HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 12/28/14

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 12/28/14.  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	2	FOO FIGHTERS	“Something From Nothing”	1992
2	1	FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH	“Wrong Side Of Heaven”	1990
3	3	ROYAL BLOOD	“Figure It Out”	1809
4	5	SEETHER	“Same Damn Life”	1747
5	4	THREE DAYS GRACE	“I Am Machine”	1742
6	6	GODSMACK	“Something Different”	1451
7	7	POP EVIL	“Beautiful”	1141
8	8	PAPA ROACH	“Face Everything And Rise”	1039
9	9	HELLYEAH	“Moth”	977
10	11	ASKING ALEXANDRIA	“Moving On”	960
11	10	IN THIS MOMENT	“Sick Like Me”	925
12	12	NOTHING MORE	“Mr. MTV”	806
13	16	PRETTY RECKLESS	“Follow Me Down”	779
14	14	NICKELBACK	“Million Miles An Hour”	772
15	13	SLIPKNOT	“The Devil In I”	733
16	15	CHEVELLE	“An Island”	678
17	18	SIXX A.M.	“Stars”	643
18	20	AC/DC	“Rock Or Bust”	640
19	19	YOUNG GUNS	“I Want Out”	630
20	17	LINKIN PARK	“Rebellion”	616
21	21	STARSET	“Carnivore”	529
22	24	MOTIONLESS IN WHITE	“Reincarnate”	406
23	46	MARILYN MANSON	“Deep Six”	384
24	26	THEORY OF A DEADMAN	“Savages”	382
25	25	SLASH	“Bent To Fly”	379
26	22	NONPOINT	“Breaking Skin”	372
27	28	SHAMAN’S HARVEST	“Dangerous”	291
28	27	OF MICE & MEN	“Feels Like Forever”	290
29	30	RISE AGAINST	“Tragedy + Time”	285
30	39	BRING ME THE HORIZON	“Drown”	277
31	34	LIKE A STORM	“Wish You Hell”	274
32	32	SMASHING PUMPKINS	“One And All”	265
33	33	FALL OUT BOY	“Centuries”	254
34	29	AC/DC	“Play Ball”	252
35	37	3 YEARS HOLLOW	“For Life”	243
36	23	BUSH	“The Only Way Out”	239
37	36	BLACK KEYS	“Gotta Get Away”	238
38	44	ARCTIC MONKEYS	“R U Mine?”	229
39	35	LINKIN PARK	“Final Masquerade”	226
40	41	WE AS HUMAN	“Bring To Life”	223
41	43	NICKELBACK	“Edge Of A Revolution”	218
42	38	LETTERS FROM THE FIRE	“Zombies In The Sun”	211
43	45	LIVE	“Way Around Is Through”	207
44	40	VOLBEAT	“Doc Holliday”	188
45	47	BEARTOOTH	“Beaten In Lips”	168
46	31	THOUSAND FOOT KRUTCH	“Born This Way”	166
47	42	MASTODON	“The Motherload”	156
48	48	SAVING ABEL	“Blood Stained Revolution”	155
49	50	ISLANDER	“New Wave”	140
50	49	AMARANTHE	“Drop Dead Cynical”	132

 

THE BREAKDOWN by Jon Loveless

KING OF THE HILL

“A game of inches” is a phrase most associated with sports but it certainly seems to apply to music occasionally as well.  By a total of 2 spins (out of nearly 4,000 between them), Foo Fighters’ “Something From Nothing” returns to the top spot of the Mediabase Active Rock airplay chart, reclaiming the title from Five Finger Death Punch after two weeks.   So ends a year that saw 16 songs from 13 bands reach the #1 spot for an average stay of between 3-4 weeks.

 

 

NOTABLE CHART MOVEMENT

Nearly six months after it arrived in the top 50, “Moving On” by Asking Alexandria cracks the Top 10 with solid gains, especially strong showing considering the age of the single … Surely notable this week is the fact that the same fifty songs comprise the Top 50 for a second straight week.  Not a single debut, not a single song dropping out, just some shuffling of the deck.

 

 

THREE UP & THREE DOWN

MOVING UP

Asking Alexandria – “Moving On”

Marilyn Manson – “Deep Six”

Bring Me The Horizon – “Drown”

 

DROPPING DOWN

Linkin Park f. Daron Malakian “Rebellion”

Bush “Way Around Is Through”

Thousand Foot Krutch “Born This Way”

 

JL’s PICK OF THE WEEK

SAVING ABEL – “Blood Stained Revolution” 

In the year since losing a lead vocalist and a drummer on the same day, Saving Abel has shown not only remarkable perseverance, but perhaps provided a road map to navigating troubled waters.   Amongst rock’s busiest road warriors, the band has not only survived the challenge, but seems to have almost thrived on it.  While making the transition appear almost seamless, Saving Abel turned a situation that often destroys lesser bands into an opportunity to grow.  The title track from their first album with new singer, Scotty Austin, and new drummer, Steven Pulley, is a worthy addition to their catalog.

 

I CALL B#LL$HIT!

The year concludes with the same four not-active-rock songs polluting the chart.  Sigh.   Fall Out Boy, Black Keys, Smashing Pumpkins and Arctic Monkeys once again amassed nearly 1,000 spins – enough to make a top 10 song – despite there being no shortage of quality songs that deserve that airplay.

 

 

FUTURES REPORT

In the next HRD Radio Report,we’ll see who starts the year off with a bang and hope for signs that active rock radio is ready to be “active” again after a rather slow end to 2014.   In the meantime, I’ll lift a glass and wish you all a happy and prosperous New Year.

 

WRAP-UP

That’s all for this week, and this year!  Here’s hoping that all HRD Radio Report readers enjoy a happy and safe New Year celebration.  We thank you for your support, and hope to bring you even more good things to come in 2015!  Tune in to HardRockDaddy.com every Tuesday for the HRD Radio Report. \m/