| 100% | STEELY | 6 | ___ Dan, "Do It Again" band whose name is inspired by William S. Burroughs' novel "Naked Lunch" |
| 44% | MODEST | 6 | ___ Mouse, "Float On" band whose name is inspired by Virginia Woolf's novel "The Mark on the Wall" |
| 43% | RADLEYS | 7 | The Boo ___, "Wake Up Boo!" band whose name is inspired by Harper Lee's novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" |
| 42% | NEONTREES | 9 | Band whose name was inspired by In-N-Out Burger signage |
| 41% | RADIOHEAD | 9 | "Paranoid Android" band whose name was inspired by a Talking Heads song |
| 40% | DEEP | 4 | ___ Purple, "Smoke on the Water" band whose name was inspired by a Peter DeRose song |
| 40% | ROMANCE | 7 | My Chemical ___, "Helena" band whose name is inspired by a collection of novellas by Irvine Welsh |
| 39% | ROLLING | 7 | The ___ Stones, "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" band whose name was inspired by a Muddy Waters song |
| 39% | MEN | 3 | Of Mice and ___, "Restoring Force" band whose name is inspired by a John Steinbeck novel |
| 38% | ALLTIME | 7 | ___ Low, "Monsters" band whose name was inspired by lyrics from the song "Head On Collision" by New Found Glory: 2 wds. |
| 35% | FRAISIER | 8 | French cake whose name is inspired by strawberries |
| 34% | CARDIB | 6 | Rapper whose name was inspired by a rum brand |
| 34% | IPOD | 4 | Gadget whose name was inspired by "2001: A Space Odyssey" |
| 34% | DREAM | 5 | WNBA team whose name was inspired by an MLK speech |
| 34% | PITCHFORK | 9 | Music review website, whose name was inspired by the tattoo design on Al Pacino's right arm in "Scarface" |
| 34% | PANDORA | 7 | Music-streaming service whose name is inspired by a Greek myth |
| 34% | ALIENWARE | 9 | Dell gaming brand whose name was inspired by "The X-Files" |
| 33% | LADY | 4 | ___ Gaga, "Poker Face" singer whose name was inspired by a Queen song |
| 33% | SUNBIRD | 7 | A feathered creature whose name is inspired by the centre of the solar system |
| 33% | OLYMPIANS | 9 | Indianapolis ___, extinct NBA team from Indiana whose name is inspired by the Greek Gods |
| 33% | AETNA | 5 | Insurance company in the Fortune 100 whose name was inspired by an Italian volcano |
| 32% | STEELYDAN | 9 | Band named after the steam-powered sex toy in William S. Burroughs's Naked Lunch |
| 32% | NAKED | 5 | William S. Burroughs classic novel __ Lunch |
| 32% | YOLATENGO | 9 | Indie rock band whose name is Spanish for "I have it" |
| 32% | STARBUCKS | 9 | Coffeehouse chain with a siren logo, whose name was inspired by Melville's best friend in "Moby Dick" |
| 31% | UNO | 3 | Game whose name is shouted out by its players |
| 31% | SPANDEX | 7 | Material whose name is an anagram for what it does |
| 31% | ZZTOP | 5 | Rock band whose name is suggested by the first row of this puzzle |
| 31% | USA | 3 | Novel trilogy by John Dos Passos whose second volume is 1932's 1919 |
| 30% | BENGALS | 7 | Cincinnati ___, NFL team from Ohio whose name is heavily inspired by tigers |