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.

TOP 100 HARD ROCK SONGS OF 2016

TOP 50 ACTIVE ROCK SONGS OF 2016 (by spins)

TOP 30 OCTANE BIG ‘UNS COUNTDOWN SONGS OF 2016

The following is the Active Rock Mediabase Chart for the week ending 4/22/17.  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	PAPA ROACH	“Help”	2122
2	4	STARSET	“Monster”	1785
3	3	SEETHER	“Let You Down”	1759
4	2	KORN	“Take Me”	1636
5	7	MASTODON	“Show Yourself”	1317
6	6	INCUBUS	“Nimble Bastard”	1310
7	5	POP EVIL	“If Only For Now”	1249
8	9	VOLBEAT (f. DANKO JONES)	“Black Rose”	1201
9	10	SKILLET	“Back From The Dead’	1037
10	8	BREAKING BENJAMIN	“Never Again”	968
11	12	THROUGH FIRE	“Breathe”	759
12	13	ALL THAT REMIANS	“Madness”	738
13	15	AVENGED SEVENFOLD	“God Damn”	735
14	11	NICKELBACK	“Feed The Machine”	717
15	18	MISSIO	“Middle Fingers”	579
16	25	AS LIONS	“Aftermath”	521
17	16	ALTER BRIDGE	“My Champion”	518
18	19	AVATAR	“New Land”	499
19	55	METALLICA	“Now That We’re Dead”	486
20	14	BLEEKER	“Highway”	479
21	24	MOTIONLESS IN WHITE	“Loud”	453
22	22	GODSMACK	“Come Together”	450
23	20	TWENTY ONE PILOTS	“Heavydirtysoul”	427
24	29	BIFFY CLYRO	“Howl”	407
25	21	LETTERS FROM THE FIRE	“Worth The Pain”	399
26	23	RADKEY	“Dark Black Makeup”	390
27	17	PRETTY RECKLESS	“Oh My God”	372
28	27	DED	“Anti-Everything”	365
29	26	A DAY TO REMEMBER	“Bullfight”	360
30	83	ROYAL BLOOD	“Lights Out”	266
31	28	CITIZEN ZERO	“Lure And Persuade”	240
32	30	IMAGINE DRAGONS	“Believer”	233
33	37	BLACK STONE CHERRY	“Cheaper To Drink Alone”	216
34	39	STITCHED UP HEART	“Catch Me When I Fall”	209
35	35	BLACK MAP	“Run Rabbit Run”	204
36	32	LIKE A STORM	“Pure Evil”	201
37	34	HELL OR HIGHWATER	“I Want It All”	92
38	31	RAG N BONE MAN	“Human”	191
39	33	SEPTEMBER MOURNING	“20 Below”	175
40	40	KINGS OF LEON	“Reverend”	164
41	41	THE REVIVALISTS	“Wish I Knew You”	159
42	38	ORWELLS	“They Put A Body In The Bayou”	154
43	43	THRICE	“Hurricane”	140
44	42	MANAFEST	“Stones”	140
45	44	SHALLOW SIDE	“Can You Hear Me”	136
46	51	BEARTOOTH	“Sick Of Me”	132
47	47	CAGE THE ELEPHANT	“Cold Cold Cold”	106
48	50	RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS	“Goodbye Angels”	104
49	45	DREAMERS	“Sweet Disaster”	102
50	49	BASEMENT	“Promise Everything”	97

 

 

PUBLISHER’S PICK OF THE WEEK (By Adam Waldman)

SHALLOW SIDE – “Can You Hear Me”

Shallow Side takes various elements of music that appears regularly on Active Rock radio and seamlessly blends them into an interesting mix that makes them stand out as one of the more interesting bands in the format these days.  From the southern-flavored riffs and rhythm in the vein of Black Stone Cherry and Shaman’s Harvest, to the sweet, melodic, groove-oriented vocals, to the intense, layered breaks that are reminiscent of Nothing More, “Can You Hear Me” delivers.  At times, you can even sense a hint of the mainstream sound of bands like Train and Maroon 5.  You wouldn’t expect to hear such diverse elements in one song, but Shallow Side makes it seem like a perfectly natural fit.  You have to love when bands throw caution to the wind and end up with a result that is this good.  Following up their recent inspired cover of the Styx classic, “Renegade,” Shallow Side once again hits it out of the park.  Programmers…are you listening?  “Can You Hear Me” is what your listeners deserve to hear!
 

 

 

PUBLISHER’S PREDICTIONS (by Adam Waldman)

There is still some surprise at the top of the chart after all.  Last week, Seether looked to be a virtual lock to be the next #1 after Papa Roach, but Starset ended up regaining their previous momentum, and ended up leapfrogging Seether (whose spins also increased).  It looks like the battle will continue with these two, as they are only separated by around 25 spins.  There are no other challengers closing in at the moment, but that can change if the latest from Volbeat and/or Metallica picks up steam.
 

 

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…

ANTHRAX – “Carry On Wayward Son”

HELLYEAH – “Love Falls”

THOUSAND FOOT KRUTCH – “Lifeline”

THROW THE FIGHT – “Bury Me Alive”

BOBAFLEX – “Hey You”

BLACKLITE DISTRICT – “Living In A Nightmare”

DEMON HUNTER – “Died In My Sleep”

ART OF DYING – “All Or Nothing”

 

DROP IT…

Cage The Elephant – “Cold Cold Cold”

Rag N Bone Man – “Human”

Imagine Dragons – “Believer”

Biffy Clyro – “Howl”

Twenty One Pilots – “Heavydirtysoul”

Orwells – “They Put A Body In A Bayou”

Dreamers – “Sweet Disaster”

Revivalists – “Wish I Knew You”

 

 
 

THE BREAKDOWN by Jon Loveless

KING OF THE HILL

One month and counting for Papa Roach at the top of the Medibase Active Rock airplay chart.  Starset surges back ahead of Seether for the #2 spot.
 

 

NOTABLE CHART MOVEMENT

Top 10 songs are unchanged from last week…

As Lions make a big leap into the Top 20, joined by the week’s highest debuting single from Metallica…

 Royal Blood debuts a new single in the Top 30…

No new songs in the Top 40…

Beartooth enters the Top 50.
 

 

THREE UP & THREE DOWN

RISING

Starset – “Monster”

Seether – “Let You Down”

As Lions – “Aftermath”

 

FALLING

Breaking Benjamin – “Never Again”

Bleeker – “Highway”

Pretty Reckless – “Oh My God”
 

 

 TRENDS AND OBSERVATIONS

Interesting to see Starset re-take the #2 position on the chart (at least from the standpoint of the relative age of the top three songs).  Papa Roach and Seether are at the top of the chart after just nine weeks, whereas Starset’s “Monster” debuted 24 weeks ago.  This isn’t uncommon for this band from Columbus, Ohio.  Their last two singles spent 23-26 weeks on the chart, despite never reaching the Top 10.  That pales in comparison to their biggest hit to date – “My Demons” – which remained on the Top 50 airplay chart for 48 weeks while only reaching #8.

 

WRAP-UP

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