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.
2016 Active Rock Radio / Octane Quarterly Report: Q1
The following is the Active Rock Mediabase Chart for the week ending 5/14/16. All exclusive HRD content is featured below the chart:
| CHART | CHART | ARTIST | SONG TITLE | RADIO |
| POSITION | POSITION | SPINS | ||
| THIS WEEK | LAST WEEK | THIS WEEK | ||
| 1 | 1 | VOLBEAT | “The Devil’s Bleeding Crown” | 2083 |
| 2 | 4 | FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH | “My Nemesis” | 1735 |
| 3 | 3 | BRING ME THE HORIZON | “Happy Song” | 1730 |
| 4 | 5 | SIXX: A.M. | “Rise” | 1588 |
| 5 | 2 | RED SUN RISING | “Emotionless” | 1570 |
| 6 | 6 | DISTURBED | “The Sound Of Silence” | 1255 |
| 7 | 20 | RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS | “Dark Necessities” | 1196 |
| 8 | 7 | PAPA ROACH | “Falling Apart” | 1159 |
| 9 | 10 | SHINEDOWN | “Asking For It” | 1087 |
| 10 | 9 | GHOST | “From The Pinnacle To The Pit” | 1012 |
| 11 | 11 | HALESTORM | “Mayhem” | 910 |
| 12 | 12 | HELLYEAH | “Human” | 854 |
| 13 | 8 | DEFTONES | “Prayers/Triangles” | 761 |
| 14 | 15 | SICK PUPPIES | “Stick To Your Guns” | 711 |
| 15 | 14 | A DAY TO REMEMBER | “Paranoia” | 701 |
| 16 | 17 | ASKING ALEXANDRIA | “Here I Am” | 634 |
| 17 | 13 | 3 DOORS DOWN | “In The Dark” | 628 |
| 18 | 16 | FOALS | “Mountain At My Gates” | 588 |
| 19 | 21 | KALEO | “No Good” | 529 |
| 20 | 24 | POP EVIL | “Take It All” | 524 |
| 21 | 18 | DEVOUR THE DAY | “Lightning In The Sky” | 523 |
| 22 | 22 | ROB ZOMBIE | “Get High” | 490 |
| 23 | 23 | KILLSWITCH ENGAGE | “Hate By Design” | 446 |
| 24 | 28 | AVATAR | “The Eagle Has Landed” | 351 |
| 25 | 27 | THOUSAND FOOT KRUTCH | “Running With Giants” | 349 |
| 26 | 25 | MONSTER TRUCK | “Don’t Tell Me How To Live” | 337 |
| 27 | 32 | HOLY WHITE HOUNDS | “Switchblade” | 328 |
| 28 | 37 | BLINK 182 | “Bored To Death” | 317 |
| 29 | 26 | CHEAP TRICK | “When I Wake Up” | 305 |
| 30 | 31 | TWENTY ONE PILOTS | “Ride” | 287 |
| 31 | 29 | BLACK STONE CHERRY | “In Our Dreams” | 272 |
| 32 | 19 | ADELITA’S WAY | “Bad Reputation” | 266 |
| 33 | 33 | THROUGH FIRE | “Stronger” | 265 |
| 34 | 30 | SEVENDUST | “Death Dance” | 262 |
| 35 | 40 | ESCAPE THE FATE | “Remember Every Scar” | 227 |
| 36 | 34 | CHRIS CORNELL | “Nothing Compares 2 U” | 227 |
| 37 | 36 | TRIVIUM | “Dead And Gone” | 219 |
| 38 | 38 | LIKE A STORM | “Break Free” | 199 |
| 39 | 41 | BREAKING BENJAMIN | “Ashes Of Eden” | 172 |
| 40 | 43 | TREMONTI | “Dust” | 171 |
| 41 | 44 | ONE LESS REASON | “Where Were You?” | 169 |
| 42 | 45 | BEARTOOTH | “Aggressive” | 161 |
| 43 | 42 | SMASHING SATELLITES | “Gamblin’ Man” | 145 |
| 44 | 47 | OTEP | “In Cold Blood” | 141 |
| 45 | 46 | SUNFLOWER DEAD | “It’s Time To Get Weird” | 140 |
| 46 | 0 | CHEVELLE | “Joyride” | 136 |
| 47 | 48 | RIVAL CITY HEIGHTS | “Take It Back” | 120 |
| 48 | 60 | THRICE | “Black Honey” | 111 |
| 49 | 50 | DOROTHY | “Raise Hell” | 111 |
| 50 | 66 | STITCHED UP HEART | “Monster” | 98 |
PUBLISHER’S PICK OF THE WEEK (by Adam Waldman)
EVE TO ADAM – “Lucky”
With Memorial Day fast-approaching, there are a handful of military support songs that are top of mind. One of the most recent memorable songs in this category is Eve To Adam’s “Immortal.” The song – from the band’s most recent album, Locked & Loaded – was an Active Rock hit in 2013. While the band has remained active on the road, it’s been nearly three years since they’ve released new material. The subject matter of Eve To Adam’s latest single, “Lucky,” is far less serious, but this energetic rocker has everything that you look for in an Active Rock song. What’s interesting about Eve To Adam is the fact that they are a modern hard rock band with an old-school mentality, one that embraces the fun, partying element that once defined the genre. Both the lyrics and the video for “Lucky” offer up a refreshing change-of-pace in the Active Rock format. Hopefully, the band will have the same “luck” with this song as they did with “Immortal” a few years back.
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…
EVE TO ADAM – “Lucky”
SONS OF TEXAS – “Blameshift”
UGLY MELON – “Dead Or Alive”
EVANS BLUE – “iGod”
HUDSON – “Cast Out”
FIFTYWATT FREIGHT TRAIN – “Whiskey & Hate”
SEPTEMBER MOURNING – “Eye Of The Storm”
DROP IT…
Holy White Hounds – “Switchblade”
Foals – “Mountain At My Gates”
Twenty One Pilots – “Ride”
Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Dark Necessities”
Blink 182 – “Bored To Death”
Adelita’s Way – “Bad Reputation”
Deftones – “Prayers/Triangles”
THE BREAKDOWN by Jon Loveless
KING OF THE HILL
Volbeat extends their margin over the nearest competition to remain atop the Mediabase Active Rock Airplay Chart for a second straight week. As expected, Five Finger Death Punch leapfrogged Bring Me The Horizon for the #2 spot, with Sixx A.M. sliding into the #4 position.
NOTABLE CHART MOVEMENT
New to the Top 10 is the first single from the Red Hot Chili Peppers in more than four years. Apparently, absence has made radio’s heart grow fonder…
Newcomer Kaleo joins Pop Evil as new arrivals in the Top 20…
Three new arrivals in the Top 30, all of which point to the strong influence of alternative music on the Active Rock format in 2016…
An uncharacteristically slow-growing single from Breaking Benjamin and the lead single from the new Tremonti album make their Top 40 debuts…
Chevelle leads a trio of songs into the Top 50, with a strong move likely to follow.
THREE UP & THREE DOWN
MOVING UP
Volbeat – “The Devil’s Bleeding Crown”
Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Dark Necessities”
Shinedown – “Asking For It”
DROPPING DOWN
Red Sun Rising – “Emotionless”
Disturbed – “The Sound Of Silence”
Deftones – “Prayers/Triangles”
TRENDS AND OBSERVATIONS
Just like Volbeat made a rapid ascent up the chart, it appears that Red Hot Chili Peppers are going to do the same (perhaps even more quickly). Time will tell if that adds up to domination of the top of the chart for a couple of months, or if it means short-lived singles that come and go very quickly.
WRAP-UP
That’s all for this week. Tune in to HardRockDaddy.com every Tuesday for the HRD Radio Report. \m/
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