| 100% | CZARS | 5 | The ___, alternative rock band that covered ABBA's track "Angeleyes" |
| 57% | ASH | 3 | Northern Irish band that covered ABBA's track "Does Your Mother Know" |
| 53% | JANES | 5 | ___ Addiction, alternative rock band that headlined the first Lollapalooza |
| 51% | PALE | 4 | ___ Honey, Swedish alternative rock duo that covered the ABBA song "Lay All Your Love on Me" |
| 45% | GIG | 3 | Booking for a rock band that's on the road |
| 44% | VAMPIREWEEKEND | 14 | Indie rock band that won a Best Alternative Music Album Grammy in 2020 for "Father of the Bride": 2 wds. |
| 44% | REM | 3 | Alternative rock band that was fronted by Michael Stipe |
| 44% | TOURBUS | 7 | Vehicle for a rock band that's on the road: 2 wds. |
| 42% | WEEZER | 6 | Rock band that wouldn't let "Weird Al" Yankovic include "Buddy Holly" in his medley "The Alternative Polka" |
| 42% | WHATSYOUR | 9 | "___ Name," 1977 hit song by rock band, Lynyrd Skynyrd that is the opening track on their album "Street Survivors": 2 wds. |
| 41% | MONSTER | 7 | 2011 song co-written by Hayley Williams for the alternative rock band Paramore |
| 40% | SHANANA | 7 | Doo-wop rock band that performed in the movie "Grease" |
| 40% | MONTROSE | 8 | 1970s rock band that launched the career of Sammy Hagar |
| 40% | GEORGIA | 7 | The ___ Satellites, rock band that features USA's Callaway Gardens' state in its name |
| 40% | RACONTEURS | 10 | Rock band that issued the album "Help Us Stranger" in '19 (with "The") |
| 40% | ELO | 3 | Rock band that fills in the blanks of its song "_vi_ W_man" |
| 40% | TREE | 4 | Porcupine ___, English progressive rock band that released the album "The Incident" |
| 40% | CCR | 3 | Roots rock band that started as the Blue Velvets, for short |
| 39% | DETROIT | 7 | The ___ Wheels, rock band that features USA's Fox Theatre's city in its name |
| 39% | BLINDMELON | 10 | "Fruity" alternative rock band with the 1993 hit "No Rain": 2 wds. |
| 39% | KEANE | 5 | English rock band that sang the hit song "Somewhere Only We Know" |
| 39% | LED | 3 | Rock band ___ Zeppelin...or fluorescent light alternative that glows: Abbr. |
| 39% | REM | 3 | Georgia group that was one of the first alternative rock bands |
| 38% | BLUR | 4 | Rock band that's a vague memory? |
| 38% | PARK | 4 | Linkin ___, rock band that was formed in California which had the hit song "Numb" |
| 38% | PHANTOMPLANET | 13 | American rock band that created "California," the theme song for "The O.C.": 2 wds. |
| 38% | JOYDIVISION | 11 | 1970s rock band that regrouped as New Order, and a hint to the circled letters |
| 37% | LADIES | 6 | "Barenaked ___," Canadian rock band that wrote and recorded the theme song for "The Big Bang Theory" |
| 37% | BLINK | 5 | ___-182, rock band that was formed in California which had the hit song "All the Small Things" |
| 37% | DAY | 3 | Green ___, rock band that was formed in California which had the hit song "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" |