HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 8/5/17

HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 8/5/17

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 8/5/17. 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”	1888
2	4	ROYAL BLOOD	“Lights Out”	1845
3	3	STONE SOUR	“Song #3”	1768
4	5	RISE AGAINST	“The Violence”	1730
5	2	METALLICA	“Now That We’re Dead”	1662
6	6	HIGHLY SUSPECT	“Little One”	1555
7	7	GRETA VAN FLEET	“Highway Tune”	1383
8	8	I PREVAIL	“Alone”	1334
9	10	PAPA ROACH	“American Dreams”	1119
10	9	GREEN DAY	“Revolution Radio”	1105
11	11	IN THIS MOMENT	“Oh Lord”	1042
12	12	NOTHING MORE	“Go To War”	943
13	13	HELLYEAH	“Love Falls”	906
14	14	PRETTY RECKLESS	“Back To The River” (f. W. Haynes)	817
15	15	QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE	“The Way You Used To Do”	784
16	16	BEARTOOTH	“Sick Of Me”	736
17	19	ROYAL REPUBLIC	“Baby”	595
18	18	PROPHETS OF RAGE	“Living On The 110”	575
19	22	KID ROCK	“Greatest Show On Earth”	535
20	21	FOZZY	“Judas”	524
21	20	KORN	“Black Is The Soul”	504
22	17	IMAGINE DRAGONS	“Believer”	502
23	24	NINE INCH NAILS	“Less Than”	499
24	32	MASTODON	“Steambreather”	322
25	25	DEATH FROM ABOVE 1979	“Freeze Me”	312
26	28	IN FLAMES	“Here Until Forever”	299
27	27	THRICE	“Hurricane”	287
28	31	SHAMAN’S HARVEST	“The Come Up”	260
29	29	MUSE	“Dig Down”	243
30	33	BLACKTOP MOJO	“Where The Wind Blows”	240
31	30	OF MICE AND MEN	“Back To Me”	233
32	38	STARSET	“Satellite”	209
33	66	THEORY OF A DEADMAN	“Rx”	204
34	26	CHEVELLE	“Rivers”	20
35	34	NICKELBACK	“Must Be Nice”	185
36	39	BUSH	“The Beat Of Your Heart”	180
37	42	DED	“Remember The Enemy”	168
38	44	SKILLET	“The Resistance”	159
39	35	WAYLAND	“Through The Fire”	141
40	40	RANCID	“Bovver Rock And Roll”	135
41	36	PALAYE ROYALE	“Get Higher”	126
42	43	CHEAP TRICK	“Long Time Coming”	119
43	37	HINDER	“Remember Me”	117
44	41	DEADSET SOCIETY	“Like A Nightmare”	105
45	55	OTHERWISE	“Angry Heart”	102
46	46	DOROTHY	“Down To The Bottom”	92
47	48	RIGHTEOUS VENDETTA	“Weight Of The World”	91
48	45	THE STRUTS	“One Night Ony”	85
49	47	THE REVIVALISTS	“Wish I Knew You”	75
50	49	SEPERATIONS	“Exist”	74

 

 

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

THEORY OF A DEADMAN – “Rx”

Theory Of A Deadman has established themselves as a staple Active Rock band with a distinct sound and style.  If you were looking for more of the usual fare from TOAD this time around, you’re likely to either be pleasantly surprised or disappointed.  Personally speaking, I fall squarely in the pleasantly surprised category.  In fact, “Rx” may already be my favorite song by the band, and it was just released.  The vibe of this thought-provoking song is reminiscent of the one that Everlast captured nearly two decades ago with his hit song, “What It’s Like.”  Tackling the issue of society’s overuse of prescription pills, “Rx” is a harsh dose of reality that would actually be depressing if the song wasn’t so catchy and good.  It’s hard to say whether a less established artist would get traction at Active Rock radio with a song like this, but thankfully, radio has already embraced the song because of the band’s previous track record.   It will be interesting to see what the rest of the album sounds like when it’s released in October.  If this first single is an indication of what’s to come, this might be TOAD’s best album yet.
 

 

 

PUBLISHER’S PREDICTIONS (By Adam Waldman)

Foo Fighters managed to hold on to the top position for another week, but their reign as kings will end next week.  Unless there is an unexpected twist on the horizon, the new kings will by Royal Blood, with their latest single, “Lights Out.”  Rise Against is still within striking distance, but unless they regain previous momentum, they are likely to only “rise” to #2 next week.  For the moment, there doesn’t seem to be any other threat to reach the top, but things can change quickly from week to week.
 

 

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…

ART OF ANARCHY – “Echo Of A Scream”

VAJRA – “The Mirror”

MOTOGRATER – “Dorian”

STONE HORSES – “Reckless Ways”

MANAFEST – “House Of Cards”

HANDS LIKE HOUSES – “Drift”

DEMON HUNTER – “Raining Down”

 

DROP IT…

Death From Above 1979 – “Freeze Me”

Imagine Dragons – “Believer”

Muse – “Dig Down”

Revivalists – “Wish I Knew”

Green Day – “Revolution Radio”

QOTSA – “The Way You Used To Do”

Nine Inch Nails – “Less Than”

 

 

THE BREAKDOWN (by Jon Loveless)

NOTABLE CHART MOVEMENT

The top 16 songs remain the same for yet another week, only a couple of position shifts among the group…

Kid Rock and Fozzy both manage to crack the Top 20 despite the stagnation in front of them…

Three songs arrive in the Top 30, led by the latest single from Mastodon….

Three songs also join the Top 40 including the highest debuting song of the week, the different sound of new Theory Of A Deadman…

Only one other song debuts this week, the lead single from the forthcoming new album by Otherwise.
 

 

THREE UP & THREE DOWN

RISING

Royal Republic – “Baby”

Kid Rock – “Greatest Show On Earth”

Nine Inch Nails – “Less Than”

 

FALLING

Foo Fighters – “Run”

Metallica – “Now That We’re Dead”

Chevelle – “Rivers”
 

 

 TRENDS AND OBSERVATIONS

A treat for me this week to see Otherwise debut this week with a song I first heard in a live performance a few weeks ago.  It was clear at the time they had something that should fare pretty well with radio.   I’ll be looking forward to a similar experience when Sons of Texas unleash their new single later this month.  Their live set included several new songs and could easily make them one of rock’s most talked about new(er) bands when the album is released.

 

WRAP-UP

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