| 100% | ALICE | 5 | "Jar of Flies" rock band ___ in Chains |
| 64% | ALICE | 5 | Rock band ___ in Chains |
| 54% | INEZ | 4 | Bassist for the rock band, "Alice in Chains," Mike ___ |
| 53% | ABBA | 4 | Swedish band in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame |
| 52% | ELO | 3 | Rock band that fills in the blanks of its song "_vi_ W_man" |
| 52% | ZZTOP | 5 | Last band in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, alphabetically |
| 52% | ABBA | 4 | Alphabetically first band in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame |
| 51% | ABBA | 4 | The first band in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, alphabetically |
| 51% | HAIM | 4 | Rock band with the 2020 Album of the Year nominee "Women in Music Pt. III" |
| 51% | YES | 3 | Progressive rock band inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2017 |
| 50% | PUSSYRIOT | 9 | Protest music rock band in the news in 2012 when two of its members were jailed in Russia |
| 50% | PINKFLOYD | 9 | Rock band whose "The Dark Side of the Moon" album was released in 1973 (2 wds.) |
| 50% | RADIOHEAD | 9 | English rock band inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2019 |
| 50% | RUSH | 4 | Band inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2013 |
| 49% | ELO | 3 | Band inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017: Abbr. |
| 48% | THEZOMBIES | 10 | English rock band inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2019 (2 wds.) |
| 48% | DEFLEPPARD | 10 | English rock band inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2019 (2 wds.) |
| 48% | ROXYMUSIC | 9 | English rock band inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2019 (2 wds.) |
| 48% | UNDERGROUND | 11 | The Velvet ___, "Sweet Jane" rock band and recipient of the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2017 |
| 48% | YES | 3 | Prog-rock band inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017 |
| 48% | DAY | 3 | Green ___, rock band that was formed in California which had the hit song "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" |
| 48% | CHICAGO | 7 | "If You Leave Me Now" rock band and recipient of the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2020 |
| 48% | TALKING | 7 | ___ Heads, "Burning Down the House" rock band and recipient of the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2021 |
| 47% | YES | 3 | "Roundabout" band inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017 |
| 47% | REM | 3 | Georgia band inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007 |
| 47% | ABBA | 4 | Swedish band inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010 |
| 46% | ELO | 3 | 1970s band inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017: Abbr. |
| 46% | ELO | 3 | Big '70s-'80s band inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017 |
| 46% | LEON | 4 | Rock band, Kings of — |
| 46% | LEON | 4 | Rock band Kings of ___ |