HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 1/25/15

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 1/25/15.  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	4	THREE DAYS GRACE	“I Am Machine”	1992
2	1	FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH	“Wrong Side Of Heaven”	1827
3	2	FOO FIGHTERS	“Something From Nothing”	1769
4	5	SEETHER	“Same Damn Life”	1687
5	3	ROYAL BLOOD	“Figure It Out”	1518
6	7	PAPA ROACH	“Face Everything And Rise”	1309
7	8	ASKING ALEXANDRIA	“Moving On”	1251
8	6	GODSMACK	“Something Different”	1074
9	11	PRETTY RECKLESS	“Follow Me Down”	998
10	12	IN THIS MOMENT	“Sick Like Me”	881
11	13	NOTHING MORE	“Mr. MTV”	870
12	21	HALESTORM	“Apocalyptic”	837
13	14	NICKELBACK	“Million Miles An Hour”	823
14	15	AC/DC	“Rock Or Bust”	807
15	18	MARILYN MANSON	“Deep Six”	759
16	16	SIXX A.M.	“Stars”	758
17	17	YOUNG GUNS	“I Want Out”	656
18	20	STARSET	“Carnivore”	623
19	23	ARCTIC MONKEYS	“R U Mine?”	553
20	19	CHEVELLE	“An Island”	521
21	24	BRING ME THE HORIZON	“Drown”	479
22	26	SLASH	“Bent To Fly”	441
23	25	MOTIONLESS IN WHITE	“Reincarnate”	433
24	29	ALL THAT REMAINS	“This Probably Won’t End Well”	421
25	22	LINKIN PARK	“Rebellion”	375
26	36	KID ROCK	“First Kiss”	361
27	27	OF MICE & MEN	“Feels Like Forever”	338
28	43	BLACK KEYS	“Weight Of Love”	290
29	31	RISE AGAINST	“Tragedy + Time”	261
30	30	LIKE A STORM	“Wish You Hell”	260
31	28	THEORY OF A DEADMAN	“Savages”	241
32	41	ISLANDER	“New Wave”	239
33	32	3 YEARS HOLLOW	“For Life”	236
34	33	LINKIN PARK	“Final Masquerade”	227
35	34	WE AS HUMAN	“Bring To Life”	213
36	46	CAGE THE ELEPHANT	Cigarette Daydreams	197
37	40	BEARTOOTH	“Beaten In Lips”	188
38	38	NICKELBACK	“Edge Of A Revolution”	176
39	42	AMARANTHE	“Drop Dead Cynical”	174
40	37	SHAMAN’S HARVEST	“Dangerous”	159
41	48	SLIPKNOT	“Custer”	157
42	45	HINDER	“Hit The Ground”	154
43	0	MOTLEY CRUE	“All Bad Things”	112
44	0	FOO FIGHTERS	“Congregation”	108
45	44	SAVING ABEL	“Blood Stained Revolution”	107
46	56	THOUSAND FOOT KRUTCH	“Unraveled Road”	95
47	50	CHARM CITY DEVILS	“Karma”	79
48	52	XFACTOR1	“I Blame You”	67
49	49	FOZZY	“Do You Wanna Start A War”	67
50	52	LENNY KRAVITZ	“Dirty White Boots”	66

 

 

PUBLISHER’S PICK OF THE WEEK by Adam Waldman

 KID ROCK – “First Kiss”

When it comes to radio play, Kid Rock poses something of a dilemma because of his ability to straddle a variety of genres and appeal to fans of each.  His latest single, “First Kiss,” is not exactly what comes to mind when you think of Active Rock radio, and yet, the song is steadily climbing the charts (#26 this week).  With the Mainstream Rock charts carrying virtually no clout due to the lack of overall spins, it stands to reason that artists whose music fits the format would start to cross over to Active Rock.  After all, a good portion of Active Rock fans are also fans of the music that is played on the limited amount of Mainstream Rock stations that exist.  The same cannot be said for the Alternative Rock songs that regularly appear in the “I CALL B#LL$HIT!” section of the HRD Radio Report.  If you follow the Active Rock charts, you are well aware of how stagnant they can be. so adding songs like “First Kiss” into Active Rock rotations helps to keep things fresh and interesting.  As a good portion of the U.S. is being pummeled by a record-breaking snowstorm today, one listen to the nostalgic, feelgood “First Kiss” allows you to escape the cold and get into a summer frame of mind, much like another Kid Rock classic, “All Summer Long.”

 
 
 

THE BREAKDOWN by Jon Loveless

KING OF THE HILL

Now we know what it takes to dislodge the Five Finger Death Punch / Foo Fighters stranglehold on the number one spot on the Mediabase Active Rock airplay chart: the all-time kings of the active rock hill, Three Days Grace.  “I Am Machine” becomes the 13^th song from the band to ascend to the top spot, extending their lead for most #1 Active Rock songs (Linkin Park has hit the top spot 11 times).

 

 

NOTABLE CHART MOVEMENT

Asking Alexandria suffered no loss of momentum at radio with the news of Danny Worsnop’s departure, but how the lineup change will affect them is the future is the much larger question…

More spins this week for Halestorm as new stations come on board for “Apocalyptic” giving it a nice jump and putting the Top 10 well within reach for them next week …

Motley Crue leads five songs debuting in the Top 50 this week with “All Bad Things” (which is very likely their final single) …

 

 

THREE UP & THREE DOWN

MOVING UP
Asking Alexandria – “Moving On”

Halestorm – “Apocalyptic”

Kid Rock – “First Kiss”

 

DROPPING DOWN
Foo Fighters – “Something From Nothing” 

Royal Blood – “Figure It Out”

Godsmack – “Something Different”

 

 

 JL’s PICK OF THE WEEK

FOZZY – “Do You Wanna Start A War”

More than 15 years ago, when pro wrestler Chris Jericho teamed up with guitar hero Rich Ward (Stuck Mojo), I don’t know if anyone really thought we’d be where we are today:  enjoying a third straight Active Rock charting single from Fozzy.   The transformation from novelty act recording NWOBHM covers to an honest-to-goodness band with its own voice took a while to make it out of developmental territory, but more evidence that the transition is complete comes from the title track from their latest album.  Not quite as infectious as the lead single from the album (“Lights Go Out”), I think it’s a confirmation of the band’s growth that they’re having success with songs that aren’t the strongest on the album.  This is a sign of depth as well as the musical diversity that the band has grown into.  Maybe they’ll never win the World Heavyweight Title, but they’re at least getting into contender status for the Intercontinental belt, and that’s not shabby at all.

 

 

 I CALL B#LL$HIT!

Sometimes it seems that you just can’t win for losing.   Only three songs clearly qualifying for I.C.B. this week – Arctic Monkeys, Black Keys, Cage The Elephant – as Fall Out Boy drops off the chart (a step in the right direction).   The downside is that those who insist on pushing these faux-rock songs to Active Rock audiences decided to simply push the ones that remained even harder.  The compost pile trio received over 1,000 spins in the past week, an increase of more than 15%, and that’s a step in the wrong direction.

 

 

FUTURES REPORT

Next week, we’ll watch to see if Three Days Grace can solidify their hold on the top chart position, learn more about which songs (if any) already entrenched in the Top 10 can maintain their momentum to possibly succeed them, and see just how quickly some fast-rising songs can get themselves into the discussion as well.

 

 

WRAP-UP

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