You don’t have to be quite dead yet, but Forbes’ Top 10 of top-earning musicians is full with acts that started a long time ago – think 1980’s.

A lot of that income comes from touring, merchandising sales, product endorsements and sales of their catalogs, although that last ingredient has taken a nose-dive the past decade.

Here are the rock bands and solo artists that added most to their bottom line between June 2009 and June 2010: (more…)