| 100% | ACDC | 4 | Band whose name refers to electric currents |
| 64% | IMAGINEDRAGONS | 14 | "Radioactive" band whose name refers to winged creatures: 2 wds. |
| 64% | COUNTINGCROWS | 13 | "Mr. Jones" band whose name refers to winged creatures: 2 wds. |
| 61% | IRONBUTTERFLY | 13 | "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" band whose name refers to a winged creature: 2 wds. |
| 52% | HANCOCK | 7 | Founding Father whose name refers to a signature |
| 51% | HIC | 3 | Juice brand whose name refers to a vitamin: Hyph. |
| 49% | OAR | 3 | Band whose name has nothing to do with rowing |
| 49% | IRONCITY | 8 | Pennsylvania-based beer brand whose name refers to Pittsburgh’s industrial roots |
| 49% | PELOTON | 7 | Exercise equipment company whose name refers to a pack of bicycle racers |
| 45% | TAUPE | 5 | Hosiery color whose name originally referred to French moles |
| 43% | BONSAI | 6 | Japanese art form whose name, translated literally, refers to planting in a container |
| 42% | MACHINEGUNKELLY | 15 | *Rapper whose stage name refers to his rapid-fire delivery |
| 42% | ACDC | 4 | Rock band with electric current name |
| 40% | QUAIDORSAY | 10 | Street in Paris whose name is used figuratively to refer to the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| 40% | ABBA | 4 | Band whose name is an acronym |
| 40% | ABBA | 4 | Band whose name is a palindrome |
| 39% | KORN | 4 | Band whose name sounds like a vegetable |
| 39% | ABA | 3 | Band whose name is a rhyme scheme |
| 38% | ACDC | 4 | Band whose name can be spelled with music notes |
| 38% | ACDC | 4 | Rock band whose name includes a slash |
| 38% | CHVRCHES | 8 | Scottish band whose name is pronounced "churches" |
| 38% | STYX | 4 | Rock band whose name sounds like "sticks" |
| 38% | LETSGROOVE | 10 | Top 20 song by the band whose name includes the first words of the answers to 18-Across, 26-Across, and 35-Across (2 wds.) |
| 38% | ABBA | 4 | Band whose name is sometimes rendered with a backward B |
| 37% | KORN | 4 | Metal band whose name sounds like a vegetable |
| 37% | ACDC | 4 | Rock band whose name is an electrical term |
| 37% | CLANNAD | 7 | Irish band whose name means "family" in Gaelic |
| 37% | SIGURROS | 8 | Icelandic rock band whose name means victory rose |
| 37% | ASIA | 4 | 1980s band whose name is also a continent |
| 37% | AHA | 3 | 1980s band whose name is an exclamation: Hyph. |