| 100% | ROS | 3 | Sigur ___ (Icelandic alt-rock band that sometimes sings in the invented language Hopelandic) |
| 38% | SHANANA | 7 | Doo-wop rock band that performed in the movie "Grease" |
| 38% | RACONTEURS | 10 | Rock band that issued the album "Help Us Stranger" in '19 (with "The") |
| 38% | ELO | 3 | Rock band that fills in the blanks of its song "_vi_ W_man" |
| 37% | KEANE | 5 | English rock band that sang the hit song "Somewhere Only We Know" |
| 37% | TOTO | 4 | Band that sang "I bless the rains down in Africa..." |
| 34% | THAT | 4 | "___ Smell," 1977 song by rock band, Lynyrd Skynyrd that features in the movie "Blow" |
| 34% | OASIS | 5 | English rock band from the '90s that released their debut album "Definitely Maybe" in 1994 |
| 34% | VAMPIREWEEKEND | 14 | Indie rock band that won a Best Alternative Music Album Grammy in 2020 for "Father of the Bride": 2 wds. |
| 34% | WREN | 4 | Bird that sometimes sings in a duet |
| 34% | MAN | 3 | "Simple ___," 1973 hit song by rock band, Lynyrd Skynyrd that features in the movie "Almost Famous" |
| 34% | FREE | 4 | "___ Bird," 1973 hit song by rock band, Lynyrd Skynyrd that features in the movie "Forrest Gump" |
| 34% | KORN | 4 | American rock band from the '90s that released their second album "Life Is Peachy" in 1996 |
| 34% | CREED | 5 | American rock band from the '90s that released their debut album "My Own Prison" in 1997 |
| 33% | MANIACS | 7 | 10,000 ___ (alt-rock band that was big in the 1990s) |
| 33% | JOURNEY | 7 | American rock band that was formed in California which had the hit song "Don't Stop Believin'" |
| 33% | NIGHT | 5 | "Saturday ___ Special," 1975 hit song by rock band, Lynyrd Skynyrd that features in the movie "The Longest Yard" |
| 33% | PARK | 4 | Linkin ___, rock band that was formed in California which had the hit song "Numb" |
| 33% | GEORGIA | 7 | The ___ Satellites, rock band that features USA's Callaway Gardens' state in its name |
| 32% | BEACH | 5 | The ___ Boys, rock band that was formed in California which had the hit song "Kokomo" |
| 32% | DETROIT | 7 | The ___ Wheels, rock band that features USA's Fox Theatre's city in its name |
| 32% | WEEZER | 6 | Rock band that wouldn't let "Weird Al" Yankovic include "Buddy Holly" in his medley "The Alternative Polka" |
| 32% | MGMT | 4 | Psychedelic rock band that sang Electric Feel |
| 32% | WHO | 3 | The ___, English rock band that released the song "Mary Anne with the Shaky Hand" in 1968 |
| 32% | AERO | 4 | Prefix with "Smith" for the rock band that sang "Sweet Emotion" |
| 32% | THEBEACHBOYS | 12 | American rock band formed in 1961 that still performs live and inspired the "California Sound" with their surf music: 3 wds. |
| 31% | DAY | 3 | Green ___, rock band that was formed in California which had the hit song "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" |
| 31% | LYNYRDSKYNYRD | 13 | American rock band formed in 1964 that still performs live and is best known for popularizing the Southern rock genre: 2 wds. |
| 31% | JANES | 5 | ___ Addiction, alternative rock band that headlined the first Lollapalooza |
| 31% | DNCE | 4 | Band that sang Cake by the Ocean |