| 100% | GRATEFUL | 8 | The ___ Dead (rock band co-founded by Jerry Garcia) |
| 61% | GRATEFUL | 8 | The __ Dead, 60s US band headed by Jerry Garcia |
| 57% | POCO | 4 | Country rock band co-founded by Jim Messina |
| 49% | TURTLES | 7 | 1960s rock band founded by Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman, with "the" |
| 48% | HOLE | 4 | Rock band founded by Courtney Love |
| 48% | HAIM | 4 | Rock band founded by three sisters |
| 48% | ZEPPELIN | 8 | Rock band founded by Jimmy Page: Led __ |
| 45% | WEEN | 4 | Rock band whose founding members adopted the names Gene and Dean |
| 45% | THEEAGLES | 9 | Rock band founded by Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Bernie Leadon, and Randy Meisner that had hits in the 1970s with 15-Across, 28-Across, and 36-Across (2 wds.) |
| 45% | CURE | 4 | Goth rock band fronted by Robert Smith, starts The |
| 44% | PEDALSTEELGUITAR | 16 | Stringed instrument played by Jerry Garcia in the intro to CSNY's "Teach Your Children" |
| 44% | ZZTOP | 5 | Rock band whose name is suggested by the first row of this puzzle |
| 43% | PHISH | 5 | Jam band inspired by the Grateful Dead |
| 43% | CHIC | 4 | "Le Freak" band co-founded by Nile Rodgers |
| 43% | GRATEFULDEAD | 12 | Jerry Garcia's band, with "the" |
| 42% | CASBAH | 6 | Song by the punk rock band the Clash: Rock the __ |
| 41% | PHISH | 5 | Their frontman filled in for Jerry Garcia on the Grateful Dead’s 2015 reunion tour |
| 41% | MONSTER | 7 | 2011 song co-written by Hayley Williams for the alternative rock band Paramore |
| 40% | KINGSOFLEON | 11 | American rock band formed by the Followill brothers who named it after their grandfather: 3 wds. |
| 39% | ELO | 3 | Band led by Jeff Lynne that was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame |
| 39% | RCA | 3 | TV brand co-founded by the United Fruit Co., surprisingly |
| 38% | LOVIN | 5 | Rock band The — Spoonful |
| 38% | FRIDAY | 6 | Song by UK rock band The Cure, __ I'm in Love |
| 38% | ICET | 4 | Rapper who co-founded the band "Body Count": Hyph. |
| 38% | AVIA | 4 | Athletic shoe brand founded by Jerry Stubblefield |
| 38% | THEDEAD | 7 | Jerry Garcia’s band, informally |
| 38% | THEDEAD | 7 | Jerry Garcia's band, familiarly |
| 38% | EDS | 3 | Co. founded by Perot |
| 37% | XXXX | 4 | Band inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame by the two surviving members of the Bee Gees |
| 37% | PARANOID | 8 | __ Android, song by the rock band Radiohead |