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Octane Big ‘Uns Countdown – Week of 6/17/17 This week’s playlist can be found below. In addition to the current playlist, you can find archives of the Octane Big ‘Uns Countdown on Hard Rock Daddy Network. Octane Big ‘Uns Countdown Quarterly Report: 2017 – First Quarter #15 – “Maleguena Salerosa” – AVENGED SEVENFOLD #14 – […]
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HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 6/17/17 Every Tuesday on HardRockDaddy.com. The HRD Radio Report digs deeper into the weekly Active Rock charts, providing commentary, reviews, recommendations and predictions. It also features opinion pieces on chart action and the music business in general. Many of the artists featured on the Active Rock charts have already been reviewed on […]
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Billboard Hard Rock Albums Chart for the week ending 7/1/17. Top 25 albums ranked by multi-metric ranking, including traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The chart is compiled by Nielsen Music. THIS WEEK’S TOP 25: RISE AGAINST – Wolves METALLICA – Hardwired…To Self-Destruct JOURNEY – Journey’s Greatest Hits QUEEN […]
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By Adam Waldman On May 23, 1979, Kiss released their seventh studio album – Dynasty. The album peaked at #9 on the Billboard 200 chart. It would be the last high-ranking album for several years. Although Dynasty was panned by many for embracing the popularity of disco in 1979, the album still produced one of […]
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By Adam Waldman Throughout the course of rock and roll history, there have been numerous debut albums that have left their mark on the world. It’s hard to think of a debut song that has done the same. However, there is one that comes to mind. On May 12, 1967 (50 years ago today), Procol […]
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By Adam Waldman On April 25, 1980, Black Sabbath released their ninth studio album, Heaven And Hell. The bar was set incredibly high for new frontman Ronnie James Dio, but he cleared it (with room to spare) on this classic album that is thought of by many as the best Sabbath album ever. Peaking at […]
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By Joe Cotela (DED) I’ve been told that I used to run around singing “Born in the USA” by Bruce Springsteen when I was three years old, but I don’t remember it. I guess that would be the first hint that I would someday become a musician. As early as I can remember, my parents used […]
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By Marc Adam Kahn (Thirteen Reasons) Music has always been a blessing and a curse for me. The not-so-lighthearted concept of duality is one that has always remained a constant throughout my life. It’s funny, the first memory of music that I have is my father singing in the car while we were taking road […]
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Written by Michael Del Pizzo (Sunflower Dead) Let’s Get The Band Back Together, Build it Correctly and Record Our First Horrible Demo…!!!! OOOOOOOHHHH MAN, here we are again. Chapter 4 of My Rock and Roll Journey! So far, in chapters 1 – 3, I have covered some pretty cool stuff…my first band, my inability to […]
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Hard Rock Music Time Machine – 6/22/17 Each Thursday, Hard Rock Music Time Machine takes a journey back in time to feature a variety of songs that date back as far as the ’70s. In addition to appearing on the embedded YouTube playlist below, all songs featured on Hard Rock Music Time Machine can be listened to individually by clicking […]
Billboard Hard Rock Albums Chart for the week ending 7/1/17. Top 25 albums ranked by multi-metric ranking, including traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The chart is compiled by Nielsen Music. THIS WEEK’S TOP 25: RISE AGAINST – Wolves METALLICA – Hardwired…To Self-Destruct JOURNEY – Journey’s Greatest Hits QUEEN […]
HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 6/17/17 Every Tuesday on HardRockDaddy.com. The HRD Radio Report digs deeper into the weekly Active Rock charts, providing commentary, reviews, recommendations and predictions. It also features opinion pieces on chart action and the music business in general. Many of the artists featured on the Active Rock charts have already been reviewed on […]
