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.

RECENTLY PUBLISHED…

ACTIVE ROCK RADIO QUARTERLY REPORT: 2017 – FIRST QUARTER

OCTANE BIG ‘UNS COUNTDOWN – 2017 QUARTERLY REPORT

The following is the Active Rock Mediabase Chart for the week ending 5/13/17. 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	2	SEETHER	“Let You Down”	2103
2	1	PAPA ROACH	“Help”	1927
3	3	STARSET	“Monster”	1919
4	6	VOLBEAT (f. DANKO JONES)	“Black Rose”	1461
5	4	MASTODON	“Show Yourself”	1457
6	5	INCUBUS	“Nimble Bastard”	1387
7	7	SKILLET	“Back From The Dead’	1196
8	8	METALLICA	“Now That We’re Dead”	1121
9	10	AVENGED SEVENFOLD	“God Damn”	963
10	15	STONE SOUR	“Song #3”	939
11	13	ROYAL BLOOD	“Lights Out”	909
12	11	ALL THAT REMIANS	“Madness”	897
13	12	THROUGH FIRE	“Breathe”	852
14	14	AS LIONS	“Aftermath”	816
15	17	RISE AGAINST	“The Violence”	722
16	16	MISSIO	“Middle Fingers”	607
17	20	BIFFY CLYRO	“Howl”	515
18	19	MOTIONLESS IN WHITE	“Loud”	511
19	18	AVATAR	“New Land”	495
20	26	HIGHLY SUSPECT	“Little One”	491
21	21	A DAY TO REMEMBER	“Bullfight”	486
22	22	DED	“Anti-Everything”	447
23	23	RADKEY	“Dark Black Makeup”	414
24	27	IMAGINE DRAGONS	“Believer”	349
25	34	I PREVAIL	“Alone”	338
26	29	BLACK STONE CHERRY	“Cheaper To Drink Alone”	281
27	30	HELL OR HIGHWATER	“I Want It All”	267
28	31	BEARTOOTH	“Sick Of Me”	263
29	28	STITCHED UP HEART	“Catch Me When I Fall”	249
30	33	BLACK MAP	“Run Rabbit Run”	229
31	25	NICKELBACK	“Feed The Machine”	212
32	24	GODSMACK	“Come Together”	203
33	39	THRICE	“Hurricane”	166
34	41	COVER YOUR TRACKS	“Striking Matches”	153
35	42	SHALLOW SIDE	“Can You Hear Me”	152
36	38	SEPTEMBER MOURNING	“20 Below”	151
37	32	TWENTY ONE PILOTS	“Heavydirtysoul”	146
38	43	BASEMENT	“Promise Everything”	145
39	44	KINGS OF LEON	“Reverend”	137
40	37	LIKE A STORM	“Pure Evil”	135
41	40	MANAFEST	“Stones”	129
42	46	CHRYSALIS	“Out Of My Hands”	120
43	47	FALLING IN REVERSE	“Coming Home”	119
44	75	CHEVELLE	“Rivers”	117
45	49	BUSH	“Mad Love”	106
46	45	THE REVIVALISTS	“Wish I Knew You”	106
47	50	SYLAR	“Soul Addiction”	88
48	55	GEMINI SYNDROME	“Sorry Not Sorry”	86
49	53	BRING ME THE HORIZON	“Blasphemy”	84
50	56	THE RECORD COMPANY	“Baby I’m Broken (2017)”	79

 

 

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

FOZZY – “Judas”

Chris Jericho make have become famous through his wrestling career, but he is just as deserving of the recognition for his music.  His vocals on Fozzy’s latest single, “Judas,” stylistically fall within the same wheelhouse as Zakk Wylde with Black Label Society and Ozzy Osbourne.  There’s a raw, aggressive power to “Judas” that makes you stand up and take notice from the first note.  Infused with the heavy, driving, arena rock sound of the ‘80s, “Judas” still has a modern vibe that is perfect for Active Rock radio.  This is one of the best songs of 2017 (so far).
 

 

 

PUBLISHER’S PREDICTIONS (by Adam Waldman)

As predicted last week, Seether takes over the #1 position with their latest single, “Let You Down.”  The song had been battling Starset’s “Monster” in recent weeks, but started to pull ahead over the past few weeks.  With Starset starting to plateau (for the moment), it looks like Seether should enjoy several weeks at the top before any real challenge emerges.  At the moment, the songs showing the most strength in the top 10 are “Black Rose” by Volbeat (f. Danko Jones) and “Song #3” by Stone Sour, but both are over 600 spins from the top.  Even if Seether plateaus, their lead is substantial enough to have at least a three-week run at the top.  The only wildcard would be Starset somehow regaining momentum once again, but from the looks of things, it seems that #2 is the best that they can hope for this time around.
 

 

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…

FOZZY – “Judas”

BLACKTOP MOJO – “Where The Wind Blows”

HELLYEAH – “Love Falls”

HINDER – “Remember Me”

ANTHRAX – “Carry On Wayward Son”

THOUSAND FOOT KRUTCH – “Lifeline”

ART OF DYING – “All Or Nothing”

BOBAFLEX – “Hey You”

 

DROP IT…

Imagine Dragons – “Believer”

Biffy Clyro – “Howl”

Twenty One Pilots – “Heavydirtysoul”

Revivalists – “Wish I Knew You”

Through Fire – “Breathe”

Kings Of Leon – “Reverend”

Papa Roach – “Help”

Basement – “Promise Everything”

 

 

 

THE BREAKDOWN by Jon Loveless

KING OF THE HILL

The anticipated flip-flop occurs, with Seether replacing Papa Roach at the top of the latest Mediabase Active Rock airplay chart.  Starset remains #3 by a very comfortable margin.
 

 

NOTABLE CHART MOVEMENT

Stone Sour climbs another level, breaking into the Top 10 with “Song #3″…

Highly Suspect has the only song to make a  Top 20 debut this week…

I Prevail ascends into the Top 30 (the highest of three songs debuting in that tier)…

Cover Your Tracks and Shallow Side highlight a quartet of tracks making their Top 40 debuts…

Four songs also make their Top 50 debut this week, led by the latest single from Chevelle.
 

 

THREE UP & THREE DOWN

RISING

Volbeat (f. Danko Jones) – “Black Rose”

Stone Sour – “Song #3”

Rise Against – “The Violence”

 

FALLING

Papa Roach – “Help”

Nickelback – “Feed The Machine”

Godsmack – “Come Together”
 

 

 TRENDS AND OBSERVATIONS

A couple of examples of timing and coordination between radio and radio promotion on this week’s chart.  Papa Roach falls out of the #1 spot in the same week that their next single (“American Dreams”) is listed as going for adds.  Seether takes over the top spot in the same week their new album ( Poison The Parish ) is officially released.

 

WRAP-UP

That’s all for this week.  Tune in to HardRockDaddy.com every Tuesday for the HRD Radio Report. \m/