| 100% | ROLLING | 7 | The ___ Stones, "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" band whose name was inspired by a Muddy Waters song |
| 52% | DEEP | 4 | ___ Purple, "Smoke on the Water" band whose name was inspired by a Peter DeRose song |
| 46% | RADIOHEAD | 9 | "Paranoid Android" band whose name was inspired by a Talking Heads song |
| 44% | ALLTIME | 7 | ___ Low, "Monsters" band whose name was inspired by lyrics from the song "Head On Collision" by New Found Glory: 2 wds. |
| 42% | MEN | 3 | Of Mice and ___, "Restoring Force" band whose name is inspired by a John Steinbeck novel |
| 42% | ROMANCE | 7 | My Chemical ___, "Helena" band whose name is inspired by a collection of novellas by Irvine Welsh |
| 42% | LADY | 4 | ___ Gaga, "Poker Face" singer whose name was inspired by a Queen song |
| 40% | MODEST | 6 | ___ Mouse, "Float On" band whose name is inspired by Virginia Woolf's novel "The Mark on the Wall" |
| 40% | SATISFACTION | 12 | Word following the parenthetical "(I Can't Get No)" in a 1965 Rolling Stones song title |
| 40% | RADLEYS | 7 | The Boo ___, "Wake Up Boo!" band whose name is inspired by Harper Lee's novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" |
| 38% | SUNBIRD | 7 | A feathered creature whose name is inspired by the centre of the solar system |
| 37% | NEONTREES | 9 | Band whose name was inspired by In-N-Out Burger signage |
| 37% | CARDIB | 6 | Rapper whose name was inspired by a rum brand |
| 37% | PANDORA | 7 | Music-streaming service whose name is inspired by a Greek myth |
| 36% | IPOD | 4 | Gadget whose name was inspired by "2001: A Space Odyssey" |
| 35% | CLOSETOME | 9 | "Don't Stand So ___," a hit song by the band led by Sting - whose birthday it is today: 3 wds. |
| 35% | STEELY | 6 | ___ Dan, "Do It Again" band whose name is inspired by William S. Burroughs' novel "Naked Lunch" |
| 35% | TOP | 3 | ZZ ___, band with the song "Gimme All Your Lovin'" whose name was inspired by ZZ King and BB Hill |
| 34% | OLYMPIANS | 9 | Indianapolis ___, extinct NBA team from Indiana whose name is inspired by the Greek Gods |
| 34% | DOUBLENEGATIVE | 14 | What the song “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” features |
| 33% | ALT | 3 | ___-J (indie-rock band whose name is a keyboard shortcut for the symbol ∆) |
| 33% | PITCHFORK | 9 | Music review website, whose name was inspired by the tattoo design on Al Pacino's right arm in "Scarface" |
| 33% | ZZTOP | 5 | Rock band whose name is suggested by the first row of this puzzle |
| 33% | ALIENWARE | 9 | Dell gaming brand whose name was inspired by "The X-Files" |
| 33% | GET | 3 | "(I Can't ___ No) Satisfaction" (Rolling Stones song) |
| 33% | GET | 3 | The Rolling Stones' "(I Can't ___ No) Satisfaction" |
| 32% | MOUNTAINDEW | 11 | Citrus-flavored soft drink brand under PepsiCo, whose name was inspired by the term Tennesseans had for illicit liquor: 2 wds. |
| 32% | TWEEZERS | 8 | Tool whose name is a rock band if you remove the first and last letters |
| 31% | ANGIE | 5 | Dedicatee of a Rolling Stones song whose name is said twice after "Let me whisper in your ear" |
| 31% | ISLANDSIN | 9 | "___ the Stream," a song by Kenny Rogers - whose birthday it is today - and Dolly Parton which reached No.1 on the Billboard Hot 100: 3 wds. |