# Rockers with surprising side hustles **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 14, 2025, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rockers-with-surprising-side-hustles/1018365 "2025-05-14T13:26:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2025, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rockers-with-surprising-side-hustles/1018365/61 "2025-05-15T13:03:42Z")
Jane Wiedlin of the Go-Go’s is a (mail order) ordained minister and officiates weddings as Reverend Sister Go-Go. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2025, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rockers-with-surprising-side-hustles/1018365/62 "2025-05-15T13:50:29Z")
Stephen King of the Rock Bottom Remainders has a little-known writing career… ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2025, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rockers-with-surprising-side-hustles/1018365/63 "2025-05-15T14:26:15Z")
The busy bastard is also a [pilot](https://www.twinandturbine.com/dexter-hollands-cj-journey/). ---
**Author:** ![kferr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@kferr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kferr)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2025, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rockers-with-surprising-side-hustles/1018365/64 "2025-05-15T14:48:20Z")
[Richard Coles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Coles) who was in the band _The Communards_ is now an Anglian priest. He’s also a minor celebrity doing radio shows and panel shows such as _QI_ and appearing on _Strictly Come Dancing_. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2025, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rockers-with-surprising-side-hustles/1018365/65 "2025-05-15T14:54:46Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > Pete Townshend was an editor for Faber&Faber in the 80s. He also, like Dylan, is an author. His bandmate Roger had a [Trout Farm](https://youtu.be/BL2UVxnDoZs?feature=shared) in Sussex. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2025, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rockers-with-surprising-side-hustles/1018365/66 "2025-05-15T17:00:33Z")
Jimmy Buffett is one of the few authors to reach #1 on both the NYTimes Fiction and Non-fiction lists. His list of side hustles made him a billionaire. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2025, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rockers-with-surprising-side-hustles/1018365/67 "2025-05-15T17:02:59Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > Jane Wiedlin of the Go-Go’s is a (mail order) ordained minister and officiates weddings as Reverend Sister Go-Go. My wife and I actually looked into having her officiate a renewal of our wedding vows. It would have been awesome, but once we factored in flying Jane from California (or maybe it was Hawaii) to Illinois, it got too pricey. ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2025, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rockers-with-surprising-side-hustles/1018365/68 "2025-05-15T17:29:03Z")
Neil Giraldo (musical partner and spouse of Pat Benator) is into bourbon. > **[About Three Chord Bourbon - Perfectly Tuned Taste](https://threechordbourbon.com/about-us/)** > > Three Chord progression is at the root of the blues, music is at the core of Three Chord Bourbon, a whiskey infused with a harmony of rich taste, complex structure, and smooth finish. Sip, savor, and share Three Chord Bourbon.- Our Story Also partnered with the Allman Brothers Band. > **[Allman Brothers Band and Three Chord Bourbon Collaborate on Peach...](https://www.whiskeypulse.com/news/whiskey/collaborations/allman-brothers-band-and-three-chord-bourbon-collaborate-on-peach-woodfinished-whiskey-66b9f18e769d9380f826d412)** > > The Allman Brothers Band, legendary rock icons from the 1970s, have recently partnered with Michigan-based Three Chord Bourbon to release a special edition whiskey. This collaboration marks the latest addition to Three Chord Bourbon’s Backstage... ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2025, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rockers-with-surprising-side-hustles/1018365/69 "2025-05-15T19:18:34Z")
> [@Thing.Fish](#): > > Elton John owns English football club Watford FC. Doesn’t sound like a surprising side hustle–that’s right out of the lyrics for Pink Floyd’s “Money” > [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > Paul McCartney […] has written several children’s books. Now that does sound like a surprising side hustle. Very cool! ---
**Author:** ![Disinfectus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/disinfectus/32/11085_2.png) [@Disinfectus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disinfectus)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2025, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rockers-with-surprising-side-hustles/1018365/70 "2025-05-16T01:15:48Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I was going to mention Steve Morse. If I remember correctly he got disillusioned by the industry. He put in a lot of work and got tons of critical acclaim but it didn’t translate to album sales. If you haven’t already (and I suspect you have), be sure to listed to all of the old Dixie Dregs stuff. He was amazing back then as well. A truly underrated guitarist. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2025, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rockers-with-surprising-side-hustles/1018365/71 "2025-05-16T06:34:06Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > Jane Wiedlin of the Go-Go’s… Also a Dominatrix. Don’t ask me how I know. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2025, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rockers-with-surprising-side-hustles/1018365/72 "2025-05-17T02:56:57Z")
Bay City Rollers drummer Derek Longmuir also became a nurse after leaving that band. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2025, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rockers-with-surprising-side-hustles/1018365/73 "2025-05-17T03:08:26Z")
So does Dave Mustaine of Megadeth. ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2025, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rockers-with-surprising-side-hustles/1018365/74 "2025-05-17T18:15:31Z")
Billy Corgan runs a [tea shop](https://madamezuzus.com/) with his wife in Highland Park, Illinois. And he also owns a [professional wrestling circuit](https://www.nationalwrestlingalliance.com/). ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2025, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rockers-with-surprising-side-hustles/1018365/75 "2025-05-17T18:22:29Z")
> [@Labdad](#): > > John Tichy, one of the guitarists in Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen, had a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan and became head of the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy, New York. I took one of his classes, decades ago. > [@Thing.Fish](#): > > Elton John owns English football club Watford FC. And that sort of thing, like the former musicians with tequila labels or wineries, is the kind of thing available to rich people everywhere. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2025, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rockers-with-surprising-side-hustles/1018365/76 "2025-05-17T18:31:59Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > And that sort of thing, like the former musicians with tequila labels or wineries, is the kind of thing available to rich people everywhere. The first one that does it can be surprising. The 20th one not so much. Francis Ford Coppola may have been the first in the booze business. He bought a winery in 1975. ---
**Author:** ![velomont](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8491ac/32.png) [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2025, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rockers-with-surprising-side-hustles/1018365/77 "2025-05-17T21:25:26Z")
The late Zal Yanovsky, former guitarist of The Lovin’ Spoonful, opened the restaurant Chez Piggy in Kingston Ontario in 1979. As an RMC student at the time I went there a number of times and had a brief chat with Zal. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2025, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rockers-with-surprising-side-hustles/1018365/78 "2025-05-18T19:04:10Z")
> [@kferr](#): > > [Richard Coles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Coles) who was in the band _The Communards_ is now an Anglian priest. I assume he’s still ordained (a lifetime thing?) but he no longer has a parish, so a retired priest, I guess. Cite: [Borderline National Trinket](https://www.richardcoles.com/borderline-national-trinket-tour/) (the show). And these days the author of several of those whimsical, cosy murder novels that every aging celebrity seems to be writing. j ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2025, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rockers-with-surprising-side-hustles/1018365/79 "2025-05-18T23:00:33Z")
Sterling Morrison became a tugboat Captain after getting his PhD at University of Texas. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rockers-with-surprising-side-hustles/1018365.md?page=3)