| 100% | THREEDOGNIGHT | 13 | American rock band that had a #1 hit with 41-Across in 1971 (3 wds.) |
| 56% | DESTINYSCHILD | 13 | Band that had a #3 hit in 2000 with "Jumpin', Jumpin'": 2 wds. |
| 53% | THOMPSONTWINS | 13 | Band that had a #11 hit in 1984 with "Doctor! Doctor!": 2 wds. |
| 53% | STYX | 4 | Band that had a #1 hit in 1979 with "Babe" |
| 49% | NINEINCHNAILS | 13 | American rock band with hits like "Wish," who released their latest EP "Not The Actual Events" in 2016: 3 wds. |
| 49% | THEBEACHBOYS | 12 | American rock band formed in 1961 that still performs live and inspired the "California Sound" with their surf music: 3 wds. |
| 48% | THEBEACHBOYS | 12 | American rock band formed in 1961 with a popular debut single "Surfin" and are famous for their song "Sail on Sailor": 3 wds. |
| 47% | AHA | 3 | Band that had a #1 hit with "Take on Me": Hyph. |
| 47% | THEEAGLES | 9 | Rock band founded by Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Bernie Leadon, and Randy Meisner that had hits in the 1970s with 15-Across, 28-Across, and 36-Across (2 wds.) |
| 47% | YES | 3 | Band that had a #1 hit with "Owner of a Lonely Heart" |
| 46% | ROLLINGSTONE | 12 | Biweekly pop culture magazine that has been in publication since 1967 and shares its name with a legendary rock band: 2 wds. |
| 45% | JOURNEY | 7 | American rock band that was formed in California which had the hit song "Don't Stop Believin'" |
| 45% | ALICECOOPER | 11 | American rock band that shares its name with a character from "Mayberry R.F.D.": 2 wds. |
| 44% | DONMCLEAN | 9 | Singer who had a hit with American Pie in 1971 |
| 44% | VILLAGEPEOPLE | 13 | Group that had a #2 hit in 1979 with "Y.M.C.A.": 2 wds. |
| 42% | BLONDIE | 7 | 80s rock band that had a hit song, "Call Me" |
| 42% | REM | 3 | Band that had a hit with "Shiny Happy People" |
| 42% | THEBEACHBOYS | 12 | "Good Vibrations" group who had a hit in 1963 with "Surfin' U.S.A.": 3 wds. |
| 41% | ONEREPUBLIC | 11 | Band that had a top 10 Billboard hit with "Counting Stars" |
| 41% | REM | 3 | Band that had a hit with "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" |
| 41% | LOS | 3 | ___ Lobos (band that had a #1 hit with "La Bamba") |
| 41% | PATROL | 6 | Snow __, band that had a hit with Chasing Cars |
| 41% | THEMOODYBLUES | 13 | Rock band with the 1967 hit "Nights in White Satin" (3 wds.) |
| 41% | MIGOS | 5 | Hip-hop trio that had a #1 hit in 2017 with "Bad and Boujee" |
| 40% | REM | 3 | Band that had a 1987 top 10 hit with "The One I Love" |
| 40% | FALLOUTBOY | 10 | American band that released the album "Save Rock and Roll" after a hiatus of three years: 3 wds. |
| 40% | VELVETREVOLVER | 14 | American hard rock supergroup that had Slash as a member and which produced the hit single "Slither": 2 wds. |
| 39% | TLC | 3 | Group that had a #1 hit with "Waterfalls" |
| 39% | ITSSOEASY | 9 | Crickets song that was a #5 hit for 32-Across in 1977: 3 wds. |
| 38% | PARK | 4 | Linkin ___, rock band that was formed in California which had the hit song "Numb" |