| 100% | STONES | 6 | First international rock band to play in Cuba (2016), with "the" |
| 45% | NINEINCHNAILS | 13 | American rock band with hits like "Wish," who released their latest EP "Not The Actual Events" in 2016: 3 wds. |
| 43% | ACDC | 4 | Rock band with the hit 'Back in Black' |
| 42% | STEPPENWOLF | 11 | Rock band with the 1968 hit "Born to Be Wild" |
| 42% | STEPPENWOLF | 11 | Rock band with the 1968 song "Born to Be Wild" |
| 42% | STICK | 5 | Something to play fetch with in the woods |
| 42% | ACDC | 4 | Australian rock band with the hit "Back in Black" |
| 42% | BETO | 4 | O’Rourke who played in the rock band Foss |
| 41% | THEMOODYBLUES | 13 | Rock band with the 1967 hit "Nights in White Satin" (3 wds.) |
| 41% | LEO | 3 | First to speak in ''Gone With the Wind'' |
| 40% | SLADE | 5 | Glam rock band with six #1 hits in England in the 1970s |
| 40% | RADIO | 5 | It was used to play music for the first time in 1906 |
| 40% | LEEELDER | 8 | First African-American golfer to play in the Masters |
| 40% | HAIM | 4 | Rock band with the 2020 Album of the Year nominee "Women in Music Pt. III" |
| 40% | SUM | 3 | ___ 41, Canadian rock band formed in Ontario with the hit "In Too Deep" |
| 40% | NSYNC | 5 | Band with the highest first-week album sales in music history |
| 39% | ERICBANA | 8 | First person to play the Hulk in the 2000s |
| 39% | ABBA | 4 | The first band in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, alphabetically |
| 39% | MARATSA{FIN} | 12 | First Russian to be inducted in the International Tennis Hall of Fame |
| 39% | MIGHTYDUCKS | 11 | NHL team who played their first game in 1993 (and the team featured in the Disney films with cameos by the answers to the starred clues) (2 wds.) |
| 39% | IMAGINEDRAGONS | 14 | Rock band behind "Radioactive" with whom 17a toured in 2018 for the Evolve World Tour: 2 wds. |
| 39% | ALABAMA | 7 | "Love in the First Degree" country-rock band with a state for a name |
| 39% | THOMAS | 6 | With 65 Across, the first to see his name ''up in lights'' (1881) |
| 39% | ABBA | 4 | Alphabetically first band in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame |
| 38% | ASET | 4 | Play ___ (sit in with the band) |
| 38% | AHA | 3 | First Norwegian band to have a #1 hit in the US: Hyph. |
| 38% | BLISS | 5 | "Ignorance Is ___," 1989 song by punk rock band the Ramones who played their last concert in 1996 |
| 37% | CENTERFIELD | 11 | John Fogerty song about baseball with the lyrics "Put me in coach, I'm ready to play today" |
| 37% | ANGELABASSETT | 13 | Actress who played rock star Tina Turner in the 1993 film "What's Love Got to Do With It": 2 wds. |