HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 12/21/14

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.

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 12/21/14.  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	FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH	“Wrong Side Of Heaven”	2002
2	2	FOO FIGHTERS	“Something From Nothing”	1962
3	3	ROYAL BLOOD	“Figure It Out”	1781
4	4	THREE DAYS GRACE	“I Am Machine”	1724
5	5	SEETHER	“Same Damn Life”	1722
6	6	GODSMACK	“Something Different”	1437
7	7	POP EVIL	“Beautiful”	1135
8	8	PAPA ROACH	“Face Everything And Rise”	1046
9	9	HELLYEAH	“Moth”	1007
10	10	IN THIS MOMENT	“Sick Like Me”	926
11	12	ASKING ALEXANDRIA	“Moving On”	852
12	13	NOTHING MORE	“Mr. MTV”	828
13	11	SLIPKNOT	“The Devil In I”	791
14	15	NICKELBACK	“Million Miles An Hour”	748
15	16	CHEVELLE	“An Island”	730
16	20	PRETTY RECKLESS	“Follow Me Down”	694
17	14	LINKIN PARK	“Rebellion”	694
18	17	SIXX A.M.	“Stars”	658
19	18	YOUNG GUNS	“I Want Out”	617
20	22	AC/DC	“Rock Or Bust”	600
21	24	STARSET	“Carnivore”	481
22	21	NONPOINT	“Breaking Skin”	445
23	19	BUSH	“The Only Way Out”	424
24	23	MOTIONLESS IN WHITE	“Reincarnate”	418
25	29	SLASH	“Bent To Fly”	365
26	27	THEORY OF A DEADMAN	“Savages”	360
27	35	OF MICE & MEN	“Feels Like Forever”	302
28	30	SHAMAN’S HARVEST	“Dangerous”	287
29	26	AC/DC	“Play Ball”	281
30	33	RISE AGAINST	“Tragedy + Time”	279
31	25	THOUSAND FOOT KRUTCH	“Born This Way”	272
32	32	SMASHING PUMPKINS	“One And All”	266
33	48	FALL OUT BOY	“Centuries”	254
34	44	LIKE A STORM	“Wish You Hell”	253
35	43	LINKIN PARK	“Final Masquerade”	237
36	34	BLACK KEYS	“Gotta Get Away”	234
37	38	3 YEARS HOLLOW	“For Life”	232
38	42	LETTERS FROM THE FIRE	“Zombies In The Sun”	231
39	45	BRING ME THE HORIZON	“Drown”	228
40	36	VOLBEAT	“Doc Holliday”	227
41	40	WE AS HUMAN	“Bring To Life”	225
42	28	MASTODON	“The Motherload”	224
43	31	NICKELBACK	“Edge Of A Revolution”	216
44	46	ARCTIC MONKEYS	“R U Mine?”	198
45	37	LIVE	“Way Around Is Through”	190
46	0	MARILYN MANSON	“Deep Six”	186
47	47	BEARTOOTH	“Beaten In Lips”	173
48	49	SAVING ABEL	“Blood Stained Revolution”	164
49	50	AMARANTHE	“Drop Dead Cynical”	147
50	53	ISLANDER	“New Wave”	124

 

THE BREAKDOWN by Jon Loveless

KING OF THE HILL

After waiting six weeks to finally pass Foo Fighters, “Wrong Side Of Heaven” by Five Finger Death Punch is the beneficiary of an extremely stable week on the   Mediabase Active Rock airplay chart, and remains in the top spot for the second consecutive week.   No song in the top ten experienced more than 3% growth or loss this week, as playlists were almost (but not quite) frozen with the holidays approaching, and a number of promotion companies taking time off.

 

 

NOTABLE CHART MOVEMENT

Nice movement for The Pretty Reckless this week, which stands out even more than usual because of the slowdown…

 
Only two songs debuting on the chart again this week…most notably a good reception for “Deep Six,” the second track to be unveiled from the forthcoming Marilyn Manson album.  The first track was a down-tempo track that really didn’t generate much buzz.  “Deep Six” is more upbeat, and is clearly what radio wants from MM …

 

 

THREE UP & THREE DOWN

MOVING UP

Pretty Reckless – “Follow Me Down”
AC/DC – “Rock Or Bust”
Marilyn Manson – “Deep Six”
 
DROPPING DOWN

Nonpoint – “Breaking Skin”
Thousand Foot Krutch – “Born This Way”
Mastodon – “The Motherload”

 

JL’s PICK OF THE WEEK

 ROCK SUGAR – “Don’t Stop The Santa Man” 

Take a mashup, then alter the lyrics completely, assigning the task to some of the most creative minds in the entire rock universe.   The combination produces a definite holiday rock classic, one that’s “singable” and familiar, while being unique enough to guarantee a smile from all but the Scroogiest fans.   The song isn’t actually “new” per se; the band has performed it seasonally for at least a couple of years now, but it seems to have generated more interest and attention this year.  Definitely one of the most memorable and enjoyable listens of the winter for me.

 

 

I CALL B#LL$HIT!

Sigh.   Fall Out Boy rises – like steam from a pile – among the list of four songs that have no business whatsoever being inflicted upon active rock radio listeners.   Black Keys, Smashing Pumpkins and Arctic Monkeys also all remain among the most played tracks this week, back up to wasting almost 1,000 spins that could be better used for any of dozens of actual rock songs (or commercials, or static, or dead air).   It is what it is, but it’s still worth calling out the industry for the mistakes that are being made.

 

 

FUTURES REPORT

In the next HRD Radio Report, we’ll see the final chart of 2014 and look eagerly ahead to the first chart of 2015.   Hope you all have a merry and happy week!  Your kind attention as readers is definitely present enough for me this year … I hardly ever wear ties anyway.

 

WRAP-UP

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