his music career.

At the very start of his career he played with various bands from different cities, such as Lexington, Louisville, Dayton, and Nashville, which helped him to develop his playing skills. Kael decided to move from Lexington to Las Vegas, Nevada to pursue his career in the music industry and develop it to a higher level. His friendly personality helped him a lot in making contacts with other musicians in Las Vegas, and he soon began playing with various bands throughout California, Arizona and Utah as well. He saw Five Finger Death Punch playing in Sin City Sinners, and was recommended to become their bassist. Chris auditioned, played a few covers, and was soon introduced to the world as the new bass player of the band. Since then, his career and also his net worth has only gone upwards; the first band’s recording that he was featured on was American Capitalist, which made its debut in third place on the Billboards 200 chart. Eventually the album was certified Gold, which highly increased Kael’s net worth.

Their next album was released in 2013; in fact the double album “The Wrong Side Of, Heaven And The Righteous Side Of Hell, Volumes 1 and 2”, which increased Kael’s net worth considerably. Thanks to their previous success, and an increase in popularity, the band made a few friends over the years, and managed to extend these friendships in the professional field, as the album featured guest artists such as Rob Halford, Max Cavalera and Maria Brink, among others.

Kael’s latest venture in the music industry is the sixth album of the band, and his third, entitled “Got Your Six” (2015), which has also added to his net worth, as it also debuted at number 2 on the Billboard Top 200 chart.

When it comes to his personal life, it is known that Chris Kael is married, and with wife he lives in Los Angeles. Despite of all the glory, every year he goes to visit his family in Kentucky. He is very active in the social networks, as he has a Facebook and Twitter accounts, by way of which he announces the next events of FFDP. He is very active in the charity work, as well; helps donating money for finding a cure for people with AIDS. His free time he spends with his wife, enjoying in motorcycling, mountain biking, scuba diving. The couple is very passionate about travel, too.

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David Ellefson Net Worth

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4 weeks ago

March 20, 2024

Daniel Wanburg

David Warren Ellefson was born on the 12th November 1964, in Jackson, Minnesota USA, and is a bass player mainly known for his activities with the band Megadeth; he is regarded as the resting-pole and mediator of the band. Ellefson has been active in the entertainment industry since 1982.

How much is the net worth of David Ellefson? It has been estimated by authoritative sources that the outright size of his wealth is as much as $15 million, as of the data presented in the middle of 2017. Music is the major source of Ellefson’s modest fortune.

David Ellefson Net Worth $15 Million

To begin with, Ellefson began his career as a musician at the age of 11. After an initial training which included only keyboard and saxophone, the boy began playing the bass because of the explosion of heavy rock. Then he picked up the rhythm guitar; he was subsequently the leader of several groups in the music scene of the American mid-west.

After playing in several small groups, he moved to Los Angeles at the age of 18. There he met Dave Mustaine, and persuaded him to listen to the demos he recorded with Metallica (a band he just left), Ellefson decided to set up a band with him. This is how Megadeth created their first album “Killing Is My Business… and Business Is Good!” in 1985, which was a worldwide success during the 1990s. Over the years and changes within the group, Dave Mustaine and David Ellefson became the true backbone of the group. But in 2002, Dave Mustaine announced the end of Megadeth, which created a conflict between the two men. When the group eventually reformed in 2004, David became the leader. Among other things, he worked with the former Megadeth drummer Jimmy DeGrasso in the band F5.

At the beginning of 2010, he and the former Manowar drummer Rhino released the CD “Kingdom of Evil”, through their newly founded melodic metal band Angels of Babylon. In January 2014, an EP called “Altitudes & Attitude” – the name of the band – which Ellefson recorded together with Frank Bello, supplemented by Jeff Friedl (The Beta Machine), came out. In 2014, a debut album was released, called “Booze & Cigarettes”. Overall, all the aforementioned engagements have added sums to the total size of David Ellefson.

Concerning his technique and equipment, Ellefson played with his fingers. However, as Megadeth’s music became more complex and faster, Ellefson preferred to play with a pick. Currently, his bass arsenal consists of a pair of 4-string and 5-string American Deluxe P-Bass respectively, an Epiphone 5-string acoustic bass and 4-string Ovation acoustic bass. On his return to Megadeth, Ellefson began to use bass back Jackson as he did for much of his career with the band. David has used Hartke, Ampeg and Peavey amplifiers during his career.

Finally, in the personal life of Ellefson, he married Julie Foley in 1993.