| 100% | TRIO | 4 | The rock band Paramore, for one |
| 63% | HAYLEY | 6 | Lead singer Williams of the rock band Paramore |
| 62% | HAYLEY | 6 | ___ Williams, singer for the rock band Paramore, known for the hit "Misery Business" |
| 61% | TRIO | 4 | Rock band Blink 182, for one |
| 56% | TRIO | 4 | The Band Perry, for one |
| 56% | TRIO | 4 | The band Haim, for one |
| 56% | REM | 3 | Rock band with the 1987 song "The One I Love" |
| 55% | DIRE | 4 | ___ Straits, rock band behind the hit "Money For Nothing" |
| 54% | THECLASH | 8 | British rock band known for Rock the Casbah |
| 54% | NIN | 3 | Rock band with the 1994 4x platinum album "The Downward Spiral," for short |
| 53% | CCR | 3 | Roots rock band that started as the Blue Velvets, for short |
| 53% | AEROSMITH | 9 | Boston rock band known for the hit Dream On |
| 53% | INEZ | 4 | Bassist for the rock band, "Alice in Chains," Mike ___ |
| 52% | GUNSNROSES | 10 | Hard rock band with the multiplatinum 1987 album "Appetite for Destruction": 3 wds. |
| 51% | MGMT | 4 | Rock band with the song "Kids" whose name is short for their original name, "The Management" |
| 51% | FLEETWOOD | 9 | __ Mac, rock band known for Dreams and The Chain |
| 51% | KISS | 4 | Rock band whose name also forms the call letters for a rock radio station in San Antonio |
| 51% | IMAGINEDRAGONS | 14 | Rock band behind "Radioactive" with whom 17a toured in 2018 for the Evolve World Tour: 2 wds. |
| 51% | SOUNDGARDEN | 11 | Grunge rock band who won the 1995 Best Hard Rock Performance Grammy for 14-Across |
| 50% | YOLATENGO | 9 | Indie rock band behind the 1997 album “I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One” |
| 50% | PHANTOMPLANET | 13 | American rock band that created "California," the theme song for "The O.C.": 2 wds. |
| 50% | FOOFIGHTERS | 11 | Band whose "Run" won the 2018 Grammy for Best Rock Song: 2 wds. |
| 50% | THEWARONDRUGS | 13 | Band which won the Grammy for Best Rock Album in 2018: 4 wds. |
| 50% | LADIES | 6 | "Barenaked ___," Canadian rock band that wrote and recorded the theme song for "The Big Bang Theory" |
| 50% | BLACK | 5 | ___ Sabbath, English rock band whose song "Iron Man" won the 2000 Grammy for Best Metal Performance |
| 49% | NICKELBACK | 10 | Canadian rock band known for the hit songs "How You Remind Me" and "Someday" |
| 49% | KINGSOFLEON | 11 | Band whose "Use Somebody" won the 2010 Grammy for Best Rock Song: 3 wds. |
| 49% | CCR | 3 | American rock band known for their song "Have You Ever Seen The Rain?": Abbr. |
| 49% | REM | 3 | Georgia band considered to be one of the first alternative rock groups |
| 49% | METALLICA | 9 | Rock band whose cover version of "Stone Cold Crazy" won the second-ever Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance |