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 1/9/16. All exclusive HRD content is featured below the chart:
Before moving on to the current charts, take a look back at the year-end charts below:
TOP 50 ACTIVE ROCK SONGS (by spins) OF 2015
TOP 30 OCTANE BIG ‘UNS COUNTDOWN SONGS OF 2015
| CHART | CHART | ARTIST | SONG TITLE | RADIO |
| POSITION | POSITION | SPINS | ||
| THIS WEEK | LAST WEEK | THIS WEEK | ||
| 1 | 1 | DISTURBED | “The Light” | 2129 |
| 2 | 2 | FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH | “Wash It Away” | 2111 |
| 3 | 3 | SHINEDOWN | “State Of My Head” | 1690 |
| 4 | 4 | HALESTORM | “I Am The Fire” | 1413 |
| 5 | 6 | SEETHER | “Save Today” | 1384 |
| 6 | 5 | GHOST | “Cirice” | 1252 |
| 7 | 7 | THREE DAYS GRACE | “Fallen Angel” | 1226 |
| 8 | 8 | POP EVIL | “Ways To Get High” | 1116 |
| 9 | 12 | FOO FIGHTERS | “Saint Cecilia” | 939 |
| 10 | 11 | NOTHING MORE | “Here’s To The Heartache” | 913 |
| 11 | 13 | HIGHLY SUSPECT | “Bloodfeather” | 872 |
| 12 | 14 | THEORY OF A DEADMAN | “Blow” | 812 |
| 13 | 15 | TRIVIUM | “Until The World Goes Cold” | 762 |
| 14 | 18 | CAGE THE ELEPHANT | “Mess Around” | 658 |
| 15 | 16 | LIKE A STORM | “Become The Enemy” | 617 |
| 16 | 19 | MUSE | “Reapers” | 587 |
| 17 | 20 | PARKWAY DRIVE | “Vice Grip” | 526 |
| 18 | 22 | ARANDA | “We Are The Enemy” | 487 |
| 19 | 21 | SAINT ASONIA | “Let Me Live My Life” | 467 |
| 20 | 23 | FROM ASHES TO NEW | “Through It All” | 458 |
| 21 | 24 | ALL THAT REMAINS | “Victory Lap” | 428 |
| 22 | 26 | IN THIS MOMENT | “Big Bad Wolf” | 393 |
| 23 | 27 | SHAMAN’S HARVEST | “In Chains” | 363 |
| 24 | 25 | NATHANIEL RATELIFF / NIGHTSWEATS | “S.O.B.” | 349 |
| 25 | 29 | THE STRUTS | “Kiss This” | 316 |
| 26 | 30 | ESCAPE THE FATE | “Alive” | 306 |
| 27 | 28 | WILSON | “Right To Rise” | 295 |
| 28 | 36 | BRING ME THE HORIZON | “Happy Song” | 267 |
| 29 | 33 | STITCHED UP HEART | “Finally Free” | 258 |
| 30 | 32 | TRANS SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA | “Forget About The Blame” | 255 |
| 31 | 31 | ATREYU | “Do You Know Who You Are” | 243 |
| 32 | 34 | TURBOWOLF | “Rabbits Foot” | 234 |
| 33 | 35 | FAILURE ANTHEM | “Paralyzed” | 217 |
| 34 | 41 | ANDREW WATT | “Ghost In My Head” | 204 |
| 35 | 38 | TWENTY ONE PILOTS | “Stressed Out” | 194 |
| 36 | 37 | DROWNING POOL | “By The Blood” | 191 |
| 37 | 39 | TYLER BRYANT & THE SHAKEDOWN | “Loaded Dice & Buried Money” | 182 |
| 38 | 47 | RED SUN RISING | “Emotionless” | 172 |
| 39 | 40 | NOTHING BUT THIEVES | “Trip Switch” | 166 |
| 40 | 43 | LACEY STURM | “Impossible” | 156 |
| 41 | 51 | ADELITA’S WAY | “Bad Reputation” | 139 |
| 42 | 52 | PAPA ROACH | “Falling Apart” | 138 |
| 43 | 42 | GODSMACK | “Inside Yourself” | 137 |
| 44 | 50 | SLIPKNOT | “Goodbye” | 123 |
| 45 | 44 | PUSCIFIER | “The Remedy” | 123 |
| 46 | 48 | STONE SOUR (f. LZZY HALE) | “Gimme Shelter” | 116 |
| 47 | 46 | BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE | “Venom” | 109 |
| 48 | 45 | WAYLAND | “Bloody Sunrise” | 103 |
| 49 | 49 | I PREVAIL | “Crossroads” | 90 |
| 50 | 54 | DISTURBED | “The Sound Of Silence” | 74 |
PUBLISHER’S PICK OF THE WEEK (by Adam Waldman)
CILVER – “I’m America”
You might expect a song called “I’m America” to be a commentary on the state of the country, but the true meaning goes much deeper than that. Dig deeper into this NYC band, and you’ll find that this track is personal, to the point of being autobiographical. Cilver’s founders (Uliana Preotu and guitarist Leon Lyazidi) are both first-generation immigrants, and the rest of the band is comprised of second-generation immigrants. According to their bio, the band views themselves as “the embodiment of the American Dream.”
Although Cilver’s founders speak more than a half dozen languages between them, Preotu didn’t know any English when she arrived in America, which makes “I’m America” – the first single from the band’s upcoming debut album, Not The End Of The World – even more impressive. If you didn’t know any better, you’d swear that Preotu was born here when listening to the vocals. Though this is the first release with the current lineup, Cilver did release an EP (which was a collaboration between the two founders and Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal). With a powerful Led Zeppelin-esque riff in the same vein as Rival Sons, and the equally powerful Preotu delivering the type of ballsy vocals that you would expect from Lzzy Hale, “I’m America” in an instant attention-grabber with a melody and hook that you’ll be singing in your head all day long. This is definitely a band to keep an eye on!
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…
SMASHING SATELLITES – “Gamblin Man”
CILVER – “I’m America”
UGLY KID JOE – “She’s Already Gone”
SEPTEMBER MOURNING – “Eye Of The Storm”
ADAKAIN – “Hey Girl”
VEER UNION – “Defying Gravity”
AUDIOTOPSY – “The Calling”
DROP IT…
Twenty One Pilots – “Stressed Out”
Nate Rateliff & The Nightsweats – “S.O.B.”
Nothing But Thieves – “Trip Switch”
Cage The Elephant – “Mess Around”
The Struts – “Kiss This”
In This Moment – “Big Bad Wolf”
Trans-Siberian Orchestra – “Forget About The Blame”
THE BREAKDOWN by Jon Loveless
KING OF THE HILL
By a narrow margin, Disturbed remains atop the Mediabase Active Rock airplay chart for a sixth straight week. Five Finger Death Punch closed the gap considerably, but came up 18 spins short of catching the leader (an airplay difference of less than one percent). Shinedown remains third, for a fourth straight week, as the top eight songs remained in exactly the same order.
NOTABLE CHART MOVEMENT
Two new entries into the Top 10, as both Foo Fighters and Nothing More reach the upper echelon of the chart…
The Top 20 now has three new members (Aranda, Saint Asonia and From Ashes To New) despite only moderate to non-existent increase in spins…
Likewise, three songs reach the Top 30, lead by a strong showing for “Happy Song,” the latest single from Bring Me The Horizon…
The Top 40 gets three newcomers, paced by the strong showing for the debut single by former California Breed guitarist Andrew Watt…
Three songs also debut in the Top 50 this week, including “The Sound Of Silence” at #50, giving Disturbed the unusual sight of bookending the chart.
THREE UP & THREE DOWN
MOVING UP
Shinedown – “State Of My Head”
Foo Fighters – “Saint Cecilia”
Red Sun Rising – “Emotionless”
DROPPING DOWN
Like A Storm – “Become The Enemy”
Nate Rateliff/Nightsweats – “S.O.B.”
Atreyu – “Do You Know Who You Are”
FUTURES REPORT
It’s always risky to draw conclusions from a limited/incomplete amount of data, so for now, I’ll avoid making any strong statements about what the following fact means…this week’s Top 50 Active Rock chart vs. the same time last year contains more than 10 percent fewer spins. There are numerous reasons that this could happen (some much more benign than others). No matter reason(s), it would be hard to perceive it as a development that is positive for the format’s future.
WRAP-UP
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