Top 10 Musicians Who Are/Were Successful in a Completely Different Field

NO movies and biographical books here because:

1) There are Top Ten lists about musicians / actors. Moreover, very often musicians are invited in movies just because they are popular and not because they are great actors.

2) Biographical books are often written by professional writers and musicians only give facts and stories.
The Top Ten
1 Bruce Dickinson is a professional pilot

He used to take unpaid leave to front Iron Maiden. He still flies and he also flies the band's plane called 'Ed Force One'.

2 Brian May has a PhD in astrophysics Brian Harold May is an English musician, singer, songwriter and astrophysicist, best known as the lead guitarist of the rock band Queen.
3 Descendents frontman Milo Auckerman has a doctorate in biology, worked for DuPont as a researcher, and also worked as a college professor at the University of Delaware
4 Bad Religion frontman Greg Graffin has a PhD in Zoology and teaches college classes at UCLA and Cornell University
5 Dexter Holland has a PhD in molecular biology

He is the lead singer, rhythm guitarist, and primary songwriter for the punk band The Offspring

6 Mike Mangini was a software specialist who worked on a program that studied the links between the human brain and body Mike Mangini is an American drummer. Since 2010, he has been a member of progressive metal band Dream Theater, following the departure of founding drummer Mike Portnoy.
7 Maynard James Keenan is a winemaker Maynard James Keenan, often referred to by his initials MJK, is an American musician, record producer, winemaker, and actor, best known as the vocalist for Grammy Award-winning progressive metal band Tool. He also is the singer of A Perfect Circle and Puscifer bands that vary in style.

He owns Merkin Vineyards and Caduceus Cellars. One of his most famous songs is Sober (haha)

8 Bruce Dickinson was a fencer and a member of the UK National Olympic Team

It was long ago but he still exercises for pleasure.

9 R. Kelly was a professional basketball player Robert Sylvester Kelly (born January 8, 1967), known professionally as R. Kelly, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and convicted sex offender. He has been credited with helping to redefine R&B and hip hop, earning nicknames such as "the King of R&B", "the King of Pop-Soul", and the "Pied Piper of R&B." ...read more.

A friend told me this ages ago but I didn't believe him.

10 Cozy Powell raced for Hitachi on the UK saloon car circuit Colin Trevor "Cozy" Powell was an English rock drummer, who made his name with many major rock bands and artists like The Jeff Beck Group, Rainbow, Robert Plant, Whitesnake and Black Sabbath.

A great drummer who was quoted as saying "I drive like I drum - madly".

The Contenders
11 Alex James is a cheesemaker
12 Matt Barlow is a policeman Matthew 'Matt' Barlow is an American heavy metal singer and police officer. He was the lead singer for Iced Earth in the 1990s and 2000s. He is currently the lead singer for Ashes of Ares. After the September 11 terrorist attacks Matt Barlow decided to become a police officer and contribute to the "real world" instead of living the illusion of a "rock star." In 2007 he returned to music.

Matt Barlow of Iced Earth was a policeman in the 90s and after the 9/11 attacks in 2001 he left the band to work as a policeman again. In 2007 he returned to music.

13 Fernando Ribeiro published 3 poetry books Fernando Ribeiro has been the lead vocalist for the Portuguese metal band Moonspell since 1992. He sings gothic metal, black metal, doom metal, melodic death metal.

Poetry is far from the metal music he sings: gothic, death and black metal.
He is very good. Even his lyrics for Moonspell songs are very good.

14 Bushido founded a real estate company
15 Master P was a basketball player
16 Dave Navarro is a host and judge on a TV reality tattoo competition (Ink Master) David Michael "Dave" Navarro is an American guitarist, singer-songwriter, and actor. He is best known as a former member of the Red Hot Chili Peppers and as a founding member of the alternative rock band Jane's Addiction.

Look at his tattoos! Ink Master is an American T.V. reality show, now in its eighth season on Spike.
I watched several episodes. He's very good at this.

17 Glenn Danzig owns an adult-oriented comic book publishing company Glenn Danzig is an American singer, songwriter, and musician from Lodi, New Jersey. He is the founder of the bands Misfits, Samhain and Danzig. He owns the Evilive record label as well as Verotik, an adult-oriented comic book publishing company.

The name of the company is Verotik. Danzig said he likes comic books and sex.

18 Marilyn Manson is a Honorary Priest of the Church of Satan

Hardly different from what he does in his music.

19 Sam Hunt was an American football player

He played college football and was selected to try for the Kansas City Chiefs although he didn't make the team.

20 Insane Clown Posse (Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope) are a professional wrestling team
21 Helene Fischer was a popular TV host
22 Till Lindemann writes poems which have been released in books
23 Graham Coxon is a cheesemaker

Actually, Alex James (the bass player) is the cheesemaker.

24 Cher is an Academy Award winning actress
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