Eddie Jackson Net Worth

What is Eddie Jackson's Net Worth?

Eddie Jackson is an American musician who has a net worth of $5 million. Eddie Jackson is best known as the bass guitarist and co-founder of the progressive metal band Queensrÿche. With the band, he has released such studio albums as "Operation: Mindcrime," "Empire," "Promised Land," "Tribe," "American Soldier," and "Condition Hüman."

Early Life and Education

Eddie Jackson was born on January 29, 1961 in Robstown, Texas. He started playing the acoustic guitar when he was 14, and a couple of years later he took up the electric guitar and bass guitar. Jackson attended Redmond High School in Washington state, where he met drummer and future bandmate Scott Rockenfield.

Queensrÿche

In 1980, Jackson joined Scott Rockenfield's band Cross+Fire. The band's name was later changed to The Mob. However, because that name was not available for commercial use, the band decided to name itself Queensrÿche, a modified version of "Queen of the Reich," which was the first song title on the group's demo tape. Now including lead vocalist Geoff Tate and guitarist Chris DeGarmo, Queensrÿche released its self-titled debut EP in 1982. After the group signed with EMI, the EP was reissued in 1983. The year after that, the band released its first studio album, "The Warning." That was followed by "Rage for Order" in 1986. Queensrÿche had its commercial breakthrough with its third studio album, "Operation: Mindcrime," which came out in 1988. A rock opera concert album, it reached number 50 on the Billboard 200 and spawned the charting singles "Eyes of a Stranger" and "I Don't Believe in Love." Queensrÿche had an even greater commercial hit in 1990 with the album "Empire," which peaked at number seven on the Billboard 200 and yielded the Grammy Award-nominated hit single "Silent Lucidity." Queensrÿche's next studio album, "Promised Land," became the band's highest-charting yet when it reached number three on the Billboard 200 in 1994. The band's final two studio albums of the decade were "Hear in the Now Frontier" (1997) and "Q2K" (1999).

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Queensrÿche released its eighth studio album, "Tribe," in 2003. The group followed that in 2006 with "Operation: Mindcrime II," a sequel to its earlier hit album. Queensrÿche's subsequent albums were "Take Cover" (2007), "American Soldier" (2009), and "Dedicated to Chaos" (2011). In 2012, following a heavily publicized backstage altercation before a concert in Brazil – in which lead vocalist Geoff Tate physically attacked his bandmates for firing his stepdaughter and wife from the management team – Tate was fired from Queensrÿche. He was replaced by Todd La Torre, who first appeared on Queensrÿche's self-titled 13th studio album in 2013. Two years after that, the band released "Condition Hüman," its last album to feature Rockenfield. That was followed in 2019 by "The Verdict," the band's last album with rhythm guitarist Parker Lundgren. Queensrÿche released its 16th studio album, "Digital Noise Alliance," in 2022. The album saw the introduction of drummer Casey Grillo and the return of rhythm guitarist Mike Stone.

Style and Equipment

Jackson is known for playing fingerstyle bass, although he has used a pick on several Queensrÿche studio recordings. In the 1980s, he used Kramer basses and Spector NS-2s. Jackson used a black NS-2 until it was stolen in the mid-1990s; he subsequently switched to the Spector Euro 5LX and the Spector ReBop 5 DLX FM. In the latter half of the 1990s, Jackson began using basses from master luthier Michael Lull, who had done all the repair and upkeep for Queensrÿche's guitars.

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