HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 6/7/15

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 6/7/15.  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	1	BREAKING BENJAMIN	“Failure”	2200
2	4	THEORY OF A DEADMAN	“Angel”	1682
3	2	ZAC BROWN BAND (f. Chris Cornell)	“Heavy Is The Head”	1633
4	5	THREE DAYS GRACE	“Human Race”	1576
5	3	ROYAL BLOOD	“Little Monster”	1561
6	7	HALESTORM	“Amen”	1209
7	8	NOTHING MORE	“Jenny”	1117
8	10	SEETHER	“Nobody Praying For Me”	1052
9	6	SLASH	“Bent To Fly”	849
10	9	PRETTY RECKLESS	“Follow Me Down”	834
11	13	MUSE	“Dead Inside”	830
12	12	HELLYEAH	“Hush”	821
13	15	HIGHLY SUSPECT	“Lydia”	770
14	22	GODSMACK	“What’s Next”	694
15	11	TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT	“Take It Back”	671
16	19	DEVOUR THE DAY	“Faith”	629
17	18	FOO FIGHTERS	“Congregation”	602
18	21	10 YEARS	“Miscellanea”	586
19	16	AWOLNATION	“Hollow Moon (Bad Wolf)”	570
20	17	OFFSPRING	“Coming For You”	559
21	20	THOUSAND FOOT KRUTCH	“Unraveled Road”	519
22	0	POP EVIL	“Footsteps”	492
23	23	APOCALYPTICA	“Cold Blood”	429
24	27	OF MICE & MEN	“Never Giving Up”	416
25	25	ARANDA	“Don’t Wake Me”	411
26	45	SAINT ASONIA	“Better Place”	410
27	14	WE ARE HARLOT	“Dancing On Nails”	404
28	28	KILL IT KID	“Blood Stop And Run”	397
29	24	IN THIS MOMENT	“Sex Metal Barbie”	390
30	30	SLIPKNOT	“Killpop”	369
31	51	PAPA ROACH	“Gravity”	362
32	29	FALLING IN REVERSE	“God If You Are Above”	362
33	32	ALL THAT REMAINS	“For You”	323
34	38	STARSET	“Halo”	275
35	31	AMARANTHE	“Drop Dead Cynical”	258
36	37	BEARTOOTH	“In Between”	235
37	34	MUSE	“Psycho”	227
38	35	CROBOT	“Legend Of The Spaceborne”	222
39	43	TREMONTI	“Another Heart”	213
40	39	DANKO JONES	“Do You Wanna Rock”	204
41	36	SONS OF TEXAS	“Baptized In The Rio Grande”	197
42	41	AC/DC	“Rock The Blues Away”	187
43	40	YOUNG GUNS	“Rising Up”	187
44	46	MUMFORD & SONS	“The Wolf”	182
45	44	RED	“Darkest Part”	167
46	48	I PREVAIL	“Blank Space”	163
47	42	PERIPHERY	“Alpha”	157
48	47	SHAMAN’S HARVEST	“Dirty Diana”	153
49	54	THE STRUTS	“Could Have Been Me”	142
50	52	ART OF DYING	“Rise Up”	130

 

 

PUBLISHER’S PICK OF THE WEEK by Adam Waldman

BUMBLEFOOT – “Little Brother Is Watching”

Active Rock radio has fully embraced Slash and DJ Ashba, but has not given the same love to Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal (an equally talented Guns N’ Roses guitarist).  They would be wise to do so, as Bumblefoot’s “Little Brother Is Watching” is one of the more inspired songs to come out in recent memory.  The song may not sound like most of what is on Active Rock radio, but that is part of its appeal.  Slash’s solo work with Myles Kennedy and Ashba’s work with Sixx:A.M. both stand out as unique when played on Active Rock radio, so why not add Bumblefoot into the mix with an incredibly catchy song that would undoubtedly infuse a breath of fresh air into any playlist?  “Little Brother Is Watching” is the type of song that gets better with each listen, especially if you pay attention to the thought-provoking, timely lyrics about today’s society at large.  Bumblefoot showcases his customary guitar work on this track, and also pulls double-duty by handling the vocals with a style that can best be described with one simple word – “cool.”

 

 

 

HRD SPIN CONTROL (by Adam Waldman and Jon Loveless)

Each week, we will share the songs that we think should be added to rotations, alongside the songs that we feel should be dropped from rotations, either because they are a bad fit for the format, or because they have run their course and it’s time for a new single from the artist.

SPIN IT…

RED SUN RISING – “The Otherside”

HANDS LIKE HOUSES – “I Am”

FALL TO JUNE – “Delta Breakdown”

I PREVAIL – “Love, Lust and Liars”

ROMANTIC REBEL – “Disappear”

 

DROP IT…

Awolnation – “Hollow Moon”

Mumford & Sons – “The Wolf”

Royal Blood – “Little Monster”

Offspring – “Coming For You”

The Pretty Reckless – “Follow Me Down”

 

 

THE BREAKDOWN by Jon Loveless

KING OF THE HILL

Like a summertime weather forecast…more of the same!  Breaking Benjamin remains at #1 on the Mediabase Active Rock Airplay chart for a fifth straight week with “Failure.”  Some erosion for the recent #1 by Zac Brown Band f. Chris Cornell finally allows Theory Of A Deadman to climb to #2 with “Angel.”  Three Days Grace inches up to #4 as Royal Blood falls two spots (despite a decent amount of airplay growth).

 

 

NOTABLE CHART MOVEMENT

No change in the composition of the Top 10, only some shuffling of the order.  When seven of the songs are still showing growth that happens pretty easily…

Godsmack and 10 Years both break into the Top 20, the former arriving with a lot of momentum with “What’s Next.”…

A stellar debut for Pop Evil’s “Footsteps” (the first single from the band’s upcoming album), which makes its debut in the Top 30 this week.  Saint Asonia also makes a serious jump into the Top 30 with their debut single, “Better Place.”…

Papa Roach returns to the chart after a brief absence, narrowly missing out last week but with a strong debut this week…

After slipping for a couple of weeks, it’s nice to see the latest from Tremonti return to the Top 40…

Top 50 debuts for The Struts and Art Of Dying, who finally breaks through with “Rise Up” at least seven weeks after the song started getting airplay.

 

 

 THREE UP & THREE DOWN

MOVING UP

Theory Of A Deadman – “Angel”

Halestorm – “Amen”

Pop Evil – “Footsteps”

 

 

DROPPING DOWN

Slash – “Bent To Fly”

Temperance Movement – “Take It Back”

We Are Harlot – “Dancing On Nails”

 

FUTURES REPORT

Most of the Top 10 are still rising, so the outlook for the next (or the same) song to top the chart  is murkier than usual.  There should certainly be new arrivals in the Top 10 next week, but the eventual order for the top songs is still very much up in the air.

 

WRAP-UP

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