HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 11/16/14

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 11/16/14.  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”	2211
2	2	FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH	“Wrong Side Of Heaven”	1780
3	3	SLIPKNOT	“The Devil In I”	1567
4	4	ROYAL BLOOD	“Figure It Out”	1501
5	6	SEETHER	“Same Damn Life”	1379
6	5	AC/DC	“Play Ball”	1303
7	7	THREE DAYS GRACE	“I Am Machine”	1299
8	8	GODSMACK	“Something Different”	1184
9	9	VOLBEAT	“Doc Holliday”	1103
10	11	POP EVIL	“Beautiful”	922
11	14	HELLYEAH	“Moth”	864
12	13	BUSH	“The Only Way Out”	791
13	16	LINKIN PARK	“Rebellion”	750
14	12	BLACK KEYS	“Gotta Get Away”	737
15	15	ASKING ALEXANDRIA	“Moving On”	718
16	18	IN THIS MOMENT	“Sick Like Me”	716
17	20	NOTHING MORE	“Mr. MTV”	679
18	10	NICKELBACK	“Edge Of A Revolution”	674
19	19	NONPOINT	“Breaking Skin”	659
20	35	PAPA ROACH	“Face Everything And Rise”	559
21	22	YOUNG GUNS	“I Want Out”	475
22	26	SIXX A.M.	“Stars”	471
23	25	THOUSAND FOOT KRUTCH	“Born This Way”	433
24	28	MASTODON	“The Motherload”	413
25	33	CHEVELLE	“An Island”	374
26	23	WEEZER	“Back To The Shack	351
27	30	MOTIONLESS IN WHITE	“Reincarnate”	334
28	32	THEORY OF A DEADMAN	“Savages”	326
29	31	SHAMAN’S HARVEST	“Dangerous”	310
30	27	KONGOS	“I’m Only Joking”	309
31	37	STARSET	“Carnivore”	292
32	34	LENNY KRAVITZ	“Dirty White Boots”	282
33	21	OTHERWISE	“Darker Side Of The Moon”	278
34	24	DEATH FROM ABOVE 1979	“Trainwreck 1979”	270
35	39	LIVE	“Way Around Is Through”	223
36	36	FLYLEAF	“Set Me On Fire”	220
37	29	ISLANDER	“Coconut Dracula”	215
38	38	ADELITA’S WAY	“Save The World”	193
39	44	REV THEORY	“Born 2 Destroy”	191
40	42	3 YEARS HOLLOW	“For Life”	187
41	40	NEW MEDICINE	“One Too Many”	187
42	49	OF MICE & MEN	“Feels Like Forever”	182
43	56	SMASHING PUMPKINS	“One And All”	181
44	50	RISE AGAINST	“Tragedy + Time”	180
45	43	WE AS HUMAN	“Bring To Life”	178
46	53	ARCTIC MONKEYS	“R U Mine?”	158
47	47	LIKE A STORM	“Wish You Hell”	155
48	46	BUCKCHERRY	“Say Fuck It”	148
49	48	BRING ME THE HORIZON	“Drown”	145
50	41	FALL OUT BOY	“Centuries”	144

 

PUBLISHER’S PICK OF THE WEEK by Adam Waldman

PAPA ROACH –  “Face Everything And Rise”

Tracking the Active Rock radio charts often times leaves me scratching my head as to why certain songs can’t gain any traction, and shaking my head at songs that rise up the charts when they are not even properly categorized.  But, every once in a while, the programmers “get it right.”  This week is a perfect example of “getting it right.”

Papa Roach’s latest single, “Face Everything And Rise” (from their upcoming album, F.E.A.R.), jumped up 15 slots this week from #35 to #20 as their spins increased by 321.  This spin increase was, by far, the biggest jump of the week.  Don’t be surprised if this song competes for the top slot before the year comes to a close.

“Face Everything And Rise” is a great track that picks up where Papa Roach left off with their 2012 release, The Connection.   The song fuses elements of industrial with the hard rock sound that Jacoby Shaddix and the boys have honed in recent years.  Raw and tortured at times (a Shaddix staple), the band seamlessly transitions from rage to an infectiously melodic chorus.  This is a track that should have legs, and become a mainstay on the Active Rock chart!

 

THE BREAKDOWN by Jon Loveless

Did somebody push the “pause” button?  You may be tempted to think so after reading this week’s HRD Radio Report.

 

CHART TOPPERS

Foo Fighters “Something From Nothing” claims a fourth week at #1 on the Mediabase Active Rock airplay chart.  “Wrong Side Of Heaven,” from Five Finger Death Punch, marks it’s third week at #2, while Slipknot holds the #3 position for a fifth consecutive week.    Royal Blood is #4 again with “Figure It Out,” but there IS movement to report.  Seether climbs one spot to #5 with “Same Damn Life,” nudging “Play Ball” by AC/DC all the way down … to #6.  Each of the top five (actually each of the top eight) songs gained spins versus last week, but none managed even double-digit percentage change.

 

CHART HIGHLIGHTS

Not many highlights in a week where the big story is the status quo taking place on the Active Rock chart. The only change in the Top 10 this week is a one spot rise for “Beautiful” by Pop Evil.  There was also one new arrival in the Top 20, as Papa Roach’s “Face Everything And Rise” jumps fifteen spots from #35 all the way to #20.  Also notable is a nice climb for Chevelle’s “An Island,” which moves up eight spots to #25, and a six-spot improvement for “Carnivore,” (the second single from Starset) which moves up to #31.

 

RISING and FALLING   

RISING

Papa Roach – “Face Everything And Rise” (+321 spins, +134% airplay)

Rise Against – “Tragedy+Time”  (+ 56 spins, +45% airplay)

Chevelle – “An Island”(+105 spins, +39% airplay)

Nothing More – “Mr. MTV” (+107 spins, +19% airplay)

Seether – “Same Damn Life”  (+ 109 spins, +9% airplay)

 
FALLING
 
Otherwise – “Darker Side Of The Moon”  (-240 spins, -46% airplay)

Death From Above 1979 – “Trainwreck 1979” (-169 spins, -38% airplay)

Islander – “Coconut Dracula” (-128 spins, -37% airplay)

Fall Out Boy – “Centuries”  (-57 spins, -28% airplay)

Nickelback – “Edge Of A Revolution” (-221 spins, -25% airplay)

 

JL’s PICK OF THE WEEK

PRETTY RECKLESS – “Follow Me Down”

Not quite in the Top 50 yet, but “Follow Me Down” is among the songs showing the most increased airplay in the past week.  It’s been a regular listen for me since the lyric video was released in 2013.  It is one of the songs that led me to believe that 2014 would be a big year for the band.  A not-so-subtle degree of sexuality is no surprise with Taylor Momsen fronting the group, but in this song, the band showed musical substance that goes beyond “eye candy.”   I’d give the nod to “Going To Hell” as the best song on the album, but this one is a close second.

 

I CALL B#LL$HIT!

GOOD NEWS (sort of):  The five tired B.S. tracks continue to slide down the Active Rock chart again this week.  However, Weezer, Black Keys, Death From Above 1979, Kongos and Fall Out Boy still combined for over 1,800 spins this week.  The good news is that their spins dropped by 20% this week.
 
BAD NEWS:  Two new B#ll$shit tracks scooped up nearly as many spins as the aforementioned songs lost.  Arctic Monkeys “R U Mine” enters the chart at #46, and is not only a complete fraud as an Active Rock song, but is also nearly THREE years old, having debuted on the chart in the U.K. back in February of 2012.  To have it perpetrated on listeners in 2014, borders on insulting.

The other B.S. addition to the chart this week debuts at #43 – “One And All” by The Smashing Pumpkins (who at this point are essentially Billy Corgan, the guitarist who replaced James Iha and, at least for the new album, Motley Crue’s Tommy Lee).  The issue here isn’t the band however, it’s the song.  It’s an alternative track that is a little heavier than most in the genre, and isn’t ashamed to have guitars in the instrumentation, but, it’s an alt rock song.  It is NOT “active rock” and attempts to position it as such are just outright B.S.

 

 FUTURES REPORT

In the next HRD Radio Report, we’ll see if Active Rock radio jumps on the first track from the forthcoming Hinder album – (the first since the departure of frontman, Austin Winkler) – ahead of the targeted date for airplay (mid-December).  We’ll also see how much burnout the songs currently at the top of the chart will start to show, and whether the songs currently residing in an area we might call “the rest” will get a boost or if they’ve all pretty much hit their ceiling and are just treading water.

WRAP-UP

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