| COLDPLAY | British rock band founded in 1996 and fronted by Chris Martin (8) |
| ENID | The ___, British rock band founded in 1973 by Robert John Godfrey, Stephen Stewart and Francis Lickerish |
| THEENID | British rock band founded in 1975 by Robert John Godfrey, Stephen Stewart and Francis Lickerish |
| FLEETWOODMAC | British rock band founded by Peter Green |
| SLATEMAGAZINE | Online publication founded in 1996 by Michael Kinsley |
| NCU | San Diego based online Univ. founded in 1996 |
| ASK | ___ Jeeves (search engine founded in 1996) |
| NINEINCH | ___ ___ Nails, US rock band founded in 1988 by Trent Rezno (4,4) |
| ELASTICA | Britpop band formed and fronted by Justine Frischmann (8) |
| GREENDAY | American rock band founded in 1987 (5,3) |
| RAREBIRD | English progressive rock band, founded in 1969, best known for the song Sympathy that sold one million copies worldwide |
| UNCOUPLE | Divorce alternative popularized by Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin |
| SPECIALS | The ____, English ska revival band founded in 1977 by Jerry Dammers (8) |
| NEWMODELARMY | Rock band founded in Bradford in 1980, still active and still fronted by Justin Sullivan |
| THINLIZZY | Irish rock band founded in Dublin in 1969 by Brian Downey and Phil Lynott |
| STEELYDAN | American rock band founded in 1972 by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen (6,3) |
| PLACEBO | Alternative-rock band formed in 1994 and fronted by Brian Molko (7) |
| FOOFIGHTERS | Rock band founded in 1994 by the former drummer of Nirvana |
| SANTANA | Latin rock band founded in San Francisco in 1966 |
| LEON | Kings of ___ , U.S. rock band founded in Nashville in 1999 (4) |
