Prog stars & their hobbies !

[Rufus]

Just wondered what hobbies or businesess prog or rock stars have outside of music.
Roger Daltrey is a keen angler and runs a trout farm. Greg Lake is also a keen angler. Keith Emerson enjoys flying and is a pilot. Ronnie Wood is an artist.
I know most people already know about the above but i don't know any others!

[-=RTFR666=-]

During the Stories of a Lifetime Q&A here in AZ, Lake also said that he collects first edition books (vintage hardcover, not paperback)...

[N_Singh]

Remember the Alamo! :) (at least one person has done so).

[bill g]

Anthony Phillips plays cricket I believe. Mike Rutherford I think plays polo, and rides horses.

[flowerking]

Not a prog star, but John Bonham used to collect antique sports cars. Steve Morse is (or was) supposedly a licensed commercial airline pilot.

[presdoug]

Helmut Koellen of Triumvirat was an auto mechanic and race car driver.
Jurgen Dollase of Wallenstein became an important gastronomist and writer about food in Europe.

[Scott Bails]

Geddy Lee is a fantasy baseball fanatic.

[N_Singh]

Anthony Phillips plays cricket I believe. Mike Rutherford I think plays polo, and rides horses.

yeah, not quite working class, Cockneyed East Enders, these *public* school types? :) (in England, apparently exclusive, posh, private schools are actually called public schools).

[Sean]

Yeah, your fave guy Phil Collins collects books about The Alamo, Rufus.

[RaelWV]

Not a prog star, but John Bonham used to collect antique sports cars.

Nick Mason is a car nut, too (http://www.topgear.com/uk/photos/nick-mason-car-collection-2012-05-04).

[simon moon]

Yeah, your fave guy Phil Collins collects books about The Alamo, Rufus.

Not just books, but historical artifacts. He wrote a book on the subject.

Not sure if it can be considered a hobby or not, but Steve Rothery seems to have taken up pie eating.

[Amy]

"Prog stars". http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v50/progresse/laughinghyenas.gif

[Sunlight Caller]

The guy that did the maintenance on Nick Mason's cars was a client of the firm I worked for back in the 80's. I was lucky enough to see some of these beauties up close in a small garage tucked away in a quier corner of leafy Surrey. I used to work on the Floyd's management company accounts back then to, but this was the quiet years, always good to visit and hear old tales from the few staff, though never met any of the band.

[flytomars]

In addition to nick, David Gilmour has a collection of airplanes, and Roger Waters plays golf and hunts fox.

[Rufus]

Rick Wakeman use to collect Rolls Royce's but each of his ex-wifes got on one as part of the divorce settlement!!!:yell

[ombasan]

Steve Vai (whom I recently saw in concert - it was hilarous!) is a hobby-beekeeper. I like that!

[ChrisXymphonia]

Prog = hobby

[dgtlman]

Geddy Lee is a fantasy baseball fanatic.

And also an avid wine collector & enthusiast.

[ItalProgRules]

Mikel Akerfeldt still has his childhood Star Wars collection.

[Duncan Glenday]

Mikel Akerfeldt still has his childhood Star Wars collection.

He is also an avid collector of 1970s space rock and early prog, on vinyl.

[ItalProgRules]

He is also an avid collector of 1970s space rock and early prog, on vinyl.

Yeah, from the descriptions I've read of his collection, it is pretty extensive. Probably the coolest film I've seen of a rocker's vinyl collection was a bonus section on a Guided by Voices DVD where they filmed Robert Pollard's collection, or at least a PART of it. Dude's entire basement looks like a record store, even down to real record store fixtures. And that's besides the hundreds of crates. Pollard is so obsessed, he once recorded an EP for a tiny New York City label in return for a mint vinyl copy of Amon Duul II's YETI that the owner of the label had.

[Progmatic]

"Prog stars". http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v50/progresse/laughinghyenas.gif

Hey we have one ..from Yahoo.com "Pink Floyd rocker Roger Waters ranks second with $88 million" (that is 2012 earnings)

[Big Ears]

I think I read somewhere that Greg Lake collects fountain pens. I could be wrong.

Ian Anderson ran a salmon farm for a while.

I know they are not progressive, but Sammy Hagar used to like running and Alice Cooper likes his golf. Lemmy collects German WWII militaria - I'm not sure why anyone would want to collect that.

Dave Gilmour and Ian Gillan were (association) football fans. I don't know if this is still the case.

[Progatron]

Mike Rutherford.... rides horses.

And has fallen and hurt himself quite badly from what I recall. Can't remember when that was. 1990s?


Ian Anderson ran a salmon farm for a while.

More a business venture than a hobby, I think. He also has a keen interest in cats, especially exotic/endangered ones.

[Mr Rael]

Yeah, your fave guy Phil Collins collects books about The Alamo, Rufus.

I think he collects actual artifacts from the Alamo.

[Musitron]

Alice Cooper (who could be considerate as prog in the album killer :roll) is a brilliant golf player.

[spknoevl]

Allan Holdsworth cycles and was for a time brewing his own beer.

[Duncan Glenday]

Ian Anderson ran a salmon farm for a while.


He pretty much defined (or re-defined) the concept of salmon farming, and was named Scottish businessman of the year a while ago.

[Big Ears]

More a business venture than a hobby, I think.

At I understand it, he turned an interest into a business. It had a high turnover, but his expenses were high too, so he claims not to have made a profit.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/fameandfortune/6102159/Fame-and-Fortune-Jethro-Tulls-Ian-Anderson.html

[arise_shine]

Prog rockers like to play prog rock as a hobby. Laughing out loud.

[Amy]

Hey we have one ..from Yahoo.com "Pink Floyd rocker Roger Waters ranks second with $88 million" (that is 2012 earnings)

So making 88 mil makes you a star? I thought you were a star if most 15-year-olds knew who you were. I'll have to update my dictionary. ;)

[Sean]

Steve Howe is into archery.

[bill g]

Prog rockers like to play prog rock as a hobby. Laughing out loud.

Yes true for people like me. It's really hard to keep up any semblance of chops on guitar and piano, besides composing music and writing novels, when spending so much time each week at my 'real' job. If I could ever play music full time, my hobby would be writing books. If I could ever write books full time, my hobby would be prog. :lol

[frippster]

Steve Howe is into archery.

I've never heard that. I know Bruford used to be a runner, don't think he does it anymore though.

[Ten Thumbs]

Jeff Beck likes working on hot rods.

[Adrian]

Neil Peart likes traveling on his motorcycle, of course.

[arise_shine]

I like riding on Neil Peart's motorcycle. Don't tell him that.

[trespass]

Mikel Akerfeldt still has his childhood Star Wars collection.

that can only work against him

[trespass]

Jeff Beck likes working on hot rods.

While brewing his own beer, running, hunting foxes, and shooting his 88mm AA gun. What a fun life these guys have!!!!

[JKL2000]

Not prog, but Chuck Negron from Three Dog Night liked sleeping with groupies so much his penis exploded, for real.