| 100% | GORILLAZ | 8 | English band with animated members Noodle and 2-D |
| 61% | GORILLAZ | 8 | Animated British band with 2-D and Noodles |
| 41% | BTS | 3 | Band with members Jimin and Jin |
| 40% | THEWHO | 6 | English band with the 1967 hit "I Can See for Miles": 2 wds. |
| 39% | OFEVERYTHING | 12 | "The Best ___," 2019 album with the greatest hits by Tom Petty both as a solo artist and a band member: 2 wds. |
| 37% | BLUR | 4 | A rock band with hits like "Song 2" and "Coffee & TV" |
| 37% | VANHALEN | 8 | Rock band with the 1980s hits "Jump" and "Panama": 2 wds. |
| 37% | WHO | 3 | The ___, an English band with hit songs like "My Generation" and "I Can See For Miles" |
| 36% | CRUE | 4 | Motley ___, a heavy metal band with members like Nikki Sixx and Tommy Lee |
| 36% | MCA | 3 | Member of the Beastie Boys with Mike D and Ad-Rock |
| 36% | VANHALEN | 8 | Rock band with the hits "Jump" and "Panama": 2 wds. |
| 36% | RAMONES | 7 | With "the," punk band whose members included Joey, Dee Dee, and Johnny |
| 35% | SPICEGIRLS | 10 | "Wannabe" band whose members included 17- and 31-Across: 2 wds. |
| 35% | PADTHAI | 7 | Asian noodle dish garnished with crushed peanuts and lime: 2 wds. |
| 35% | JONASBROTHERS | 13 | "Sucker" pop band with siblings Kevin, Joe, and Nick: 2 wds. |
| 35% | ARCTICMONKEYS | 13 | English indie band with a chilly name: 2 wds. |
| 34% | THEPOLICE | 9 | The band Sting formed along with Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland: 2 wds. |
| 33% | AGE | 3 | "Ice ___," animated film with a "cold" title about a mammoth and his band of friends |
| 33% | OCTET | 5 | Band with eight members |
| 33% | TRIO | 4 | Band with three members |
| 33% | DEPECHEMODE | 11 | English New Wave band with the 1984 hit "People Are People": 2 wds. |
| 32% | TREX | 4 | English rock band being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year: 2 wds., abbr. |
| 32% | JACKBLACK | 9 | "Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle" actor and lead singer of the band Tenacious D: 2 wds. |
| 32% | OCTET | 5 | Band with 6-Down members |
| 32% | STATUSQUO | 9 | English rock band behind "In the Army Now" which was formed in 1962 and is still active: 2 wds. |
| 32% | ROLLINGSTONES | 13 | English rock band formed in 1962 in London by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards among others, "The ___": 2 wds. |
| 32% | GALWAYGIRL | 10 | 51-Across and Beoga song that begins, "She played the fiddle in an Irish band / But she fell in love with an English man" (2 wds.) |
| 32% | BLUESBROTHERS | 13 | Originally fictional band started on "SNL" by comedians Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi, with "the": 2 wds. |
| 32% | DEPECHEMODE | 11 | "Personal Jesus" band with the albums 15-Across and 26-Across (2 wds.) |
| 31% | BUBBLES | 7 | Sweet, blue '90s superhero from the animated series "The Powerpuff Girls" who fashions 2 pigtails with beaded bands |