HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 11/2/14

HRD RADIO REPORT 

The HRD Radio Report showcases the weekly Active Rock Mediabase Charts (compiled by AllAccess.com), and appears 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.  Whenever possible, the HRD Radio Report will feature insight from radio and record industry people, in addition to interviews with hard rock artists about their music, tours and more!

Many of the artists featured on the Active Rock charts have already been reviewed on HardRockDaddy.com.

Click on the hyperlinked song titles to read song reviews, and the hyperlinked artist names to read album reviews.

The following is the Active Rock Mediabase Chart for the week ending 11/2/14.  All exclusive HRD content is featured below the chart:

CHART POSITION THIS WEEK	CHART POSITION LAST WEEK	ARTIST	SONG TITLE	RADIO SPINS THIS WEEK
1	1	FOO FIGHTERS	“Something From Nothing”	1941
2	4	FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH	“Wrong Side Of Heaven”	1519
3	3	SLIPKNOT	“The Devil In I”	1483
4	5	ROYAL BLOOD	“Figure It Out”	1430
5	7	AC/DC	“Play Ball”	1242
6	2	NICKELBACK	“Edge Of A Revolution”	1158
7	9	SEETHER	“Same Damn Life”	1139
8	10	VOLBEAT	“Doc Holliday”	1072
9	11	THREE DAYS GRACE	“I Am Machine”	1017
10	13	GODSMACK	“Something Different”	1011
11	6	KORN	“Hater”	977
12	14	BLACK KEYS	“Gotta Get Away”	845
13	8	SLASH	“World On Fire”	783
14	18	HELLYEAH	“Moth”	767
15	16	BUSH	“The Only Way Out”	757
16	17	POP EVIL	“Beautiful”	754
17	21	ASKING ALEXANDRIA	“Moving On”	648
18	15	OTHERWISE	“Darker Side Of The Moon”	645
19	15	WEEZER	“Back To The Shack	594
20	20	IN THIS MOMENT	“Sick Like Me”	588
21	22	NONPOINT	“Breaking Skin”	561
22	23	DEATH FROM ABOVE 1979	“Trainwreck 1979”	499
23	25	NOTHING MORE	“Mr. MTV”	491
24	32	LINKIN PARK	“Rebellion”	467
25	24	ISLANDER	“Coconut Dracula”	447
26	26	KONGOS	“I’m Only Joking”	420
27	29	YOUNG GUNS	“I Want Out”	411
28	28	THOUSAND FOOT KRUTCH	“Born This Way”	391
29	35	SIXX A.M.	“Stars”	369
30	34	MASTODON	“The Motherload”	345
31	38	MOTIONLESS IN WHITE	“Reincarnate”	320
32	36	SHAMAN’S HARVEST	“Dangerous”	305
33	39	THEORY OF A DEADMAN	“Savages”	302
34	30	LIVE	“Way Around Is Through”	252
35	37	FLYLEAF	“Set Me On Fire”	247
36	33	FALL OUT BOY	“Centuries”	242
37	40	ADELITA’S WAY	“Save The World”	226
38	41	LENNY KRAVITZ	“Dirty White Boots”	224
39	44	CHEVELLE	“An Island”	212
40	42	NEW MEDICINE	“One Too Many”	200
41	45	STARSET	“Carnivore”	190
42	43	3 YEARS HOLLOW	“For Life”	174
43	49	LETTERS FROM THE FIRE	“Zombies In The Sun”	142
44	47	REV THEORY	“Born 2 Destroy”	137
45	55	BUCKCHERRY	“Say Fuck It”	128
46	52	LIKE A STORM	“Wish You Hell”	124
47	46	BLACK VEIL BRIDES	“Heart Of Fire”	123
48	54	WE AS HUMAN	“Bring To Life”	110
49	48	TRIVIUM	“Villainy Thrives”	104
50	51	CHARM CITY DEVILS	“Shots”	101

 

PUBLISHER’S PICK OF THE WEEK by Adam Waldman 

SOTO – “Wrath”

It is said that “timing is everything.”  On the heels of an incredibly powerful campaign to commemorate National Bullying Prevention Month, which featured an in-depth interview with Jeff Scott Soto, Hard Rock Daddy announced yesterday a new feature called Music Discovery Monday (debuting on 11/10/14).  Don’t be surprised to see “Wrath” by SOTO end up as one of the featured songs on Music Discovery Monday in the very near future.

When Jeff and I discussed the track during our interview, he said…

“I was aiming for a Foo Fighters kind of thing.  I love the way that they’re able to take something so heavy and make it so melodic.  They just have such catchy, melodic choruses that you can sing along to.  I wanted something that was so blistering heavy, but still very melodic.”

Soto is a brilliant singer with an incredible resume, and yet, he has still managed to fly under the radar to some degree.  Clearly, radio is in love with the Foo Fighters, so they should take a listen to “Wrath” and see that it belongs on Active Rock radio too.

As I mentioned earlier, timing is everything.  Not only is this kickass track inspired by the Foo Fighters (Active Rock’s latest infatuation), but today is also Jeff Scott Soto’s birthday.

HRD Radio Report and Hard Rock Daddy wish Jeff a very happy birthday, and hope that Active Rock radio shows him some love as a gift (to their listeners).  Check out “Wrath” below…

 

 

THE BREAKDOWN – By Jon Loveless

What song still hasn’t found its limit?  Which songs seem to have hit their ceiling?  A little movement in the middle and some newcomers at the bottom, all on this week’s HRD Radio Report.

 

CHART TOPPERS

An old Scorpions song said “Don’t Stop At The Top!”  I’m thinking that Dio may not be the only 80s icon that Foo Fighters are partial to.   Already at #1 on the Mediabase Active Rock chart with “Something From Nothing,” Grohl & Bros padded their lead over the runner-up with a remarkable 23% increase in airplay over last week.  Five Finger Death Punch’s “Wrong Side Of Heaven” ascended to #2 with a solid week, but the chase could be futile for a solid song that’s approaching its third month on the chart.  Slipknot may also find themselves denied an elusive chart-topping single as “The Devil In I” remains at #3 for a third consecutive week.  Newcomers, Royal Blood, inch up a spot to #4 with “Figure It Out,” while rock royalty AC/DC reaches #5 with perhaps the final bit of momentum for “Play Ball.”

 

 CHART HIGHLIGHTS

Just behind the frontrunners, Seether (“Same Damn Life”), Volbeat (“Doc Holliday”), Three Days Grace (“I Am Machine”) and Godsmack (“Something Different”) are bunched up in spots #7-10.   Asking Alexandria continues “Moving On” this week, up four spots to #17.    The latest from Sixx A.M. continues to climb as “Stars” moves up six places to #29.

Four new songs arrived in the Top 50 this week: Charm City Devils “Shots” at #50, We As Human “Bring To Life” at #48, Like A Storm “Wish You Hell” arrives at #46 and Buckcherry “Say Fuck It” pops in at #45.  The highest of these new entries is perhaps the most surprising as well.  Buckcherry’s revamped cover of Icona Pop’s “I Love It” was released around three months ago, but is just now breaking on to the Active Rock chart with a sudden burst of airplay.  While not unheard of for a song to chart so slowly, it’s unusual enough to take note of this rarity.

 

 RAPID RISERS & FREEFALLERS

RAPID RISERS

Foo Fighters “Something From Nothing”  + 360 spins, +23% airplay
Godsmack “Something Different”  +181 spins, +22% airplay
Linkin Park “Rebellion” +8 spots, +165 spins, +55% airplay
Motionless In White “Reincarnate”  +7 spots, +50 spins, +19% airplay
Buckcherry “Say Fuck It”  +10 spots, + 28 spins, +28% airplay

FREEFALLERS

Nickelback “Edge Of A Revolution”  – 4 spots, -315 spins, -21% airplay
Korn “Hater”  -5 spots, -243 spins, -20% airplay
Slash “World On Fire” -5 spots, -295 spins, -27% airplay
Weezer “Back To The Shack” -4 spots, -184 spins, -24% airplay
Live “Way Around Is Through”  -4 spots, -86 spins, -25% airplay

 

 INSTANT REPLAY

 Hitting the replay button repeatedly this week on…

“Wish You Hell” – Like A Storm

You might think integrating delta blues into a hard rock song might require a bit of Southern DNA.   Well, it’s hard to get more “southern” than the South Pacific.  Just as Volbeat invokes the spirit of Johnny Cash, these New Zealand newcomers found just the right tone to put you firmly on a darkened front porch swatting at mosquitoes… and then blowing you right off of that porch with a good-riddance anthem.  One of those songs that you just can’t avoid grinning about from the first few notes.  (see Hard Rock Daddy review)

 

 I CALL B#LL$HIT!

Anybody got a shovel handy?  While I’m happy to report that all of our recent fertilizer tracks are slowly fading away at this point, there were still roughly 2,600 spins wasted again this week on songs from Weezer, Black Keys, Death From Above 1979, Kongos and Fall Out Boy.  That’s enough airplay for 4-5 top 20 songs.  Stop the madness!

 

  FUTURES REPORT

Could next week see Pretty Reckless break out another hit single?  How will a new Papa Roach song strike radio’s fancy?  Will FFDP gain any ground on FF (Foo Fighters) or are they simply S.O.L. when it comes to their pursuit of #1?  Which stations will apply for a call letter change to WFOO or KFOO?  Answers to these and other pressing questions, in the next HRD Radio Report.

 

WRAP-UP

That’s all for this week!  Tune in to HardRockDaddy.com every Tuesday for the HRD Radio Report. \m/