Shaun William George Ryder is a 60-year-old English author, songwriter, singer, TV personality, and musician. He plays piano, saxophone, tambourine, guitar, and bass. He also juggles with the categories or genres of music such as alternative rock, Madchester, Britpop, alternative dance, electronic, and baggy. Phew! How skilled he is!
Fans can notice Shaun’s deteriorating health conditions. He said that he got bald and fat due to his underactive thyroid. He is on pills, and non-cancerous cysts were found in his testicles. He is in pain, and the painkillers and tablets are hitting him hard.
Moreover, the lockdown during the pandemic prohibited Shaun from having surgery to get rid of them. Later, the medical tests proved no signs of cancer. Sometimes, he takes it positively, and sometimes, he does not. So, it depends on his mood.
Shaun Ryder has tasted success and richness in his early life. But it seems to be fading now. On the one hand, he still has many sources of income. He must deal with the expenditures mentioned in this article.
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Shaun Ryder’s Career
Shaun Ryder did not finish his schooling because he went to work on a construction site at 13. Later, he fell for music. He is a part of the English rock bands: ‘Black Grape’ and ‘Happy Mondays.’
Talking about Happy Mondays, Shaun has seen two transformations of the band, one from 1999 to 2000 and the other from 2004 to the present. Shaun’s late brother, Paul Ryder, used to play bass, Gary Whelan was the drum player, Paul Davis was the keyboard player, and Mark Day played guitar.
Black Grape got established in 1993 by Shaun in Salford. It was made of the Ruthless Assassins and the previous members of Happy Mondays. It got more famous in 1995. However, the next album, released in 1995, was a failure, and the members got separated in 1998. They met again for a short period in 2010 and released more albums.
Shaun Ryder’s Net Worth
On the one hand, Shaun faced many ups and downs in his life. On the other hand, he managed to get rich over the years. His net worth was $3 million as of April 2023. Television shows, bakery, writing, gigs, and merchandise are Shaun Ryder’s sources of income.
Shaun appeared in ‘Shameless,’ the British Comedy Drama in 2006, and a documentary that went by his name in 2004. Later, he also appeared in ‘I’m A Celebrity’ and ‘That Sunday Night Show’ in 2010 and 2011, respectively.
The other TV shows are Shaun Ryder On UFOs, Would I Lie To You, Celebrity Mastermind, Celebrity Juice, Mandy, and News Thing. He got co-credited for a column ghostwritten by John Warburton for the Daily Sport. He also published his autobiography ‘Twisting My Melon,’ in 2011.
Shaun opened the first outlet of his bakery with his brother, Keith, in Dawlish, South Devon, in March 1972. According to the UK’s tabloid newspaper, Shaun earned $36,495 from the column written in Daily Sports and $158,145 from I’m A Celebrity and his autobiography.
In his childhood, Shaun’s father was a postman, and his mother was a nursery nurse. So, he was not rich but had enough facilities and used to spend instead of saving. He started having more money than his dad when he was 13 through robbing. However, he did not explain it more.
Shaun used to build around 3,000 houses on an estate and earn $25 per house when he used to work at the construction site at 13. After leaving his previous job, he started working as a junior postman at 15. There, he used to earn only $18.85 per week. So, it was a great decline.
Shaun Ryder’s Expenditures
Shaun got robbed during his first music album. He considers it the karma of the robbing done by him in his childhood. Shaun did not pay $188.55 to Black Grape on time. So, he ended up paying them $188,557 after many years. He got sued for $194,640 by the band Black Grape for having an invalid contract.
Shaun could not ask anyone to lend him money during the receivership, according to the law. People had to give it to him. He also had to work on full tax payments and pay the lawyers after the end of the receivership. Moreover, he had to spend on the solicitors and his kids’ school fees during the period.
Shaun’s wife helps him with finance and careful expenditure. Six kids, their school fees, cars, apartment, etc., are some more things he must spend on. Moreover, he does not gamble and does charity.
