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 5/28/16. 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” | 2196 |
| 2 | 5 | RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS | “Dark Necessities” | 1655 |
| 3 | 4 | SIXX: A.M. | “Rise” | 1586 |
| 4 | 2 | FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH | “My Nemesis” | 1582 |
| 5 | 7 | SHINEDOWN | “Asking For It” | 1347 |
| 6 | 3 | BRING ME THE HORIZON | “Happy Song” | 1234 |
| 7 | 9 | GHOST | “From The Pinnacle To The Pit” | 1141 |
| 8 | 8 | DISTURBED | “The Sound Of Silence” | 1076 |
| 9 | 6 | RED SUN RISING | “Emotionless” | 1036 |
| 10 | 16 | CHEVELLE | “Joyride” | 1005 |
| 11 | 10 | HALESTORM | “Mayhem” | 915 |
| 12 | 11 | HELLYEAH | “Human” | 880 |
| 13 | 13 | SICK PUPPIES | “Stick To Your Guns” | 847 |
| 14 | 14 | A DAY TO REMEMBER | “Paranoia” | 755 |
| 15 | 17 | POP EVIL | “Take It All” | 727 |
| 16 | 15 | ASKING ALEXANDRIA | “Here I Am” | 686 |
| 17 | 18 | DEVOUR THE DAY | “Lightning In The Sky” | 580 |
| 18 | 20 | KALEO | “No Good” | 568 |
| 19 | 23 | BLINK 182 | “Bored To Death” | 543 |
| 20 | 21 | ROB ZOMBIE | “Get High” | 531 |
| 21 | 19 | 3 DOORS DOWN | “In The Dark” | 476 |
| 22 | 12 | PAPA ROACH | “Falling Apart” | 471 |
| 23 | 28 | HOLY WHITE HOUNDS | “Switchblade” | 397 |
| 24 | 26 | AVATAR | “The Eagle Has Landed” | 387 |
| 25 | 27 | THOUSAND FOOT KRUTCH | “Running With Giants” | 348 |
| 26 | 25 | KILLSWITCH ENGAGE | “Hate By Design” | 285 |
| 27 | 29 | MONSTER TRUCK | “Don’t Tell Me How To Live” | 280 |
| 28 | 22 | DEFTONES | “Prayers/Triangles” | 268 |
| 29 | 24 | FOALS | “Mountain At My Gates” | 264 |
| 30 | 30 | TWENTY ONE PILOTS | “Ride” | 262 |
| 31 | 37 | ESCAPE THE FATE | “Remember Every Scar” | 251 |
| 32 | 35 | LIKE A STORM | “Break Free” | 251 |
| 33 | 34 | THROUGH FIRE | “Stronger” | 243 |
| 34 | 33 | SEVENDUST | “Death Dance” | 243 |
| 35 | 38 | BREAKING BENJAMIN | “Ashes Of Eden” | 242 |
| 36 | 31 | CHEAP TRICK | “When I Wake Up Tomorrow” | 232 |
| 37 | 40 | TRIVIUM | “Dead And Gone” | 229 |
| 38 | 32 | BLACK STONE CHERRY | “In Our Dreams” | 217 |
| 39 | 36 | CHRIS CORNELL | “Nothing Compares 2 U” | 207 |
| 40 | 43 | BEARTOOTH | “Aggressive” | 172 |
| 41 | 49 | THRICE | “Black Honey” | 170 |
| 42 | 42 | ONE LESS REASON | “Where Were You?” | 170 |
| 43 | 45 | STITCHED UP HEART | “Monster” | 157 |
| 44 | 82 | DEFTONES | “Phantom Bride” | 151 |
| 45 | 41 | TREMONTI | “Dust” | 142 |
| 46 | 48 | CATFISH AND THE BOTTLEMEN | “Soundcheck” | 125 |
| 47 | 51 | MEGADETH | “Post-American World” | 117 |
| 48 | 44 | DOROTHY | “Raise Hell” | 111 |
| 49 | 56 | PIERCE THE VEIL | “Circles” | 104 |
| 50 | 47 | SUNFLOWER DEAD | “It’s Time To Get Weird” | 101 |
PUBLISHER’S PICK OF THE WEEK (by Adam Waldman)
3 PILL MORNING – “Electric Chair”
3 Pill Morning is back with their sophomore effort, and if the lead single “Electric Chair” is any indication of what’s to come, the band is headed in a heavier direction, while staying true to their melodic sound. “Electric Chair” hits hard from the opening note with a cool, distorted guitar which ushers in an almost tribal rhythm and a heavy beat that sets the tone for the song. The verse fits nicely in the Active Rock pocket, and the chorus keeps things interesting with layered, nuanced vocals that capture some of what makes bands like Nothing More special. Pardon the pun, but “Electric Chair” is a “powerful” tune that should make a nice run up the Active Rock charts if given the chance.
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…
3 PILL MORNING – “Electric Chair”
SONS OF TEXAS – “Blameshift”
EVE TO ADAM – “Lucky”
FROM ASHES TO NEW – “Lost And Alone”
HUDSON – “Cast Out”
FIFTYWATT FREIGHT TRAIN – “Whiskey & Hate”
THE WORD ALIVE – “Made This Way”
DROP IT…
Catfish And The Bottlemen – “Soundcheck”
Twenty One Pilots – “Ride”
Foals – “Mountain At My Gates”
Holy White Hounds – “Switchblade”
Deftones – “Prayers/Triangles”
Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Dark Necessities”
Blink 182 – “Bored To Death”
THE BREAKDOWN by Jon Loveless
KING OF THE HILL
Volbeat sees their sizable lead over the competition shrink, while still remaining firmly in charge of the latest Mediabase Active Rock Airplay Chart for a fourth straight week. While the performance of “The Devil’s Bleeding Crown” is undeniably impressive (half of their eight weeks on the chart have been in the #1 position), the end of the song’s run may have already begun (due to radio’s love affair with the return of the Red Hot Chili Peppers). It’s really just a matter of time and math at this point.
NOTABLE CHART MOVEMENT
Chevelle slips past Halestorm to break into the Top 10, just a week after Lzzy Hale & friends made their own move up…
Blink 182 and Rob Zombie are a diverse pairing reaching the Top 20 this week…
New to the Top 30 this week is…nothing! The order of the top thirty songs changed, but not one single different title entered the group…
New to the Top 40 this week is the latest single from Beartooth…
Three new arrivals in the Top 50 this week, including a second consecutive charting single from Megadeth.
THREE UP & THREE DOWN
MOVING UP
Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Dark Necessities”
Shinedown – “Asking For It”
Chevelle – “Joyride”
DROPPING DOWN
Five Finger Death Punch – “My Nemesis”
Bring Me The Horizon – “Happy Song”
Red Sun Rising – “Emotionless”
TRENDS AND OBSERVATIONS
Rather than rail (as I’m tempted to do) about the feast or famine nature of the songs that are getting enough airplay to hit the active rock chart lately, I’ll just point out something kind of random. With the debut of “Post-American World” by Megadeth this week, it looks as though this is the first time that they’ve managed to have two successful singles from the same album in more than a decade. The last time that this happened was 2004. Each of their four albums between The System Has Failed and Dystopia have had no more than one song break onto the airplay charts. Despite that lack of respect (or interest) from radio, each of those albums peaked significantly higher than the 2004 release on the album sales chart.
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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