| 100% | PRIMAL | 6 | __ Scream, band led by Bobby Gillespie |
| 51% | PARAMORE | 8 | Band led by Hayley Williams |
| 50% | HEART | 5 | Band led by the Wilson sisters |
| 50% | OASIS | 5 | Band led by Liam and Noel Gallagher |
| 49% | NIN | 3 | Band led by Reznor and Ross, for short |
| 49% | MOTORHEAD | 9 | Hard Rock band led by Lemmy |
| 49% | RUFUS | 5 | Funk band led by Chaka Khan |
| 49% | DIO | 3 | Metal band led by Ronnie James ___ |
| 48% | GENESIS | 7 | Band led by Peter Gabriel and then Phil Collins |
| 48% | TIL | 3 | ___ Tuesday (1980s band led by Aimee Mann) |
| 48% | IVER | 4 | Bon ___ (indie band led by Justin Vernon) |
| 47% | THECLASH | 8 | English punk rock band led by Joe Strummer |
| 47% | PINKFLOYD | 9 | English psychedelic rock band led by Roger Waters |
| 47% | BIZKIT | 6 | Limp __; nu metal band led by Fred Durst |
| 47% | THECURE | 7 | Eighties goth rock band led by Robert Smith |
| 47% | THEWHO | 6 | British band led by Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend |
| 47% | STRAITS | 7 | Dire __, rock band led by guitarist Mark Knopfler |
| 47% | HEART | 5 | Rock band led by Ann and Nancy Wilson |
| 45% | CROWDED | 7 | __ House, band led by Kiwi bros Neil and Tim Finn |
| 45% | THESTOOGES | 10 | Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band led by Iggy Pop |
| 42% | ELO | 3 | Band led by Jeff Lynne that was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame |
| 42% | THEYMIGHT | 9 | With 43-Across, alternative rock band led by John Flansburgh and John Linnell: 2 wds. |
| 40% | JAM | 3 | Pearl ___ (band led by Eddie Vedder) |
| 39% | MOTORHEAD | 9 | Metal band led by Lemmy Kilmister, with hit songs like "Ace of Spades" and "Born to Raise Hell" |
| 39% | ZEPPELIN | 8 | Rock band founded by Jimmy Page: Led __ |
| 39% | NIRVANA | 7 | Band that was led by Kurt Cobain |
| 38% | BLACKSABBATH | 12 | Metal band led by Ozzy Osbourne and Tony Iommi, with hit songs like "Paranoid" and "Iron Man": 2 wds. |
| 37% | NIRVANA | 7 | Rock band once led by Kurt Cobain |
| 36% | EXAMPLE | 7 | Lead by __ |
| 35% | SETTINGTHEPACE | 14 | Leading by example |