HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 6/10/17

HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 6/10/17

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.

QUARTERLY REPORTS…

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 6/10/17. 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	VOLBEAT (f. DANKO JONES)	“Black Rose”	1851
2	3	STONE SOUR	“Song #3”	1746
3	5	METALLICA	“Now That We’re Dead”	1600
4	1	SEETHER	“Let You Down”	1585
5	4	MASTODON	“Show Yourself”	1552
6	8	ROYAL BLOOD	“Lights Out”	1341
7	9	SKILLET	“Back From The Dead’	1203
8	6	STARSET	“Monster”	1195
9	7	PAPA ROACH	“Help”	1172
10	11	RISE AGAINST	“The Violence”	1141
11	27	FOO FIGHTERS	“Run”	1015
12	13	HIGHLY SUSPECT	“Little One”	910
13	10	AVENGED SEVENFOLD	“God Damn”	906
14	12	AS LIONS	“Aftermath”	905
15	15	I PREVAIL	“Alone”	738
16	20	GREEN DAY	“Revolution Radio”	630
17	22	IN THIS MOMENT	“Oh Lord”	595
18	18	MOTIONLESS IN WHITE	“Loud”	592
19	21	IMAGINE DRAGONS	“Believer”	585
20	19	A DAY TO REMEMBER	“Bullfight”	579
21	14	INCUBUS	“Nimble Bastard”	487
22	23	DED	“Anti-Everything”	486
23	26	BEARTOOTH	“Sick Of Me”	458
24	43	GRETA VAN FLEET	“Highway Tune”	446
25	25	PAPA ROACH	“American Dreams”	441
26	24	RADKEY	“Dark Black Makeup”	437
27	17	BIFFY CLYRO	“Howl”	437
28	16	ALL THAT REMIANS	“Madness”	408
29	32	PRETTY RECKLESS	“Back To The River” (f. W. Haynes)	344
30	29	CHEVELLE	“Rivers”	342
31	28	HELL OR HIGHWATER	“I Want It All”	328
32	42	HELLYEAH	“Love Falls”	247
33	30	BLACK STONE CHERRY	“Cheaper To Drink Alone”	218
34	35	MUSE	“Dig Down”	215
35	34	THRICE	“Hurricane”	215
36	33	STITCHED UP HEART	“Catch Me When I Fall”	194
37	38	BASEMENT	“Promise Everything”	193
38	40	ROYAL REPUBLIC	“Baby”	171
39	37	GEMINI SYNDROME	“Sorry Not Sorry”	167
40	44	FOZZY	“Judas”	158
41	46	SYLAR	“Soul Addiction”	149
42	41	BUSH	“Mad Love”	146
43	51	OF MICE AND MEN	“Back To Me”	145
44	45	CHRYSALIS	“Out Of My Hands”	121
45	48	KINGS OF LEON	“Reverend”	111
46	47	HINDER	“Remember Me”	111
47	56	WHILE SHE SLEEPS (f. OLI SYKES)	“Silence Speaks”	88
48	52	BLACKTOP MOJO	“Where The Wind Blows”	87
49	49	FALLING IN REVERSE	“Coming Home”	78
50	54	GOODBYE JUNE	“Daisy”	74

 

 

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

AVENGED SEVENFOLD – “Malagueña Salerosa (La Malagueña)”

A Mexican folksong on Active Rock radio???  YES!  Well, not normally, but when it’s a rocking cover by Avenged Sevenfold, it should absolutely be getting airplay.  This is the band’s first-ever Spanish-language release.  There was a plan to record the song in both English and Spanish, but ultimately, the band chose to honor the original by only doing it in Spanish.  M. Shadows deserves a lot of credit for naturally pulling this off, given that he doesn’t speak the language.  He worked every day for weeks with a Spanish-speaking friend on pronunciation, even going so far as to bring him into the studio to help produce the vocals.

Aside from the heavy bottom of the bass, you wouldn’t believe that this is Avenged Sevenfold early on in the song.  M. Shadows sings melodically over flamenco guitars.  As the song builds, A7X’s distinct style comes through, but never becomes overpowering.  The beauty of the Spanish guitar and the traditional horns make you feel like you’re in a Mexican cantina.

Most bands would get no consideration from Active Rock radio with a song like this, but A7X has earned enough goodwill in the format to warrant airplay.  It may not be for everyone, but if you listen with an open mind, you may discover a taste for a style of music that you aren’t usually exposed to.

 

 

PUBLISHER’S PREDICTIONS (by Adam Waldman)

Last week, it was predicted that Seether’s run at the top would definitely end this week (they dropped to #4).  The trend was showing that Stone Sour, and possibly even Metallica were in position to leapfrog Volbeat (f. Danko Jones), preventing “Black Rose” from becoming a #1 single.  As we’ve seen in recent times, trends seem to move in fits and starts.  Just when you think that a song is leveling off, they have a big week and the momentum builds.  That’s what happened this week, as “Black Rose” increased spins by over 200, while Stone Sour’s “Song #3” and Metallica’s “Now That We’re Dead” both increased by just over 100 spins.  With two heavyweights knocking on the door, there’s no telling at the moment how long Volbeat will remain on top.  They’re not there yet, but it shouldn’t take long for Foo Fighters to join in the battle in the coming weeks with their latest single, “Run.”
 

 

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…

AVENGED SEVENFOLD – “Malagueña Salerosa (La Malagueña)”

BOBAFLEX – “Hey You”

DEMON HUNTER – “Raining Down”

DOROTHY – “Down To The Bottom”

KIRRA – “Downfall”

CKY – “Replaceable”

THOUSAND FOOT KRUTCH – “Lifeline”

THE RECORD COMPANY – “Baby, I’m Broken”

 

DROP IT…

Imagine Dragons – “Believer”

Biffy Clyro – “Howl”

Basement – “Promise Everything”

Muse – “Dig Down”

Bush – “Mad Love”

Incubus – “Nimble Bastard”

Starset – “Monster”

Papa Roach – “Help”

 

 

 

THE BREAKDOWN (by Jon Loveless)

NOTABLE CHART MOVEMENT

Rise Against has the only new entry in the Top 10…

Three songs crack the Top 20 this week, led by the new Foo Fighters single…

Newcomers Greta Van Fleet explode up the chart, breaking into the Top 30 thanks to more than doubling their airplay…

Two other songs break into the Top 40 this week, including the lead single from the upcoming Fozzy album…

 Three debuts and one re-entry are in the bottom section of the Top 50, including While She Sleeps finally making it into the published chart with a song that started getting airplay back in early March.  Blacktop Mojo returns to the chart after a week’s absence.
 

 

THREE UP & THREE DOWN

RISING

Metallica – “Black rose”

Foo Fighters – “Run”

Greta Van Fleet – “Highway Tune”

 

FALLING

Biffy Clyro– “Howl”

Incubus – “Nimble Bastard”

All That Remains – “Madness”
 

 

 TRENDS AND OBSERVATIONS

Volbeat wins a pretty good week-long battle with Stone Sour to take over the top position in the chart.  “Song #3” actually had the #1 spot for about 24 hours early in the week, only to be overtaken by the time the latest chart became official.

 

WRAP-UP

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