HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 8/19/17

 HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 8/19/17

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 8/19/17. 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	ROYAL BLOOD	“Lights Out”	2016
2	2	RISE AGAINST	“The Violence”	1772
3	6	GRETA VAN FLEET	“Highway Tune”	1633
4	5	HIGHLY SUSPECT	“Little One”	1617
5	4	STONE SOUR	“Song #3”	1525
6	3	FOO FIGHTERS	“Run”	1461
7	7	I PREVAIL	“Alone”	1376
8	8	PAPA ROACH	“American Dreams”	1288
9	12	NOTHING MORE	“Go To War”	1179
10	11	IN THIS MOMENT	“Oh Lord”	1163
11	9	GREEN DAY	“Revolution Radio”	1141
12	13	HELLYEAH	“Love Falls”	1005
13	10	METALLICA	“Now That We’re Dead”	945
14	15	QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE	“The Way You Used To Do”	845
15	6	BEARTOOTH	“Sick Of Me”	710
16	19	NINE INCH NAILS	“Less Than”	686
17	14	PRETTY RECKLESS	“Back To The River” (f. W. Haynes)	679
18	17	ROYAL REPUBLIC	“Baby”	676
19	18	PROPHETS OF RAGE	“Living On The 110”	673
20	25	THEORY OF A DEADMAN	“Rx”	599
21	20	KID ROCK	“Greatest Show On Earth”	592
22	22	FOZZY	“Judas”	540
23	21	KORN	“Black Is The Soul”	513
24	23	MASTODON	“Steambreather”	433
25	26	SHAMAN’S HARVEST	“The Come Up”	295
26	29	STARSET	“Satellite”	288
27	27	IN FLAMES	“Here Until Forever”	258
28	31	SKILLET	“The Resistance”	254
29	32	BUSH	“The Beat Of Your Heart”	247
30	28	THRICE	“Hurricane”	229
31	24	DEATH FROM ABOVE 1979	“Freeze Me”	28
32	34	DED	“Remember The Enemy”	223
33	30	BLACKTOP MOJO	“Where The Wind Blows”	218
34	49	SEETHER	“Betray And Degrade”	217
35	33	PALAYE ROYALE	“Get Higher”	192
36	35	MUSE	“Dig Down”	171
37	37	WAYLAND	“Through The Fire”	166
38	40	RANCID	“Bovver Rock And Roll”	142
39	43	CHEAP TRICK	“Long Time Coming”	136
40	41	DOROTHY	“Down To The Bottom”	134
41	42	OTHERWISE	“Angry Heart”	117
42	44	RIGHTEOUS VENDETTA	“Weight Of The World”	112
43	76	THROUGH FIRE	“Where You Lie”	102
44	60	HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD	“California Dreaming”	89
45	45	DEADSET SOCIETY	“Like A Nightmare”	89
46	48	SEPERATIONS	“Exist”	87
47	62	THE BLOOY BEETROOTS + JET	“My Name Is Thunder”	79
48	55	IMAGINE DRAGONS	“Thunder”	79
49	47	THE STRUTS	“One Night Ony”	79
50	58	SHINEDOWN	“Black Cadillac”	78

 

 

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

HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD – “California Dreaming”

This is not your “Mama’s” or your “Papa’s” “California Dreaming.”  If you don’t get the reference, click here.  If you do get the reference, you’ll know right away that the song of the same name (which came out over 50 years ago) was a sweet homage to the “Golden State.”  Hollywood Undead’s “California Dreaming” also features a catchy, melodic hook, but the similarities end there.  This song explores the darker side of California living with an adrenaline-pumping intensity that hits you like a runaway freight train.  When it comes to blending rap and hard rock, for my money, there isn’t anyone better than Hollywood Undead on the scene these days.  Although the band always features a hybrid of the two genres, their music is anything but predictable or formulaic.  This is a band that pushes the envelope, and continues to evolve with each release.  There’s a reason that Active Rock radio has already embraced this killer song.
 

 

 

PUBLISHER’S PREDICTIONS (By Adam Waldman)

Royal Blood and Rise Against were both relatively flat this week, leaving the former at #1 with a sold lead. Unless there is a momentum shift, it looks like Rise Against will peak at #2. The most likely challenge in the next few weeks is likely to come from newcomers with a classic sound…Greta Van Fleet. Their single (“Highway Tune”) showed strength this week, narrowing the gap between them and Royal Blood to less than 400 spins. The other song near the top showing strength is Nothing More’s “Go To War.” It wouldn’t be a surprise if the song climbs to #1, but it will take some time given its current standing.
 

 

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…

TRIVIUM – “The Sin And The Sentence”

STONE HORSES – “Reckless Ways”

ART OF ANARCHY – “Echo Of A Scream”

SCREAMING FOR SILENCE – “House Of Glass”

VAJRA – “The Mirror”

CKY – “Replaceable”

MANAFEST – “House Of Cards”

DEMON HUNTER – “Raining Down”

 

DROP IT…

Death From Above 1979 – “Freeze Me”

Imagine Dragons – “Thunder”

QOTSA – “The Way You Used To Do”

Muse – “Dig Down”

Nine Inch Nails – “Less Than”

The Struts – “One Night Only”

Green Day – “Revolution Radio”

Highly Suspect – “Little One”

 

 

THE BREAKDOWN (by Jon Loveless)

NOTABLE CHART MOVEMENT

Seven of the top eight songs remain in those spots for the sixth straight week.  Both Nothing More and In This Moment manage to break the knot and reach the Top 10…

Theory Of A Deadman is the only new arrival in the Top 20…

Skillet and Bush crack the Top 30…

Leading a trio of new entries into the Top 40 is the latest from Seether…

Three debuts and a re-entry are among the songs in the final ten of the Top 50, with new music from Through Fire & Hollywood Undead leading the way.

 

 

THREE UP & THREE DOWN

RISING

Greta Van Fleet – “Highway Tune”

Nothing More – “Go To War”

Theory Of A Deadman – “Rx”

 

FALLING

Foo Fighters – “Run”

Metallica – “Now That We’re Dead”

Pretty Reckless – “Back To The River”
 

 

 TRENDS AND OBSERVATIONS

The final spot in this week’s published chart goes to Shinedown with a song that first started getting airplay on Sirius Octane nearly two months ago.   It’s another example of where Octane was far ahead of their terrestrial counterparts.  While that scenario is good for their listeners, and for the early push behind a single, if they drop off the track as it burns out while the rest of the stations are only getting started with it, then the song will underachieve in terms of chart position.  Though that’s really only a talking point these days.  In that sense, the song is similar to I Prevail ’s “Alone,” which was played heavily on Octane for several months before the rest of the country picked up on it.  Luckily, the song still managed to crack the Top 10 despite the lack of consolidated airplay.

 

WRAP-UP

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