| 100% | JUDASPRIEST | 11 | Heavy metal band whose name is a euphemism for "Jesus Christ!" |
| 55% | BLACKSABBATH | 12 | Heavy metal band, fronted by Ozzy Osbourne, whose name's only vowels are A's: 2 wds. |
| 51% | ALT | 3 | ___-J (indie-rock band whose name is a keyboard shortcut for the symbol ∆) |
| 51% | ANTHRAX | 7 | Heavy metal band named for a bacterium |
| 49% | IRONMAIDEN | 10 | British heavy metal band named for a torture device |
| 49% | IRONMAIDEN | 10 | Best-selling heavy metal band named for a torture device |
| 49% | XTC | 3 | British band whose name is also slang for a drug |
| 48% | ABBA | 4 | Band whose name is a palindrome |
| 47% | ABA | 3 | Band whose name is a rhyme scheme |
| 46% | IRONMAIDEN | 10 | Heavy metal band whose name includes an actual heavy metal |
| 45% | OKGO | 4 | Indie band whose name is a two-word command |
| 45% | ASIA | 4 | "Heat of the Moment" band whose name is a continent |
| 45% | SLIPKNOT | 8 | Heavy metal band whose fans are called maggots |
| 45% | KORN | 4 | Metal band whose name sounds like a vegetable |
| 44% | ABBA | 4 | Band whose name is sometimes rendered with a backward B |
| 44% | ASIA | 4 | 1980s band whose name is also a continent |
| 43% | TALKINGHEADS | 12 | Band whose name was taken from a term in TV Guide |
| 43% | EMF | 3 | British rock band whose name is also a circuitry term |
| 43% | ANTHRAX | 7 | Heavy metal band named after a cattle disease |
| 43% | YOLATENGO | 9 | Indie rock band whose name is Spanish for "I have it" |
| 43% | IRONMAIDEN | 10 | English heavy-metal band named for a spike-filled torture device |
| 42% | ACDC | 4 | Hard-rock band whose name is stylized with a lightning bolt |
| 42% | DINGER | 6 | Rockies mascot whose name is a slang term for "home run" |
| 42% | DODGE | 5 | Automaker whose name is a synonym for 6-Across |
| 42% | SCORPIONS | 9 | German heavy metal band named for arachnids |
| 42% | RADIOHEAD | 9 | "Paranoid Android" band whose name was inspired by a Talking Heads song |
| 41% | RISK | 4 | Board game whose name is a synonym for "peril" |
| 41% | APE | 3 | Animal whose name is also a synonym for "mimic" |
| 41% | AHAB | 4 | Literary captain whose name is a byword for obsession |