| SEXPISTOLS | Punk rock band who recorded the single "Pretty Vacant" (3,7) |
| OTISRUSH | US blues guitarist who recorded the single Double Trouble in 1958 (4,4) |
| GREENDAY | US punk rock band who sang American Idiot (5,3) |
| EZRA | George - - -, singer-songwriter who released 2019 single Pretty Shining People (4) |
| THEWHO | Rock band who recorded the rock opera Tommy in 1969 (3,3) |
| CLANCY | British pub rock band who recorded the 1970s albums Seriously Speaking and Every Day |
| KISS | American hard rock band who recorded the 1987 album Crazy Nights (4) |
| WHO | The ___ , band who recorded the 1969 rock opera Tommy |
| DELSHANNON | US musician who recorded the 1961 number one single Runaway (3,7) |
| CATSTEVENS | Singer-songwriter who recorded the album 'Tea for the Tillerman' in 1970 (3,7) |
| TINATURNER | US vocalist who recorded the title song for the Bond film GoldenEye |
| STRANGLERS | The ____ , British punk rock band noted for their 1982 song Golden Brown (10) |
| PREFAB | --- Sprout, critically admired pop band who recorded The King of Rock ’n’ Roll |
| IMAGINE | Band who recorded the song Levitate for science-fiction film Passengers, ___ Dragons (7) |
| MOVE | The ?, British rock band who recorded 1969 UK no 1 single Blackberry Way |
| MARVINGAYE | Vocalist who recorded the classic albums What's Going On and Let's Get It On |
| RUNAWAYS | The _, all-female American rock band who recorded and performed from 1975 to 1979 (8) |
| SQUEEZE | English rock band who recorded 'Cool for Cats' (7) |
| GARBAGE | U.S. rock band who recorded the theme song to the Bond film The World Is Not Enough (7) |
| RIXTON | Band who recorded July No. 1 single Me and My Broken Heart (6) |
