| 100% | RAMONE | 6 | Band member in "Rock 'n' Roll High School" |
| 80% | RAMONE | 6 | Any "Rock 'n' Roll High School" band member |
| 51% | JOANJETT | 8 | She and her Blackhearts loved Rock n Roll in 1982 |
| 49% | SEXPISTOLS | 10 | Band featured in the mockumentary "The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle" |
| 47% | ICON | 4 | 33-Down, in rock 'n' roll history |
| 47% | ELVIS | 5 | First name in rock 'n' roll annals |
| 44% | ABBA | 4 | Band whose members received one of Sweden's highest civilian honors in May |
| 43% | OBOIST | 6 | Uncommon member of a high school band |
| 42% | HALEY | 5 | Bill —, US rock ‘n’ roll musician who died in 1981 |
| 41% | RYDELL | 6 | High school in "Grease" |
| 41% | JOCK | 4 | High school athlete, in slang |
| 40% | BOBSEGER | 8 | Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame member who turned 75 in 2020 (2 wds.) |
| 40% | AEROSMITH | 9 | Band featured in Disney World's Rock 'n' Roller Coaster |
| 40% | ESTREET | 7 | Locale in Belmar, N.J., that lent its name to a noted rock-'n'-roll band |
| 40% | RYDELL | 6 | High school they attended in Grease |
| 40% | RIDGEMONT | 9 | High school in a 1982 comedy |
| 40% | PUSSYRIOT | 9 | Protest music rock band in the news in 2012 when two of its members were jailed in Russia |
| 39% | ELO | 3 | "Rock 'n' Roll Is King" band |
| 39% | BASSIST | 7 | Rock band member |
| 39% | RUSH | 4 | Band inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2013 |
| 39% | ABBA | 4 | Swedish band in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame |
| 39% | ROSES | 5 | Guns N' ___, hard rock band that was formed in California which had the hit song "Sweet Child o' Mine" |
| 39% | RYDELL | 6 | ___ High School, fictional school featured in "Grease" |
| 39% | ELO | 3 | "Rock 'n' Roll Is King" band, 1983 |
| 39% | TUBA | 4 | Brass member in a marching band |
| 39% | YES | 3 | Progressive rock band inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2017 |
| 39% | ORES | 4 | They're found in rock bands |
| 39% | AXMEN | 5 | Guitar players in rock bands, slangily |
| 38% | ELO | 3 | Band inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017: Abbr. |
| 38% | ALICE | 5 | Rock band ___ in Chains |