| 100% | GRATEFUL | 8 | To be appreciative; 'The __ Dead' 60s rock band |
| 58% | STEPPENWOLF | 11 | Rock band with the 1968 hit "Born to Be Wild" |
| 58% | STEPPENWOLF | 11 | Rock band with the 1968 song "Born to Be Wild" |
| 57% | HUEY | 4 | "Hip to Be Square" rock band ___ Lewis and the News |
| 51% | AFRICA | 6 | Hit song by American rock band Toto which is dedicated to the continent that is home to Mount Kilimanjaro |
| 51% | ACDC | 4 | Australian rock band with the song "Highway to Hell" whose name is an abbreviation referring to types of electricity |
| 50% | BEATLES | 7 | The ___, 1960 English rock band who were a predecessor to modern boy bands |
| 50% | REM | 3 | Georgia band considered to be one of the first alternative rock groups |
| 48% | STEPPENWOLF | 11 | "Born to Be Wild" rock band |
| 47% | ISRAEL | 6 | The Dead Sea is bordered by __ to the southwest |
| 47% | THESMITHS | 9 | The Queen Is Dead band |
| 47% | ASLEEP | 6 | To be fast __ is to be dead to the world |
| 47% | GRATEFUL | 8 | The __ Dead; band whose fans are called Deadheads |
| 46% | LINERNOTE | 9 | It may be a credit to the band |
| 45% | FOREIGNER | 9 | Rock band with 80s hit I Want To Know What Love Is |
| 45% | ZZTOP | 5 | Rock band whose name is suggested by the first row of this puzzle |
| 45% | CBGB | 4 | Erstwhile NYC club said to be the birthplace of punk rock |
| 44% | ROD | 3 | ___ Stewart, one of only three artists to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame first as a solo artist and then as a member of a band |
| 44% | GRATEFUL | 8 | The __ Dead, 60s US band headed by Jerry Garcia |
| 43% | LOSLOBOS | 8 | Chicano rock band whose major label debut was "How Will the Wolf Survive?" |
| 43% | RAD | 3 | What the Dead Kennedys and Minor Threat were to skateboarders in the '80s |
| 43% | CHER | 4 | "Believe" singer soon to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame |
| 43% | CECA | 4 | Dead-ends in human intestines that are joined to the appendix |
| 43% | SIDEB | 5 | "We Will Rock You," to "We Are the Champions" |
| 43% | PINKFLOYD | 9 | Rock band whose "The Dark Side of the Moon" album was released in 1973 (2 wds.) |
| 43% | MGMT | 4 | Rock band with the song "Kids" whose name is short for their original name, "The Management" |
| 43% | ARCADEFIRE | 10 | Indie rock band whose "The Suburbs" was the Grammys' 2010 Album of the Year |
| 43% | PARK | 4 | Linkin ___, rock band that was formed in California which had the hit song "Numb" |
| 43% | STEVIENICKS | 11 | First woman to be inducted twice into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame |
| 42% | JOYDIVISION | 11 | 1970s rock band that regrouped as New Order, and a hint to the circled letters |