HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 7/8/17

HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 7/8/17

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 7/8/17. 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	STONE SOUR	“Song #3”	2030
2	3	FOO FIGHTERS	“Run”	1942
3	2	METALLICA	“Now That We’re Dead”	1911
4	4	ROYAL BLOOD	“Lights Out”	1645
5	5	RISE AGAINST	“The Violence”	1534
6	6	HIGHLY SUSPECT	“Little One”	1397
7	8	I PREVAIL	“Alone”	1122
8	7	VOLBEAT (f. DANKO JONES)	“Black Rose”	1039
9	10	GREEN DAY	“Revolution Radio”	1009
10	13	GRETA VAN FLEET	“Highway Tune”	976
11	12	IN THIS MOMENT	“Oh Lord”	935
12	9	SEETHER	“Let You Down”	876
13	14	PAPA ROACH	“American Dreams”	834
14	11	PAPA ROACH	“Help”	819
15	15	IMAGINE DRAGONS	“Believer”	718
16	17	PRETTY RECKLESS	“Back To The River” (f. W. Haynes)	688
17	16	MOTIONLESS IN WHITE	“Loud”	685
18	19	HELLYEAH	“Love Falls”	648
19	18	BEARTOOTH	“Sick Of Me”	648
20	22	QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE	“The Way You Used To Do”	570
21	20	DED	“Anti-Everything”	560
22	21	A DAY TO REMEMBER	“Bullfight”	465
23	24	CHEVELLE	“Rivers”	459
24	27	NOTHING MORE	“Go To War”	458
25	26	ROYAL REPUBLIC	“Baby”	365
26	31	FOZZY	“Judas”	360
27	32	KORN	“Black Is The Soul”	327
28	30	MUSE	“Dig Down”	302
29	29	THRICE	“Hurricane”	290
30	28	HELL OR HIGHWATER	“I Want It All”	275
31	33	IN FLAMES	“Here Until Forever”	233
32	35	OF MICE AND MEN	“Back To Me”	232
33	25	AS LIONS	“Aftermath”	216
34	42	DEATH FROM ABOVE 1979	“Freeze Me”	210
35	37	NICKELBACK	“Must Be Nice”	177
36	39	GEMINI SYNDROME	“Sorry Not Sorry”	174
37	41	SHAMAN’S HARVEST	“The Come Up”	170
38	36	BASEMENT	“Promise Everything”	149
39	34	AVENGED SEVENFOLD	“God Damn”	149
40	38	SYLAR	“Soul Addiction”	148
41	45	BLACKTOP MOJO	“Where The Wind Blows”	131
42	43	HINDER	“Remember Me”	124
43	49	RANCID	“Bovver Rock And Roll”	102
44	50	NEVER SAY DIE	“Like A Nightmare”	11
45	46	PALAYE ROYALE	“Get Higher”	98
46	44	WHILE SHE SLEEPS (f. OLI SYKES)	“Silence Speaks”	95
47	51	DOROTHY	“Down To The Bottom”	81
48	48	THE REVIVALISTS	“Wish I Knew You”	77
49	54	WEEZER	“Feels Like Summer”	71
50	53	CKY	“Replaceable”	69

 

 

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

NOTHING MORE – “Go To War”

After a stellar in 2013, which featured a number of radio hits, Nothing More has finally returned to the scene (much to the delight of Active Rock radio programmers).  Like many other top artists in the format, Nothing More released more than one single at a time.  Both songs have been appearing on SiriusXM’s Octane Big ‘Uns Countdown in recent weeks, but the song that has already been climbing the charts is “Go To War.”  Like many of their previous singles, it’s a safe bet that this song will continue to climb towards the top, and has a good chance to be nother #1 hit. Frontman Jonny Hawkins, who has emerged as one of the best in the genre, picks up right where he left off the last time around.  Few modern singers are as dynamic as Hawkins, who has a special way of giving his thought-provoking lyrics deep emotions with his delivery.  From soft, vulnerable moments to impassioned, aggressive ones, Hawkins delivers the sound that so many have come to know and love, “Go To War” is a song that was well worth the wait for new material.  One of the things that I always loved about Nothing More is that they are unique and diverse.  There’s a reason why this band immediately launched themselves into the upper echelon of Active Rock artists.  As much as they band has to offer musically, this is one band where you get so much more out of the listening experience if you pay close attention to the lyrics.  Thinking man’s metal, for sure.  Hopefully, this return to the scene will be met with a return to #1 sooner rather than later.
 

 

 

PUBLISHER’S PREDICTIONS (by Adam Waldman)

As predicted last week, Foo Fighters had enough momentum to overtake Metallica for the #2 position this week, and continues to close ground on Stone Sour (which was flat this week).  Given that this was a holiday week, there’s always a chance that Stone Sour could make another push, but the trend looks like their “run” will end next week when Foo Fighters rise to the top.
 

 

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…

PROPHETS OF RAGE – “Unfuck The World”

AVENGED SEVENFOLD – “Malagueña Salerosa (La Malagueña)”

RIGHTEOUS VENDETTA – “Weight Of The World”

HANDS LIKE HOUSES – “Drift”

DEMON HUNTER – “Raining Down”

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

KIRRA – “Downfall”

SHINEDOWN – “Black Cadillac”

 

DROP IT…

Weezer – “Feels Like Summer”

Death From Above 1979 – “Freeze Me”

Imagine Dragons – “Believer”

Basement – “Promise Everything”

Papa Roach – “Help”

Avenged Sevenfold – “God Damn”

Muse – “Dig Down”

Revivalists – “Wish I Knew”

 

 
 

THE BREAKDOWN (by Jon Loveless)

NOTABLE CHART MOVEMENT

Newcomers Greta Van Fleet reach the Top 10…

Queens of the Stone Age continues their rise, cracking the Top 20…

Fozzy remains ahead of Korn on the latest chart as they break into Top 30 together…

Shaman’s Harvest lead single from their forthcoming album is one of two new entries in the Top 40…

Three singles debut in the Top 50 this week, led by Dorothy.
 

 

THREE UP & THREE DOWN

RISING

Foo Fighters – “Run”

Queens Of The Stone Age – “The Way You Used To Do”

Nothing More – “Go To War”

 

FALLING

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

Papa Roach – “Help”

As Lions – “Aftermath”
 

 

 TRENDS AND OBSERVATIONS

With Foo Fighters overtaking Metallica for #2 this week, could it be that the band taking the country by storm with a summer stadium tour will end up with only two of their four singles reaching #1?  “Hardwired” spent a single week atop the chart, “Moth To Flame” peaked at #4,  “Atlas Rise” got two weeks atop the chart, and perhaps the best of the bunch “Now That We’re Dead” could end up peaking at #2.  The band’s radio strategy during the current album cycle, releasing singles in rapid succession, often led to one song prematurely terminating the previous song’s rise, suggesting that their interest was in maintaining a consistent presence rather than peaking any one track.  With a double album at their disposal, it will be interesting to see how deep into the cuts they’re willing to go and whether that strategy might change as the stadium tour winds down over the next month.

 

WRAP-UP

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