| 100% | URIAH | 5 | Rock group, with Heep |
| 73% | GLAMBAND | 8 | Rock group with flashy outfits |
| 72% | ZZTOP | 5 | Rock group with the hit "Legs" |
| 71% | XTC | 3 | Rock group with a blissful-sounding name |
| 71% | RADIOHEAD | 9 | Rock group with the 1992 hit "Creep" |
| 70% | WEEZER | 6 | Rock group with the 1994 song "Buddy Holly" |
| 70% | THECARS | 7 | Rock group with the hit "Shake it Up" |
| 70% | REM | 3 | Rock group with the 1994 #1 album "Monster" |
| 70% | WEEZER | 6 | Rock group with the 1995 hit "Buddy Holly" |
| 70% | REM | 3 | Rock group with whom Dan Rather once jammed |
| 70% | REM | 3 | Rock group with the hit "Losing My Religion" |
| 69% | STEELYDAN | 9 | Rock group with the 1977 single "Peg": 2 wds. |
| 69% | THEPOLICE | 9 | Rock group with the 1978 single "Roxanne": 2 wds. |
| 69% | FLEETWOODMAC | 12 | Rock group with the 1979 single "Sara": 2 wds. |
| 69% | DEFLEPPARD | 10 | Rock group with the 12-time platinum album "Hysteria" |
| 68% | AMEN | 4 | 60s rock group, with Corner |
| 68% | STYX | 4 | Rock group with the same name as a mythical river |
| 66% | STYX | 4 | Classic rock group with a name from Greek myth |
| 66% | ELO | 3 | Shortened name of 1970s rock group with Roy Wood |
| 66% | THEWHO | 6 | Group with two top 10 rock operas |
| 66% | LOS | 3 | Popular Latin rock group, with 79 Down |
| 65% | RAE | 3 | Hot Chelle ___, rock group with the 2011 hit "Tonight Tonight" |
| 65% | WHO | 3 | Group with the rock opera "Tommy," with "the" |
| 64% | THEBEATLES | 10 | British rock group with a record 20 #1 hits: 2 wds. |
| 63% | STYX | 4 | 1970's-90's rock group with a name from Greek myth |
| 60% | RAMONES | 7 | Rock group whose members all assumed the same last name, with "the" |
| 55% | DEF | 3 | ___ Leppard (rock group with hits in the 1980s) |
| 53% | INKSPOTS | 8 | Vocal group in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, with "The" |
| 52% | GRAVEL | 6 | Rock group? |
| 52% | BAND | 4 | Rock group |