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.
2016 Active Rock Radio / Octane Quarterly Report: Q2
The following is the Active Rock Mediabase Chart for the week ending 9/17/16. 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 | GREEN DAY | “Bang Bang” | 2191 |
| 2 | 2 | METALLICA | “Hardwired” | 2084 |
| 3 | 3 | PRETTY RECKLESS | “Take Me Down” | 2027 |
| 4 | 5 | PROPHETS OF RAGE | “Prophets Of Rage” | 1240 |
| 5 | 7 | KORN | “Rotting In Vain” | 1222 |
| 6 | 4 | POP EVIL | “Take It All” | 1192 |
| 7 | 6 | 3 DOORS DOWN | “Still Alive” | 1183 |
| 8 | 9 | SKILLET | “Feel Invincible” | 1098 |
| 9 | 10 | DISTURBED | “Open Your Eyes” | 1088 |
| 10 | 11 | DEFTONES | “Phantom Bride” | 1011 |
| 11 | 14 | FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH | “I Apologize” | 944 |
| 12 | 15 | HELLYEAH | “I Don’t Care Anymore” | 855 |
| 13 | 8 | RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS | “Dark Necessities” | 840 |
| 14 | 12 | CHEVELLE | “Joyride” | 796 |
| 15 | 17 | SIXX: A.M. | “Prayers For The Damned” | 756 |
| 16 | 13 | BLINK-182 | “Bored To Death” | 742 |
| 17 | 21 | VOLBEAT | “Seal The Deal” | 738 |
| 18 | 16 | THRICE | “Black Honey” | 708 |
| 19 | 19 | ZAKK WYLDE (f. COREY TAYLOR) | “Sleeping Dogs” | 676 |
| 20 | 18 | TWENTY ONE PILOTS | “Heathens” | 581 |
| 21 | 23 | CITIZEN ZERO | “Go (Let Me Save You)” | 578 |
| 22 | 22 | RED SUN RISING | “Amnesia” | 567 |
| 23 | 20 | KALEO | “Way Down We Go” | 451 |
| 24 | 24 | ALTER BRIDGE | “Show Me A Leader” | 418 |
| 25 | 38 | HIGHLY SUSPECT | “My Name Is Human” | 414 |
| 26 | 25 | GEMINI SYNDROME | “Remember We Die” | 318 |
| 27 | 28 | DINOSAUR PILE-UP | “11:11” | 298 |
| 28 | 27 | THE RECORD COMPANY | “Off The Ground” | 289 |
| 29 | 26 | ISLANDER | “Bad Guy” | 281 |
| 30 | 29 | THOUSHAND FOOT KRUTCH | “Push” | 278 |
| 31 | 35 | BEARTOOTH | “Hated” | 217 |
| 32 | 31 | LETTERS FROM THE FIRE | “Give In To Me” | 202 |
| 33 | 119 | KINGS OF LEON | “Waste A Moment” | 198 |
| 34 | 30 | PARKWAY DRIVE | “Devil’s Calling” | 197 |
| 35 | 33 | SHAMAN’S HARVEST | “Here It Comes” | 187 |
| 36 | 61 | A DAY TO REMEMBER | “Naivety” | 183 |
| 37 | 36 | BRIDGE TO GRACE | “Left Inside” | 168 |
| 38 | 41 | BLACK STONE CHERRY | “Soul Machine” | 167 |
| 39 | 34 | SEPTEMBER MOURNING | “Eye Of The Storm” | 164 |
| 40 | 43 | OF MICE & MEN | “Real” | 162 |
| 41 | 39 | BRING ME THE HORIZON | “Avalanche” | 161 |
| 42 | 37 | I PREVAIL | “Stuck In Your Head” | 161 |
| 43 | 42 | FOALS | “What Went Down” | 146 |
| 44 | 45 | ONE LESS REASON | “Break Me” | 138 |
| 45 | 44 | TRAPT | “It’s Over” | 138 |
| 46 | 49 | RIVAL SONS | “Thundering Voices” | 117 |
| 47 | 48 | KILLSWITCH ENGAGE | “Cut Me Loose” | 98 |
| 48 | 52 | SHALLOW SIDE | “Rebel” | 97 |
| 49 | 47 | SICK PUPPIES | “Where Do I Begin” | 95 |
| 50 | 46 | THE STRUTS | “Put Your Money On Me” | 90 |
DEVOUR THE DAY – “The Bottom”
Hitting rock bottom is hard. Having the self-awareness to realize that you are the cause of it is even harder. Wanting to get back to where you were before your descent is noble, but also incredibly challenging. All of this is conveyed in “The Bottom,” the latest single by Devour The Day. This is a song with a much different vibe than “Lightning In The Sky” and “S.O.A.R.” (the title track off of the band’s most recent release). By capturing the tortured angst of the lyrics without resorting to the growling that has become prevalent in similar songs, Devour The Day has threaded the needle with “The Bottom.” Listening to this thought-provoking song almost feels like an invasion of privacy, a fly-on-the-wall view (if you will) inside a personal battle. “The Bottom” is certainly not for the faint of heart. It shows a darker side of Devour The Day that should resonate with fans of edgier Active Rock.
PUBLISHER’S PREDICTIONS (by Adam Waldman)
As predicted last week, Metallica’s “Hardwired” seems destined for #1. Based on this week’s spins, it looks like the coronation should take place next week or two. That’s not an unusual turn of events. What is unusual is that it’s possible that the top 3 (Green Day, Metallica and Pretty Reckless), will continue to jockey for positions at the top. All three showed another strong increase in spins this week, and each now resides in the 2000+ spin region. The closest competitor to these three that is enjoying similar growth is Volbeat, but they are still almost 1300 spins behind #3. It looks like they won’t be making up significant ground until these three plateau or start to drop. Highly Suspect is also showing strong support, but they are over 300 spins behind Volbeat at the moment. Both of these songs were listed as “two to watch” last week, and that remains true, but there is a lot of ground to make up before we start talking about them making a serious run at #1.
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…
DEVOUR THE DAY – “The Bottom”
WINDOWPANE – “Underfoot”
YOUNG GUNS – “Bulletproof”
SILVERTUNG – “Devil’s Advocate”
DOPE – “Hold On”
CROBOT – “Not For Sale”
MESSAGE FROM SYLVIA – “Heart Of War”
CROWN THE EMPIRE – “Weight Of The World”
DROP IT…
Kings Of Leon – “Waste A Moment”
Dinosaur Pile-Up – “11:11”
Kaleo – “Way Down We Go”
Twenty One Pilots – “Heathens”
Foals – “What Went Down”
Deftones – “Phantom Bride”
The Struts – “Put Your Money On Me”
Pop Evil – “Take It All”
THE BREAKDOWN by Jon Loveless
KING OF THE HILL
It’s three weeks at #1 for Green Day on the Mediabase Active Rock Airplay chart, despite gains by both #2 Metallica.and former chart-topper Pretty Reckless at #3. Everything else is so far behind the top 3 that it almost seems like they’re on a different chart.
NOTABLE CHART MOVEMENT
Deftones replace Red Hot Chili Peppers in the Top 10…
Volbeat is the only new arrival in the Top 20…
A strong move by Highly Suspect propels them into the Top 30…
Four songs are new to the Top 40 this week, led by an extraordinary start for the latest single by Kings Of Leon…
Of three songs making their chart debut this week, only one breaks in in the 40s – “Rebel” – the latest from Shallow Side (aka “my favorite song of the summer”).
THREE UP & THREE DOWN
RISING
Green Day – “Bang Bang”
Metallica – “Hardwired”
Pretty Reckless – “Take Me Down”
FALLING
Pop Evil – “Take It All”
Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Dark Necessities”
Chevelle – “Joyride”
TRENDS AND OBSERVATIONS
Three to rule them all. No matter how you feel about any of the songs at the top of the chart this week, their dominance is certainly notable. 2000+ spins for a #1 isn’t all that unusual; it’s somewhat out of the ordinary for the first and second most played to top that figure (but not unheard of). But three songs at that level at the same time, AND with all three still showing increased airplay, well, that stands out. It seems to largely be coming at the expense of the other songs in the Top 10 or so, which would indicate that virtually all of Active Rock radio has the same three songs in their heaviest rotation. Whether that’s a good thing or a bad thing, I guess that depends upon your seat at the table.
WRAP-UP
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