| 100% | ACDC | 4 | Rock band whose first album was titled, appropriately, "High Voltage" |
| 51% | REM | 3 | Georgia band whose first album was 1983's "Murmur" |
| 45% | ZZTOP | 5 | Rock band whose name is suggested by the first row of this puzzle |
| 45% | GUNSNROSES | 10 | US rock band whose 1987 debut album was Appetite for Destruction |
| 45% | PAPAROACH | 9 | Hard rock band whose most recent album is "The Connection": 2 wds. |
| 43% | ARCADEFIRE | 10 | Indie rock band whose "The Suburbs" was the Grammys' 2010 Album of the Year |
| 41% | ACDC | 4 | Rock band with the triple-platinum album "High Voltage" |
| 40% | ABBA | 4 | Pop group whose first Top 40 album was, appropriately, "Arrival" |
| 40% | TOURISTS | 8 | The —, rock band featuring Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart whose eponymous debut album was released in 1979 |
| 40% | NAS | 3 | Rapper whose first album was 1994's "Illmatic" |
| 40% | KANYE | 5 | West whose first album was "The College Dropout" |
| 40% | ASIA | 4 | Band whose self-titled 1982 album was #1 for nine weeks |
| 40% | ADELE | 5 | British singer/songwriter whose first album was called "19" |
| 39% | BLACKSABBATH | 12 | Rock band and self-titled first album featuring 39-Across (2 wds.) |
| 39% | JUSTINBIEBER | 12 | Musician whose first album titled "My World 2.0" was declared triple platinum in 2010 when he was just 16 years old: 2 wds. |
| 39% | REM | 3 | Alt-rock band whose final studio album was 2011's "Collapse Into Now" |
| 38% | STYX | 4 | Rock band whose only #1 hit was 1979's "Babe" |
| 38% | REM | 3 | Band whose first hit single was "The One I Love" |
| 38% | REM | 3 | Rock band whose lead singer was Michael Stipe |
| 38% | ZAPPA | 5 | Rocker whose best-selling album was the punnily titled "Sheik Yerbouti" |
| 38% | REM | 3 | Band whose first top-10 hit was "The One I Love" |
| 37% | ABBA | 4 | Swedish pop band whose first US hit was "Waterloo" |
| 37% | ONEREPUBLIC | 11 | Pop band whose first hit was "Apologize" |
| 36% | YOLATENGO | 9 | Indie rock band whose name is Spanish for "I have it" |
| 36% | THEWHO | 6 | First rock band whose members received Kennedy Center Honors |
| 36% | BJORK | 5 | Icelandic musician whose new album is titled "Utopia" |
| 35% | STATUSQUO | 9 | English rock band whose no 1 albums include Hello! and On The Level |
| 35% | ACDC | 4 | Band with the aptly titled debut album "High Voltage" |
| 35% | REM | 3 | Band whose final studio album was 2011's "Collapse into Now" |