HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 7/22/17

HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 7/22/17

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 7/22/17. 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	2	FOO FIGHTERS	“Run”	2079
2	1	STONE SOUR	“Song #3”	1981
3	3	METALLICA	“Now That We’re Dead”	1948
4	4	ROYAL BLOOD	“Lights Out”	1725
5	5	RISE AGAINST	“The Violence”	1575
6	6	HIGHLY SUSPECT	“Little One”	1466
7	8	GRETA VAN FLEET	“Highway Tune”	1293
8	7	I PREVAIL	“Alone”	1228
9	9	GREEN DAY	“Revolution Radio”	1045
10	10	IN THIS MOMENT	“Oh Lord”	980
11	12	PAPA ROACH	“American Dreams”	926
12	15	HELLYEAH	“Love Falls”	753
13	14	PRETTY RECKLESS	“Back To The River” (f. W. Haynes)	726
14	18	QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE	“The Way You Used To Do”	714
15	19	NOTHING MORE	“Go To War”	707
16	16	BEARTOOTH	“Sick Of Me”	690
17	13	IMAGINE DRAGONS	“Believer”	672
18	17	MOTIONLESS IN WHITE	“Loud”	607
19	22	ROYAL REPUBLIC	“Baby”	441
20	23	KORN	“Black Is The Soul”	427
21	24	FOZZY	“Judas”	414
22	21	CHEVELLE	“Rivers”	411
23	38	PROPHETS OF RAGE	“Living On The 110”	370
24	48	KID ROCK	“Greatest Show On Earth”	299
25	25	THRICE	“Hurricane”	292
26	26	MUSE	“Dig Down”	285
27	29	DEATH FROM ABOVE 1979	“Freeze Me”	280
28	28	IN FLAMES	“Here Until Forever”	252
29	31	OF MICE AND MEN	“Back To Me”	237
30	32	SHAMAN’S HARVEST	“The Come Up”	208
31	33	NICKELBACK	“Must Be Nice”	196
32	34	BLACKTOP MOJO	“Where The Wind Blows”	187
33	59	NINE INCH NAILS	“Less Than”	173
34	27	A DAY TO REMEMBER	“Bullfight”	164
35	30	HELL OR HIGHWATER	“I Want It All”	148
36	39	HINDER	“Remember Me”	123
37	40	RANCID	“Bovver Rock And Roll”	117
38	43	PALAYE ROYALE	“Get Higher”	104
39	61	MASTODON	“Steambreather”	101
40	42	DEADSET SOCIETY	“Like A Nightmare”	101
41	49	CKY	“Replaceable”	96
42	47	THE REVIVALISTS	“Wish I Knew You”	80
43	44	DOROTHY	“Down To The Bottom”	79
44	57	WAYLAND	“Through The Fire”	75
45	45	WHILE SHE SLEEPS (f. OLI SYKES)	“Silence Speaks”	73
46	46	WEEZER	“Feels Like Summer”	72
47	60	CHEAP TRICK	“Long Time Coming”	69
48	55	RIGHTEOUS VENDETTA	“Weight Of The World”	69
49	52	VYCES	“Nocturnal”	66
50	51	GOODBYE JUNE	“Daisy”	59

 

 

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

WAYLAND – “Through The Fire”

If you are a reader of Hard Rock Daddy, you’ve seen Wayland featured on more than one occasion.  This is a band that pushes the envelope with songs that show a great deal of diversity.  The blessing in this approach is that it provides an opportunity to cast a wider net to capture the attention of rock music fans.  The curse in this approach is that getting airplay on Active Rock radio stations can be challenging because the band has a sound that isn’t easily categorized.  While it’s important for bands to get whatever radio exposure that they can, Wayland is in a bit of a different situation.  They are proud road warriors who make their living playing live gigs.  They are also one of the best at making deep connections with their fans, which helps create a loyal following that doesn’t rely on hearing songs on the radio.

That being said, it’s great to see their latest single, “Through The Fire,” getting airplay and cracking the top 50.  While Wayland is a modern band, their influences (particularly when it comes to vocal harmonies) are rooted in classic rock bands like Queen and Journey.  Impressive, melodic vocal harmonies are on display in “Through The Fire,” which is something that you don’t hear that often on Active Rock radio.  Hopefully, a number of stations will jump on this song to keep the momentum going.
 

 

 

PUBLISHER’S PREDICTIONS (By Adam Waldman)

In recent times, making predictions has gotten a bit more challenging because songs that seem to be trending in one direction can reverse course from week to week.  As predicted last week, Stone Sour’s reign at the top ended this week, but they managed to hold off Metallica from dropping them all the way to #3.  As unlikely as it seems, the juggernaut that is Metallica peaked at #2, when #1 seemed to be well within their grasp.  Timing is everything, I suppose.  If not for the battle with another format heavyweight, they most likely would have hit #1 again.  Foo Fighters now hold the throne, and by the looks of what’s behind them, there’s no reason that they shouldn’t have an extended “Run” at the top with their latest single.

 

 

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…

VAJRA – “The Mirror”

AVENGED SEVENFOLD – “Malagueña Salerosa (La Malagueña)”

SEPARATIONS – “Exist”

MOTOGRATER – “Dorian”

HANDS LIKE HOUSES – “Drift”

DEMON HUNTER – “Raining Down”

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

KIRRA – “Downfall”

 

DROP IT…

Weezer – “Feels Like Summer”

Death From Above 1979 – “Freeze Me”

Imagine Dragons – “Believer”

Muse – “Dig Down”

Revivalists – “Wish I Knew”

A Day To Remember – “Bullfight”

Green Day – “Revolution Radio”

Hell Or Highwater – “I Want It All”

 

 

 

THE BREAKDOWN (by Jon Loveless)

NOTABLE CHART MOVEMENT

Top 10 contains the same songs as last week with just a couple of position swaps…

New to the Top 20 this week are the latest singles from Royal Republic and Korn…

Kid Rock soars into the Top 30, leading four new arrivals into the tier…

Four singles break into the Top 40 for the second straight week, including the week’s highest debut from Nine Inch Nails, and the chart debut for the latest from Mastodon…

Four other songs make their debut in the bottom part of the Top 50, as well as one re-entry.  Wayland leads a group that also includes a new single from Cheap Trick.
 

 

THREE UP & THREE DOWN

RISING

Greta Van Fleet – “Highway Tune”

Nothing More – “Go To War”

Kid Rock – “Greatest Show On Earth”

 

FALLING

Imagine Dragons – “Believer”

A Day To Remember – “Bullfight”

Hell Or Highwater – “I Want It All”
 

 

 TRENDS AND OBSERVATIONS

A decidedly top-heavy chart this week, with over 87% of the spins for the entire published chart going to the Top 25 songs.  That’s considerably higher than normal (around 75% of spins).   In turn, all the consolidation of airplay means that cracking the top 50 requires 30-40%t fewer spins than usual.  The shift suggests that monitored stations are not only playing fewer currents, but also moving more spins to recurrents as well.

 

WRAP-UP

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