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.
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The following is the Active Rock Mediabase Chart for the week ending 3/25/17. All exclusive HRD content is featured below the chart:
| POSITION | POSITION | SPINS | ||
| THIS WEEK | LAST WEEK | THIS WEEK | ||
| 1 | 2 | BREAKING BENJAMIN | “Never Again” | 1842 |
| 2 | 3 | KORN | “Take Me” | 1747 |
| 3 | 1 | SHINEDOWN | “How Did You Love” | 1619 |
| 4 | 4 | PAPA ROACH | “Help” | 1574 |
| 5 | 6 | PRETTY RECKLESS | “Oh My God” | 1444 |
| 6 | 7 | STARSET | “Monster” | 1429 |
| 7 | 5 | BEARTOOTH | “Hated” | 1379 |
| 8 | 11 | SEETHER | “Let You Down” | 1161 |
| 9 | 9 | POP EVIL | “If Only For Now” | 1113 |
| 10 | 13 | INCUBUS | “Nimble Bastard” | 1070 |
| 11 | 12 | BLEEKER | “Highway” | 1037 |
| 12 | 17 | MASTODON | “Show Yourself” | 870 |
| 13 | 15 | SKILLET | “Back From The Dead’ | 870 |
| 14 | 16 | NICKELBACK | “Feed The Machine” | 806 |
| 15 | 21 | VOLBEAT (f. DANKO JONES) | “Black Rose” | 709 |
| 16 | 18 | THROUGH FIRE | “Breathe” | 622 |
| 17 | 19 | ALL THAT REMIANS | “Madness” | 613 |
| 18 | 20 | ALTER BRIDGE | “My Champion” | 590 |
| 19 | 25 | AVATAR | “New Land” | 425 |
| 20 | 24 | TWENTY ONE PILOTS | “Heavydirtysoul” | 417 |
| 21 | 26 | MISSIO | “Middle Fingers” | 403 |
| 22 | 23 | HALESTORM | “Still Of The Night” | 349 |
| 23 | 22 | K.FLAY | “Blood In The Cut” | 345 |
| 24 | 38 | AVENGED SEVENFOLD | “God Damn” | 333 |
| 25 | 28 | LETTERS FROM THE FIRE | “Worth The Pain” | 285 |
| 26 | 29 | RADKEY | “Dark Black Makeup” | 265 |
| 27 | 33 | DED | “Anti-Everything” | 251 |
| 28 | 30 | BADFLOWER | “Animal” | 245 |
| 29 | 37 | MOTIONLESS IN WHITE | “Loud” | 244 |
| 30 | 32 | CITIZEN ZERO | “Lure And Persuade” | 238 |
| 31 | 34 | A DAY TO REMEMBER | “Bullfight” | 236 |
| 32 | 41 | GODSMACK | “Come Together” | 225 |
| 33 | 35 | RAG N BONE MAN | “Human” | 207 |
| 34 | 27 | ADELITA’S WAY | “Ready For War (Pray For Peace)” | 187 |
| 35 | 31 | ART OF ANARCHY | “The Madness” | 179 |
| 36 | 55 | AS LIONS | “Aftermath” | 156 |
| 37 | 44 | IMAGINE DRAGONS | “Believer” | 147 |
| 38 | 40 | SEPTEMBER MOURNING | “20 Below” | 145 |
| 39 | 42 | LIKE A STORM | “Pure Evil” | 140 |
| 40 | 46 | STITCHED UP HEART | “Catch Me When I Fall” | 131 |
| 41 | 47 | BIFFY CLYRO | “Howl” | 129 |
| 42 | 43 | BLACK MAP | “Run Rabbit Run” | 129 |
| 43 | 50 | THE REVIVALISTS | “Wish I Knew You” | 108 |
| 44 | 48 | FRANK CARTER & THE RATTLESNAKES | “Lullaby” | 102 |
| 45 | 45 | DREAMERS | “Sweet Disaster” | 95 |
| 46 | 58 | KINGS OF LEON | “Reverend” | 93 |
| 47 | 51 | RACHEL LORIN | “I Hate You” | 90 |
| 48 | 60 | HELL OR HIGHWATER | “I Want It All” | 85 |
| 49 | 52 | ORWELLS | “They Put A Body In The Bayou” | 83 |
| 50 | 56 | MANAFEST | “Stones” | 82 |
PUBLISHER’S PICK OF THE WEEK (By Adam Waldman)
HELL OR HIGHWATER – “I Want It All”
It’s not uncommon these days for musicians from established bands to step out front and work on projects as a lead vocalist, giving them a chance to showcase another side of their talent. Such is the case with Hell Or Highwater, which is fronted by Atreyu drummer Brandon Saller.
If you’re expecting to hear a variation of Atreyu’s sound, you’ll be surprised at what this band has to offer. “I Want It All” begins with a distorted stoner rock groove before Saller enters with charismatic soulful vocals. As the song builds, Saller taps into the same type of energy and angst that Adam Gontier displays with Saint Asonia. At times, you even get a hint of Chris Cornell from the ‘90s Soundgarden days.
“I Want It All” is a perfect fit for Active Rock radio. It may be the Atreyu connection that helps grease the skids for Hell Or Highwater with programmers, but they are more than deserving of airplay in their own right.
PUBLISHER’S PREDICTIONS (by Adam Waldman)
As predicted last week, the no-brainer happened, and Breaking Benjamin dethroned Shinedown to take over the #1 position with their latest single “Never Again.” As expected, Korn moved into the #2 position. History has shown that once a song drops hard that momentum continues downward. Although Shinedown continued to decline, the losses were much less this week than last, keeping Papa Roach out of the top 3 for one more week. Shinedown may linger in the top 10 for a bit, but Papa Roach is a virtual lock to move into the top 3 next week. There’s a chance that Starset can put some pressure on Papa Roach if they get a big boost. If not, the current trend suggests that it will be Breaking Benjamin, Korn and Papa Roach in the top 3 for the next several weeks.
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…
HELL OR HIGHWATER – “I Want It All”
BLACKLITE DISTRICT – “Living In A Nightmare”
DEMON HUNTER – “Died In My Sleep”
THOUSAND FOOT KRUTCH – “Lifeline”
SHALLOW SIDE – “Can You Hear Me”
BOBAFLEX – “Hey You”
BLACK STONE CHERRY – “Cheaper To Drink Alone”
HELLYEAH – “Love Falls”
DROP IT…
Rag N Bone Man – “Human”
Imagine Dragons – “Believer”
Biffy Clyro – “Howl”
Twenty One Pilots – “Heavydirtysoul”
K-Flay – “Blood In The Cut”
Dreamers – “Sweet Disaster”
Adelita’s Way – “Ready For War (Pray For Peace)”
Beartooth – “Hated”
THE BREAKDOWN by Jon Loveless
KING OF THE HILL
Breaking Benjamin easily takes over as the new #1 song on the Mediabase Active Rock Airplay chart, displacing Shinedown after five weeks. Korn climbs up to #2, with Papa Roach at #4 after gaining on both of the ascending songs.
NOTABLE CHART MOVEMENT
Seether and Incubus both reach the Top 10 this week…
Volbeat (f. Danko Jones) scores the only new entry in the Top 20…
Four songs reach the Top 30, led by Avenged Sevenfold’s latest single…
Four songs move into the Top 40 for the first time this week, but among the biggest gainers is “Aftermath” from As Lions. The song re-enters the chart after spending one week at #49 in late January…
The final five spots in this week’s Top 50 are all debuts, including a successful crossover for Canadian-born Christian rap/rocker Manafest.
THREE UP & THREE DOWN
RISING
Papa Roach – “Help”
Volbeat (f. Danko Jones) – “Black Rose”
Avenged Sevenfold – “God Damn”
FALLING
Halestorm – “Still Of The Night”
K. Flay – “Blood In The Cut”
Adelita’s Way – “Ready For War (Pray For Peace)”
TRENDS AND OBSERVATIONS
Among the songs debuting this week chart is “I Hate You,” the chart debut of Rachel Lorin. The single might be considered a lesson in perseverance, having first showed signs of airplay in early December 2016. 17 weeks is an exceptionally long trail for a song to break into the Top 50, especially in the recent “fly or die” rock radio environment. By comparison, a couple of other slow-building songs that broke onto the charts did so after nine weeks, and even that is atypical. Congratulations are well in order for the artist and her camp for grinding it out.
WRAP-UP
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