So, if you spent yesterday in a coma, you may have missed the fact that
Killswitch Engage guitarist
Adam Dutkiewicz won big on The Price Is Right. Basically, he won more than $50,000 in prizes, including both a new car and a new truck.
Amongst the landslide of congratulatory reactions yesterday were a smattering of the inevitable, "Yo, Adam D. is already rich. He should give that stuff to charity!" and "figures a guy who is loaded to begin with would win a bunch of crap he doesn't need."
There is actually some truth to that sentiment. Killswitch has sold a lot of records; in fact, they have two Gold albums. Moreoever, Dutkiewicz is also a producer and an engineer. In addition to producing most of Killswitch's albums, he has produced or co-produced a handful of notable releases, including Underoath's Define The Great Line album, which was certified Gold in 2006.
Anyway, I would hope Dutkiewicz has some money, however, it's not like he's a multi-millionaire. Then again, maybe he is. I was perusing the comments to our Adam D./Price Is Right news this morning, and noticed the following comment:
Weird. Eight million dollars, huh? I wondered where that number came from, suspecting that it was from one of those "What is [random celebrity]'s net worth?" websites. Indeed, a quick Google query led me to
CelebrityNetWorth.com, which has Dutkiewicz's net worth listed as $8 million. They cite no facts or figures for their assessment, so I guess I'll just have take their word for it (no, I'm not taking their word for it).
Veracity aside, I thought it would be fun to check out what this website had to say about a few other semi-well-known musicians from our corner of the music world, which you can check out below (obviously, Mr. Lambesis doesn't have much money anymore). Anyway, Adam D. has more money than you and I, but I have no problem with him winning some new stuff.
Hey, Adam, Buddy, Dave, etc... can you please email me your net worths so that I can figure out just how accurate these figures are? Thanks, guys.
