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 5/21/16. 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” | 2228 |
| 2 | 3 | FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH | “My Nemesis” | 1688 |
| 3 | 2 | BRING ME THE HORIZON | “Happy Song” | 1606 |
| 4 | 4 | SIXX: A.M. | “Rise” | 1589 |
| 5 | 7 | RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS | “Dark Necessities” | 1490 |
| 6 | 5 | RED SUN RISING | “Emotionless” | 1277 |
| 7 | 9 | SHINEDOWN | “Asking For It” | 1243 |
| 8 | 6 | DISTURBED | “The Sound Of Silence” | 1150 |
| 9 | 10 | GHOST | “From The Pinnacle To The Pit” | 1099 |
| 10 | 11 | HALESTORM | “Mayhem” | 916 |
| 11 | 12 | HELLYEAH | “Human” | 846 |
| 12 | 8 | PAPA ROACH | “Falling Apart” | 833 |
| 13 | 14 | SICK PUPPIES | “Stick To Your Guns” | 814 |
| 14 | 15 | A DAY TO REMEMBER | “Paranoia” | 765 |
| 15 | 16 | ASKING ALEXANDRIA | “Here I Am” | 684 |
| 16 | 46 | CHEVELLE | “Joyride” | 609 |
| 17 | 21 | POP EVIL | “Take It All” | 597 |
| 18 | 20 | DEVOUR THE DAY | “Lightning In The Sky” | 581 |
| 19 | 17 | 3 DOORS DOWN | “In The Dark” | 548 |
| 20 | 19 | KALEO | “No Good” | 544 |
| 21 | 22 | ROB ZOMBIE | “Get High” | 520 |
| 22 | 13 | DEFTONES | “Prayers/Triangles” | 500 |
| 23 | 28 | BLINK 182 | “Bored To Death” | 453 |
| 24 | 18 | FOALS | “Mountain At My Gates” | 427 |
| 25 | 23 | KILLSWITCH ENGAGE | “Hate By Design” | 382 |
| 26 | 24 | AVATAR | “The Eagle Has Landed” | 369 |
| 27 | 25 | THOUSAND FOOT KRUTCH | “Running With Giants” | 342 |
| 28 | 27 | HOLY WHITE HOUNDS | “Switchblade” | 330 |
| 29 | 26 | MONSTER TRUCK | “Don’t Tell Me How To Live” | 313 |
| 30 | 30 | TWENTY ONE PILOTS | “Ride” | 308 |
| 31 | 29 | CHEAP TRICK | “When I Wake Up Tomorrow” | 283 |
| 32 | 31 | BLACK STONE CHERRY | “In Our Dreams” | 262 |
| 33 | 34 | SEVENDUST | “Death Dance” | 249 |
| 34 | 33 | THROUGH FIRE | “Stronger” | 248 |
| 35 | 38 | LIKE A STORM | “Break Free” | 234 |
| 36 | 35 | CHRIS CORNELL | “Nothing Compares 2 U” | 231 |
| 37 | 37 | ESCAPE THE FATE | “Remember Every Scar” | 229 |
| 38 | 39 | BREAKING BENJAMIN | “Ashes Of Eden” | 224 |
| 39 | 32 | ADELITA’S WAY | “Bad Reputation” | 204 |
| 40 | 36 | TRIVIUM | “Dead And Gone” | 197 |
| 41 | 40 | TREMONTI | “Dust” | 188 |
| 42 | 41 | ONE LESS REASON | “Where Were You?” | 174 |
| 43 | 42 | BEARTOOTH | “Aggressive” | 171 |
| 44 | 48 | DOROTHY | “Raise Hell” | 140 |
| 45 | 50 | STITCHED UP HEART | “Monster” | 137 |
| 46 | 44 | OTEP | “In Cold Blood” | 127 |
| 47 | 45 | SUNFLOWER DEAD | “It’s Time To Get Weird” | 125 |
| 48 | 52 | CATFISH AND THE BOTTLEMEN | “Soundcheck” | 109 |
| 49 | 49 | THRICE | “Black Honey” | 105 |
| 50 | 47 | RIVAL CITY HEIGHTS | “Take It Back” | 104 |
PUBLISHER’S PICK OF THE WEEK (by Adam Waldman)
FROM ASHES TO NEW – “Lost And Alone”
From Ashes To New took Active Rock radio by storm with their hit single, “Through It All,” which is featured on the band’s debut studio album, Day One (released February 2016). SiriusXM’s Octane has been spinning their latest single, “Lost And Alone,” but it has not yet gained the same type of traction as “Through It All.” This single has more of a straight-forward, Active Rock sound, highlighted by some intense growls rather than rap, befitting of the emotion of the message of the song. The band has already made a name for themselves in the genre, so it seems that the traction for their latest single is more a matter of when, not if. Expect the song to crack the Top 50 and spend time on the Octane Big ‘Uns Countdown in the near future.
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…
FROM ASHES TO NEW – “Lost And Alone”
EVE TO ADAM – “Lucky”
SONS OF TEXAS – “Blameshift”
THE WORD ALIVE – “Made This Way”
HUDSON – “Cast Out”
FIFTYWATT FREIGHT TRAIN – “Whiskey & Hate”
PIERCE THE VEIL – “Circles”
3 PILL MORNING – “Electric Chair”
DROP IT…
Catfish And The Bottlemen – “Soundcheck”
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 further extends their lead over the nearest competition to remain solidly atop the Mediabase Active Rock Airplay Chart for a third consecutive week. The nearest serious challenger is probably at least a couple of weeks away from moving into position.
NOTABLE CHART MOVEMENT
Halestorm finally cracks the Top 10 after basically running place for a month…
Chevelle enters the Top 20 with a roar; Pop Evil ascends as well with what would typically be considered a solid week…
The wave of fast-rising songs means that there was no room for anything to make a straightforward debut in the Top 30, or the Top 40 for that matter…
The only debut in the Top 50 is a crossover song from the alternative chart.
THREE UP & THREE DOWN
MOVING UP
Volbeat – “The Devil’s Bleeding Crown”
Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Dark Necessities”
Chevelle – “Joyride”
DROPPING DOWN
Bring Me The Horizon – “Happy Song”
Red Sun Rising – “Emotionless”
Papa Roach – “Falling Apart”
TRENDS AND OBSERVATIONS
Will 2016 be the year of “feast or famine” for Active Rock singles? That certainly seems like a possibility if you consider the past few weeks. Songs seems to either be hitting the chart at warp speed, or finding momentum (and airplay) to be sluggish at best. There are pros and cons to that scenario, but it certainly seems to feel different from the pacing of the chart over the past few years. Time will tell if it’s just a short-term blip driven by situation and circumstance or if it will become the new normal.
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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