HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 6/17/17
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 6/17/17. 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 | STONE SOUR | “Song #3” | 1899 |
| 2 | 1 | VOLBEAT (f. DANKO JONES) | “Black Rose” | 1817 |
| 3 | 3 | METALLICA | “Now That We’re Dead” | 1693 |
| 4 | 6 | ROYAL BLOOD | “Lights Out” | 1421 |
| 5 | 5 | MASTODON | “Show Yourself” | 1411 |
| 6 | 11 | FOO FIGHTERS | “Run” | 1387 |
| 7 | 10 | RISE AGAINST | “The Violence” | 1288 |
| 8 | 4 | SEETHER | “Let You Down” | 1244 |
| 9 | 9 | PAPA ROACH | “Help” | 1075 |
| 10 | 12 | HIGHLY SUSPECT | “Little One” | 1042 |
| 11 | 14 | AS LIONS | “Aftermath” | 862 |
| 12 | 15 | I PREVAIL | “Alone” | 831 |
| 13 | 16 | GREEN DAY | “Revolution Radio” | 777 |
| 14 | 17 | IN THIS MOMENT | “Oh Lord” | 706 |
| 15 | 19 | IMAGINE DRAGONS | “Believer” | 657 |
| 16 | 13 | AVENGED SEVENFOLD | “God Damn” | 652 |
| 17 | 18 | MOTIONLESS IN WHITE | “Loud” | 626 |
| 18 | 25 | PAPA ROACH | “American Dreams” | 567 |
| 19 | 24 | GRETA VAN FLEET | “Highway Tune” | 567 |
| 20 | 20 | A DAY TO REMEMBER | “Bullfight” | 561 |
| 21 | 22 | DED | “Anti-Everything” | 535 |
| 22 | 23 | BEARTOOTH | “Sick Of Me” | 498 |
| 23 | 29 | PRETTY RECKLESS | “Back To The River” (f. W. Haynes) | 494 |
| 24 | 26 | RADKEY | “Dark Black Makeup” | 435 |
| 25 | 32 | HELLYEAH | “Love Falls” | 408 |
| 26 | 30 | CHEVELLE | “Rivers” | 384 |
| 27 | 31 | HELL OR HIGHWATER | “I Want It All” | 334 |
| 28 | 27 | BIFFY CLYRO | “Howl” | 314 |
| 29 | 28 | ALL THAT REMIANS | “Madness” | 306 |
| 30 | 21 | INCUBUS | “Nimble Bastard” | 280 |
| 31 | 35 | THRICE | “Hurricane” | 242 |
| 32 | 34 | MUSE | “Dig Down” | 223 |
| 33 | 38 | ROYAL REPUBLIC | “Baby” | 222 |
| 34 | 37 | BASEMENT | “Promise Everything” | 206 |
| 35 | 33 | BLACK STONE CHERRY | “Cheaper To Drink Alone” | 184 |
| 36 | 39 | GEMINI SYNDROME | “Sorry Not Sorry” | 169 |
| 37 | 40 | FOZZY | “Judas” | 168 |
| 38 | 42 | SYLAR | “Soul Addiction” | 163 |
| 39 | 44 | OF MICE AND MEN | “Back To Me” | 152 |
| 40 | 41 | SHALLOW SIDE | “Can You Hear Me” | 150 |
| 41 | 43 | BUSH | “Mad Love” | 144 |
| 42 | 47 | HINDER | “Remember Me” | 125 |
| 43 | 46 | KINGS OF LEON | “Reverend” | 112 |
| 44 | 58 | NICKELBACK | “Must Be Nice” | 111 |
| 45 | 69 | KORN | “Black Is The Soul” | 104 |
| 46 | 49 | BLACKTOP MOJO | “Where The Wind Blows” | 104 |
| 47 | 48 | WHILE SHE SLEEPS (f. OLI SYKES) | “Silence Speaks” | 92 |
| 48 | 117 | IN FLAMES | “Here Until Forever” | 90 |
| 49 | 51 | GOODBYE JUNE | “Daisy” | 85 |
| 50 | 57 | THE REVIVALISTS | “Wish I Knew You” | 76 |
PUBLISHER’S PICK OF THE WEEK (By Adam Waldman)
HINDER – “Remember Me”
This summer, Hinder will be releasing their second album with Marshal Dutton on lead vocals. Ahead of the release of The Reign, the band dropped their first single, “Remember Me.” There are two different approaches to replacing a lead singer…find someone who sounds like the original, or find someone that can lead the band in a new direction. Hinder has chosen the latter with Dutton. What’s interesting about this change of direction is that Dutton helped to write and produce some of the band’s most popular albums when Austin John Winkler was still at the helm. With “Remember Me,” the band stays true to their catchy, melodic, mainstream sound that works well on Active Rock radio. When Winkler was fronting the band, his distinct vocals grabbed most of the attention. With Dutton on lead vocals, the band shines a bit brighter, particularly Joe “Blower” Garvey’s guitar work.
PUBLISHER’S PREDICTIONS (by Adam Waldman)
Last week, it was predicted that Stone Sour and Metallica would both be putting pressure on Volbeat in the #1 position. It happened even faster than expected. After gaining over 200 spins last week, “Black Rose” seemed to have regained its momentum. Given that both Stone Sour and Metallica each gained only around 100 spins last week, it looked as though it would take at least a few weeks for either one to claim the #1 spot. In retrospect, it seems as though the plan was to manufacture a #1 hit for Volbeat, and then move on. After last week’s surge, the song lost spins this week, and dropped to #2 behind Stone Sour’s “Song #3.” There’s a decent chance that next week’s top 3 will include Stone Sour, Metallica and Foo Fighters, whose momentum is likely to leapfrog them over other contenders.
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…
SHAMAN’S HARVEST – “The Come Up”
AVENGED SEVENFOLD – “Malagueña Salerosa (La Malagueña)”
RIGHTEOUS VENDETTA – “Weight Of The World”
THE RECORD COMPANY – “Baby, I’m Broken”
DEMON HUNTER – “Raining Down”
DOROTHY – “Down To The Bottom”
KIRRA – “Downfall”
CKY – “Replaceable”
DROP IT…
Imagine Dragons – “Believer”
Biffy Clyro – “Howl”
Basement – “Promise Everything”
Muse – “Dig Down”
Bush – “Mad Love”
Kings Of Leon – “Reverend”
Incubus – “Nimble Bastard”
Papa Roach – “Help”
THE BREAKDOWN (by Jon Loveless)
NOTABLE CHART MOVEMENT
Foo Fighters continue to climb, leading a pair of new entries in the Top 10…
Papa Roach & Greta Van Fleet both crack the Top 20 this week, with identical spin counts…
The Top 30 heats up with a pair of new entries, Hellyeah and Hell Or Highwater…
Sylar and Of Mice & Men reach the Top 40, along with the re-entry of Shallow Side…
For the second straight week there are three debuts and one re-entry in the bottom section of the Top 50, including songs from heavy-hitters Korn and Nickelback.
THREE UP & THREE DOWN
RISING
Stone Sour – “Song #3”
Foo Fighters – “Run”
Hellyeah – “Love Falls”
FALLING
Seether – “Let You Down”
Avenged Sevenfold – “God Damn”
Biffy Clyro– “Howl”
TRENDS AND OBSERVATIONS
The return of Shallow Side to the Top 40 is an interesting situation that arises more frequently than a casual observer might expect. “Can You Hear Me” was nowhere to be found on last week’s published chart, yet this week, it is indicated as having been at #41 a week ago. While discrepancies of that sort occur with (what should be) disturbing frequency, it’s unusual to see it be enough to remove a song from the published chart entirely (typically being a matter of only one or two positions). Their airplay remained largely stable week-to-week, so hopefully the damage was minimal, but it’s unfortunate that more care isn’t put into what’s being published.
WRAP-UP
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