| 100% | NOEL | 4 | "Who Built the Moon?" rock band ___ Gallagher's High Flying Birds |
| 42% | RICHIE | 6 | ___ Havens, "High Flying Bird" singer who performed at the 1969 Woodstock Festival |
| 41% | REM | 3 | "Man on the Moon" rock band |
| 39% | RADIOHEAD | 9 | Rock band who released Creep and The Bends |
| 39% | KANSAS | 6 | Rock band with the hit "Carry On Wayward Son" who share a name with Topeka's state |
| 39% | GARBAGE | 7 | Rock band who released the album Version 2.0 |
| 39% | REO | 3 | Rock band ___ Speedwagon who sang "Keep the Fire Burnin'" |
| 38% | PINKFLOYD | 9 | The Dark Side of the Moon rock band |
| 37% | FLOYD | 5 | "The Dark Side of the Moon" rock band Pink ___ |
| 37% | NOEL | 4 | Gallagher with "High Flying Birds" |
| 36% | DEF | 3 | ___ Leppard, rock band who performed at The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert |
| 36% | KROC | 4 | Ray who built the McDonald's empire |
| 36% | FALLOUTBOY | 10 | Illinois rock band with the #1 album "Infinity on High" (3 wds.) |
| 36% | NOEL | 4 | ___ Gallagher, English musician who was in the band Oasis |
| 35% | LES | 3 | Claypool who leads the rock band Primus |
| 35% | PINKFLOYD | 9 | Rock band whose "The Dark Side of the Moon" album was released in 1973 (2 wds.) |
| 35% | GEESE | 5 | High flying birds |
| 34% | IMAGINEDRAGONS | 14 | Rock band behind "Radioactive" with whom 17a toured in 2018 for the Evolve World Tour: 2 wds. |
| 34% | SOUNDGARDEN | 11 | Grunge rock band who won the 1995 Best Hard Rock Performance Grammy for 14-Across |
| 34% | MIKE | 4 | ___ Patton, lead singer of the band Faith No More, with the hit "Everything's Ruined" who can hit high notes |
| 34% | ACDC | 4 | Rock band with the triple-platinum album "High Voltage" |
| 34% | ACDC | 4 | Rock band with the aptly named album "High Voltage" |
| 34% | KINGSOFLEON | 11 | American rock band formed by the Followill brothers who named it after their grandfather: 3 wds. |
| 34% | PINK | 4 | ___ Floyd, London-based progressive rock band who you will hear on your radio in the 1960s |
| 34% | CRAZY | 5 | ___ Town, rap rock band whose highest-charting song "Butterfly" reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 |
| 34% | ALI | 3 | Who said "Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up" |
| 34% | STING | 5 | Rocker who plays himself, as a murder suspect, on "Only Murders in the Building" |
| 34% | ACDC | 4 | “High Voltage” band, the fifth-best-selling rock group in U.S. history |
| 33% | SUGARRAY | 8 | Rock band with the 1990s hits "Fly" and "Every Morning" |
| 33% | BLISS | 5 | "Ignorance Is ___," 1989 song by punk rock band the Ramones who played their last concert in 1996 |