| 100% | REM | 3 | Alternative rock band whose first single was 1981's "Radio Free Europe" |
| 64% | REM | 3 | Band whose first single was "Radio Free Europe" |
| 52% | REM | 3 | Alternative rock band whose first album was "Murmur" in 1983 |
| 44% | VAST | 4 | Alternative rock band with the song "Touched" whose name is an abbreviation and also the title of their first album |
| 42% | ACDC | 4 | Rock band whose first album was titled, appropriately, "High Voltage" |
| 42% | MCA | 3 | Label whose first U.S. single was "Crocodile Rock" |
| 40% | REM | 3 | Band whose first hit single was "The One I Love" |
| 39% | ZZTOP | 5 | Rock band whose name is suggested by the first row of this puzzle |
| 38% | REM | 3 | Band whose first album was 1983's "Murmur" |
| 37% | REM | 3 | "Radio Free Europe" rock band |
| 37% | TOTO | 4 | Band whose first hit was 1978's "Hold the Line" |
| 37% | STYX | 4 | Rock band whose only #1 hit was 1979's "Babe" |
| 36% | RADIO | 5 | "___ Free Europe" (REM's first single) |
| 36% | REM | 3 | Georgia band whose first album was 1983's "Murmur" |
| 35% | PENN | 4 | Actor Sean whose first movie was 1981's "Taps" |
| 35% | HENDERSON | 9 | Singer whose first single was "Ghost": Ella __ |
| 35% | THEY | 4 | Alternative rock band ___ Might Be Giants |
| 34% | ABBA | 4 | Band whose first US hit was "Waterloo" |
| 34% | ACDC | 4 | Rock band whose name is an electrical term |
| 34% | ARCADEFIRE | 10 | Rock band whose début album was “Funeral” |
| 33% | REM | 3 | Alternative rock band that was fronted by Michael Stipe |
| 33% | ABBA | 4 | Band whose first hit in the US was "Waterloo" |
| 33% | REM | 3 | Rock band whose lead singer was Michael Stipe |
| 33% | ACDC | 4 | Rock band whose lead guitarist is Angus Young |
| 33% | GLASSANIMALS | 12 | Indie rock band whose "Heat Waves" was Billboard's best-performing song of 2022: 2 wds. |
| 32% | REM | 3 | Band whose first top-10 hit was "The One I Love" |
| 32% | JANES | 5 | ___ Addiction, alternative rock band that headlined the first Lollapalooza |
| 32% | RIHANNA | 7 | Singer whose first #1 single was 2006's "SOS" |
| 32% | ABBA | 4 | Swedish pop band whose first US hit was "Waterloo" |
| 32% | YES | 3 | English rock band whose name is an affirmative response |