| 100% | FOOFIGHTERS | 11 | "Everlong" and "Learn to Fly" rock band that has an alliterative name: 2 wds. |
| 71% | COUNTINGCROWS | 13 | "Mr. Jones" and "Accidentally in Love" rock band that has an alliterative name: 2 wds. |
| 62% | BEASTIEBOYS | 11 | "Brass Monkey" and "Intergalactic" hip-hop band that has an alliterative name: 2 wds. |
| 50% | ROLLINGSTONE | 12 | Biweekly pop culture magazine that has been in publication since 1967 and shares its name with a legendary rock band: 2 wds. |
| 44% | EDDIEVANHALEN | 13 | Guitarist whose rock band was named after him and his brother, and who never learned to read music: 3 wds. |
| 40% | NAILS | 5 | Part of a rock band name that anagrams to an animal |
| 40% | ALICECOOPER | 11 | American rock band that shares its name with a character from "Mayberry R.F.D.": 2 wds. |
| 40% | CHEAPTRICK | 10 | "The Flame" rock band that released a self-titled album in both 1977 and 1997: 2 wds. |
| 39% | RIN | 3 | "Oysters are had on months that have an ___ their names.": 2 wds. |
| 39% | WHATSUP | 7 | 1993 song by rock band 4 Non Blondes, and maybe a response to 13a: 2 wds. |
| 38% | THEEAGLES | 9 | Rock band founded by Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Bernie Leadon, and Randy Meisner that had hits in the 1970s with 15-Across, 28-Across, and 36-Across (2 wds.) |
| 38% | THEKILLERS | 10 | 18-Across and 31-Across rock band that has been nominated for seven Grammys since 2005 (2 wds.) |
| 37% | WINTERSTALE | 11 | "The ___" play by William Shakespeare that has named characters Leontes and Polixenes from Sicilia and Bohemia respectively: 2 wds. |
| 37% | THEZOMBIES | 10 | "She's Not There" band that will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame tomorrow: 2 wds. |
| 37% | DEFLEPPARD | 10 | "Pour Some Sugar on Me" band that will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame tomorrow: 2 wds. |
| 36% | LYNYRDSKYNYRD | 13 | American rock band formed in 1964 that still performs live and is best known for popularizing the Southern rock genre: 2 wds. |
| 36% | FOOFIGHTERS | 11 | Seattle grunge band with the 1999 rock hit "Learn to Fly": 2 wds. |
| 36% | VELVETREVOLVER | 14 | American hard rock supergroup that had Slash as a member and which produced the hit single "Slither": 2 wds. |
| 35% | THREEDOGNIGHT | 13 | American rock band that had a #1 hit with 41-Across in 1971 (3 wds.) |
| 35% | THOMPSONTWINS | 13 | Band that had a #11 hit in 1984 with "Doctor! Doctor!": 2 wds. |
| 35% | DESTINYSCHILD | 13 | Band that had a #3 hit in 2000 with "Jumpin', Jumpin'": 2 wds. |
| 35% | ONEDIRECTION | 12 | "Perfect" boy band that had two #1 albums in 2012: 2 wds. |
| 35% | VANHALEN | 8 | Rock band with the hits "Jump" and "Panama": 2 wds. |
| 35% | DESTINYSCHILD | 13 | Band that Beyoncé belonged to before going solo: 2 wds. |
| 35% | FOO | 3 | ___ Fighters ("Learn to Fly" rock band) |
| 35% | FOO | 3 | __ Fighters: "Learn to Fly" rock band |
| 34% | VANHALEN | 8 | Rock band with the 1980s hits "Jump" and "Panama": 2 wds. |
| 34% | ONEDIRECTION | 12 | Band that Zayn Malik belonged to before going solo: 2 wds. |
| 34% | FIFTHHARMONY | 12 | Band that Camila Cabello belonged to before going solo: 2 wds. |
| 34% | SPINALTAP | 9 | Band name that has an umlaut over the "n" |