HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 7/29/17

HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 7/29/17

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 7/29/17. 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	FOO FIGHTERS	“Run”	2040
2	3	METALLICA	“Now That We’re Dead”	1892
3	2	STONE SOUR	“Song #3”	1866
4	4	ROYAL BLOOD	“Lights Out”	1761
5	5	RISE AGAINST	“The Violence”	1687
6	6	HIGHLY SUSPECT	“Little One”	1539
7	7	GRETA VAN FLEET	“Highway Tune”	1341
8	8	I PREVAIL	“Alone”	122
9	9	GREEN DAY	“Revolution Radio”	1082
10	11	PAPA ROACH	“American Dreams”	1021
11	10	IN THIS MOMENT	“Oh Lord”	1013
12	15	NOTHING MORE	“Go To War”	851
13	12	HELLYEAH	“Love Falls”	810
14	13	PRETTY RECKLESS	“Back To The River” (f. W. Haynes)	802
15	14	QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE	“The Way You Used To Do”	785
16	16	BEARTOOTH	“Sick Of Me”	719
17	17	IMAGINE DRAGONS	“Believer”	580
18	23	PROPHETS OF RAGE	“Living On The 110”	496
19	19	ROYAL REPUBLIC	“Baby”	494
20	20	KORN	“Black Is The Soul”	437
21	21	FOZZY	“Judas”	431
22	24	KID ROCK	“Greatest Show On Earth”	425
23	18	MOTIONLESS IN WHITE	“Loud”	397
24	33	NINE INCH NAILS	“Less Than”	333
25	27	DEATH FROM ABOVE 1979	“Freeze Me”	306
26	22	CHEVELLE	“Rivers”	302
27	25	THRICE	“Hurricane”	31
28	28	IN FLAMES	“Here Until Forever”	296
29	26	MUSE	“Dig Down”	258
30	29	OF MICE AND MEN	“Back To Me”	251
31	30	SHAMAN’S HARVEST	“The Come Up”	247
32	39	MASTODON	“Steambreather”	237
33	32	BLACKTOP MOJO	“Where The Wind Blows”	234
34	31	NICKELBACK	“Must Be Nice”	194
35	44	WAYLAND	“Through The Fire”	125
36	38	PALAYE ROYALE	“Get Higher”	124
37	36	HINDER	“Remember Me”	123
38	57	STARSET	“Satellite”	121
39	113	BUSH	“The Beat Of Your Heart”	0
40	37	RANCID	“Bovver Rock And Roll”	113
41	40	DEADSET SOCIETY	“Like A Nightmare”	101
42	62	DED	“Remember The Enemy”	95
43	47	CHEAP TRICK	“Long Time Coming”	94
44	145	SKILLET	“The Resistance”	84
45	55	THE STRUTS	“One Night Ony”	83
46	43	DOROTHY	“Down To The Bottom”	81
47	42	THE REVIVALISTS	“Wish I Knew You”	78
48	48	RIGHTEOUS VENDETTA	“Weight Of The World”	77
49	51	SEPERATIONS	“Exist”	73
50	41	CKY	“Replaceable”	72

 

 

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

DED – “Remember The Enemy”

Ded burst onto the Active Rock scene with the juggernaut single, “Anti-Everything.”  The band’s follow-up single, “Remember The Enemy,” proves that these newcomers are more than just one hit song.  Still present is the piss and vinegar angst of the band’s hit single, blended nicely with a catchy hook and melodic vocals.  The heavy bottom of the song gets your pulse racing, but rather than just hitting you over the head like a sledgehammer, the band shows impressive dynamics and unpredictability.  When they do kick into overdrive, it makes you want to break something, or at the very least, “turn it up to 11” (Spinal Tap reference).  With a sound this powerful (and right in the Active Rock pocket), it’s not hard to imagine this band becoming a staple of the format going forward.
 

 

 

PUBLISHER’S PREDICTIONS (By Adam Waldman)

Last week, it was predicted that Foo Fighters would have an extended “Run” at the top with their latest single.  While they still have a fairly solid lead, they did start to decline this week by a slight margin.  The good news for Dave Grohl and company is that Metallica and Stone Sour both declined as well, so their lead increased by a narrow margin.  Rise Against’s song, “The Violence,” looks like the next likely challenger, but they still trail by over 350 spins, so it could take a few weeks to “rise” to the top.  Nothing More’s “Go To War” continues to gain momentum, and looks to be a good candidate to reach the top in the coming weeks.
 

 

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”

MOTOGRATER – “Dorian”

ART OF ANARCHY – “Echo Of A Scream”

HANDS LIKE HOUSES – “Drift”

DEMON HUNTER – “Raining Down”

MANAFEST – “House Of Cards”

THOUSAND FOOT KRUTCH – “Lifelines”

KIRRA – “Downfall”

 

DROP IT…

Weezer – “Feels Like Summer”

Death From Above 1979 – “Freeze Me”

Imagine Dragons – “Believer”

Muse – “Dig Down”

Revivalists – “Wish I Knew”

Green Day – “Revolution Radio”

Royal Blood – “Lights Out”

QUOTSA – “The Way You Used To Do”

 

 

THE BREAKDOWN (by Jon Loveless)

NOTABLE CHART MOVEMENT

The top nine songs are the same again this week, with only one position switch.  Papa Roach climbs into the Top 10 to break the monotony…

Prophets of Rage reach the Top 20 with their latest single…

The only new entry in the Top 30 this week is the new  Nine Inch Nails single…

Wayland ascends into the Top 40, along with debuting songs from Starset and Bush…

For the second week in a row, there are four additional songs making their debut in the bottom part of the Top 50, including: DED (looking for a second straight hit) and the chart return of Skillet.
 

 

THREE UP & THREE DOWN

RISING

Rise Against – “The Violence”

Nothing More – “Go To War”

Nine Inch Nails – “Less Than”

 

FALLING

Stone Sour – “Song #3”

Motionless In White – “LOUD (Fuck It)”

Chevelle – “Rivers”
 

 

 TRENDS AND OBSERVATIONS

For the sixth week in a row, the same songs hold the top 3 positions on the chart.  People have entered (and recovered from) comas without missing a thing in rock radio this summer.

 

WRAP-UP

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