HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 9/2/17

 HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 9/2/17

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 9/2/17. 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	3	GRETA VAN FLEET	“Highway Tune”	1876
2	1	RISE AGAINST	“The Violence”	1792
3	4	HIGHLY SUSPECT	“Little One”	1663
4	2	ROYAL BLOOD	“Lights Out”	168
5	6	PAPA ROACH	“American Dreams”	1434
6	5	I PREVAIL	“Alone”	1418
7	8	NOTHING MORE	“Go To War”	1407
8	9	IN THIS MOMENT	“Oh Lord”	1267
9	7	STONE SOUR	“Song #3”	1099
10	11	HELLYEAH	“Love Falls”	1074
11	15	THEORY OF A DEADMAN	“Rx”	924
12	16	NINE INCH NAILS	“Less Than”	88
13	13	QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE	“The Way You Used To Do”	880
14	10	FOO FIGHTERS	“Run”	835
15	17	PROPHETS OF RAGE	“Living On The 110”	722
16	18	ROYAL REPUBLIC	“Baby”	710
17	12	GREEN DAY	“Revolution Radio”	652
18	21	FOZZY	“Judas”	65
19	14	METALLICA	“Now That We’re Dead”	598
20	22	KORN	“Black Is The Soul”	582
21	23	MASTODON	“Steambreather”	538
22	19	BEARTOOTH	“Sick Of Me”	527
23	20	KID ROCK	“Greatest Show On Earth”	524
24	39	FOO FIGHTERS	“The Sky Is A Neighborhood”	519
25	25	SEETHER	“Betray And Degrade”	484
26	26	STARSET	“Satellite”	378
27	28	SKILLET	“The Resistance”	360
28	27	SHAMAN’S HARVEST	“The Come Up”	314
29	29	BUSH	“The Beat Of Your Heart”	302
30	30	DED	“Remember The Enemy”	262
31	32	PALAYE ROYALE	“Get Higher”	258
32	31	BLACKTOP MOJO	“Where The Wind Blows”	224
33	24	PRETTY RECKLESS	“Back To The River” (f. W. Haynes)	213
34	35	THROUGH FIRE	“Where You Lie”	194
35	33	WAYLAND	“Through The Fire”	186
36	38	HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD	“California Dreaming”	184
37	44	10 YEARS	“Novacaine”	167
38	37	CHEAP TRICK	“Long Time Coming”	162
39	41	DOROTHY	“Down To The Bottom”	160
40	36	RANCID	“Bovver Rock And Roll”	151
41	48	THE BLOOY BEETROOTS + JET	“My Name Is Thunder”	133
42	43	RIGHTEOUS VENDETTA	“Weight Of The World”	125
43	47	SEPERATIONS	“Exist”	124
44	46	OTHERWISE	“Angry Heart”	110
45	45	IMAGINE DRAGONS	“Thunder”	109
46	69	THIRTY SECONDS TO MARS	“Walk On Water”	107
47	70	TRIVIUM	“Heart From Your Hate”	107
48	49	VYCES	“Nocturnal”	107
49	51	ADELITAS WAY	“Notorious”	97
50	50	DEADSET SOCIETY	“Like A Nightmare”	88

 

 

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

ISLANDER – “Summer”

If you’re a fan of interesting songs with a cool vibe, Islander’s “Summer” stands on its own.  What makes the song particularly compelling is the metaphorical lyrics.  Yes, the summer season is one that people look forward to all year long.  It always seems to go by faster than other seasons, especially for those who live in cold weather climates. That’s the literal sense of the word.  In the case of Islander’s “Summer,” the word represents a time when the world just seemed like a happier place.  Without alienating anyone, Islander has managed to brilliantly capture the pulse of society with a song that, at face value, seems like an homage to a favorite season.  As you pull back the layers, what’s revealed is intelligent insight into the human condition.  “Summer” is already gaining traction on SiriusXM’s Octane, and if Active Rock programmers are smart, they will follow suit sooner rather than later.  Even though the kids are all back at school at this point, there’s still technically a few weeks of the season left for this song to have a timely debut in the top 50.
 

 

 

PUBLISHER’S PREDICTIONS (By Adam Waldman)

Last week, it was predicted that Greta Van Fleet could reach #1 as soon as this week.  That prediction came true, as “Highway Tune” (a song that feels like a lost Led Zeppelin track) justifiably reaches the top of the chart, which is no easy feat for a newcomer.  With a solid lead of almost 450 spins over Papa Roach’s “American Dreams” (the only other song in the top 5 trending up), it looks like Greta Van Fleet should enjoy a longer run than the one-week reign of Rise Against.  The only other realistic challenger in the near future is likely to come from Nothing More, who currently sits at #7 with “Go To War.”  Songs to watch in the coming weeks are the latest singles from Theory Of A Deadman (“Rx”), and Nine Inch Nails (“Less Than”).
 

 

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…

ISLANDER – “Summer”

NO RESOLVE – “Love Me To Death”

ALL THAT REMAINS – “The Thunder Rolls”

ART OF ANARCHY – “Echo Of A Scream”

MANAFEST – “House Of Cards”

VAJRA – “The Mirror”

SCREAMING FOR SILENCE – “House Of Glass”

RANDOM HERO – “The Impossible”

 

DROP IT…

Imagine Dragons – “Thunder”

QOTSA – “The Way You Used To Do”

Nine Inch Nails – “Less Than”

Royal Blood – “Lights Out”

Green Day – “Revolution Radio”

Highly Suspect – “Little One”

Beartooth – “Sick Of Me”

Foo Fighters – “Run”

 

 

THE BREAKDOWN (by Jon Loveless)

NOTABLE CHART MOVEMENT

Top 10 sees Hellyeah arrive on basically flat airplay, rising one spot as Foo Fighters’ recent #1 song starts to plummet…

Fozzy and Korn both return to the Top 20, where they were four to six weeks ago…

A new Foo Fighters single rises into the Top 30 (explaining the descent of their previous single)…

10 Years continues to show early strength with “Novacaine,” reaching the Top 40 just two weeks after it debuted.  Dorothy moves back into this section as well, after a one week absence…

Two debuting songs certainly run the gamut of sounds as Thirty Seconds To Mars and Trivium each premiere in the Top 50.
 

 

THREE UP & THREE DOWN

RISING

Greta Van Fleet – “Highway Tune”

Theory Of A Deadman – “Rx”

Foo Fighters – “The Sky Is A Neighborhood”

 

FALLING

Foo Fighters – “Run”

Metallica – “Now That We’re Dead”

Pretty Reckless – “Back To The River”
 

 

 TRENDS AND OBSERVATIONS

Relatively minor changes this week, not unexpected since most labels tend to avoid add dates that fall on a holiday week.

 

WRAP-UP

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