| 100% | EDDIEVANHALEN | 13 | "Panama" rocker whose guitar is nicknamed Frankenstrat: 3 wds. |
| 65% | PETERFRAMPTON | 13 | "Show Me the Way" rocker whose guitar is nicknamed Black Beauty: 2 wds. |
| 56% | BBKING | 6 | "The Thrill Is Gone" bluesman whose guitar was nicknamed Lucille: 3 wds. |
| 45% | PRINCE | 6 | "Purple Rain" musician whose guitars are nicknamed Cloud |
| 38% | DWAYNE | 6 | Actor Johnson whose nickname is "The Rock" |
| 35% | ELTONJOHN | 9 | "Crocodile Rock" singer whose last name is a common first name: 2 wds. |
| 34% | PINKFLOYD | 9 | Rock band whose "The Dark Side of the Moon" album was released in 1973 (2 wds.) |
| 34% | STEELYDAN | 9 | Soft rock duo whose "Countdown to Ecstasy" album was released in 1973 (2 wds.) |
| 34% | WHOSCRYINGNOW | 13 | 1981 Journey hit whose title is a question: 3 wds. |
| 33% | GLASSANIMALS | 12 | Indie rock band whose "Heat Waves" was Billboard's best-performing song of 2022: 2 wds. |
| 33% | MICHAELCHALL | 12 | "Dexter" actor whose surname is a place for billiards: 3 wds. |
| 33% | THEBAND | 7 | Canadian rock group whose last concert was filmed by Martin Scorsese for a 1978 documentary (2 wds.) |
| 32% | CHILIPEPPERS | 12 | The Red Hot ___, the funk rock band that Flea - whose birthday it is today - plays bass for: 2 wds. |
| 31% | STEPHENKING | 11 | Horror writer whose stories are the basis for the Hulu series "Castle Rock": 2 wds. |
| 31% | HADAJOB | 7 | Was employed: 3 wds. |
| 31% | TOLDALIE | 8 | Was deceitful: 3 wds. |
| 31% | ELVISPRESLEY | 12 | Singer known as the "The King of Rock and Roll" whose first hit singles were with Sun Records (2 wds.) |
| 31% | SHERYLCROW | 10 | Rock & Roll Hall of Fame singer of 14-Across and 38-Across whose 12th studio album, "Evolution," was released in 2024 (2 wds.) |
| 31% | BRIANEPSTEIN | 12 | Manager nicknamed the "Fifth Beatle" who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April 2014: 2 wds. |
| 30% | BONO | 4 | Irish rocker whose real name is Paul Hewson |
| 30% | PAPAROACH | 9 | Hard rock band whose most recent album is "The Connection": 2 wds. |
| 30% | OLEMISS | 7 | Nickname for a Southern university whose teams are the Rebels: 2 wds. |
| 30% | ZAPPA | 5 | Rocker whose best-selling album was the punnily titled "Sheik Yerbouti" |
| 30% | ARCADEFIRE | 10 | Rock band whose début album was “Funeral” |
| 29% | GIVEWAYTO | 9 | Be replaced by: 3 wds. |
| 29% | BONO | 4 | Rock star whose real name is Paul Hewson |
| 29% | FLEA | 4 | Rock bassist whose stage name is an insect |
| 29% | BONO | 4 | Rock singer whose real name is Paul Hewson |
| 29% | ACDC | 4 | Rock band whose lead guitarist is Angus Young |
| 29% | REM | 3 | Rock band whose lead singer was Michael Stipe |