HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 9/16/17
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 9/16/17. 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 | GRETA VAN FLEET | “Highway Tune” | 1913 |
| 2 | 3 | HIGHLY SUSPECT | “Little One” | 1690 |
| 3 | 4 | PAPA ROACH | “American Dreams” | 1599 |
| 4 | 5 | NOTHING MORE | “Go To War” | 1528 |
| 5 | 2 | RISE AGAINST | “The Violence” | 1478 |
| 6 | 10 | THEORY OF A DEADMAN | “Rx” | 1385 |
| 7 | 7 | I PREVAIL | “Alone” | 1330 |
| 8 | 8 | IN THIS MOMENT | “Oh Lord” | 1268 |
| 9 | 6 | ROYAL BLOOD | “Lights Out” | 1197 |
| 10 | 9 | HELLYEAH | “Love Falls” | 1148 |
| 11 | 12 | QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE | “The Way You Used To Do” | 1073 |
| 12 | 14 | FOO FIGHTERS | “Run” | 1018 |
| 13 | 13 | NINE INCH NAILS | “Less Than” | 998 |
| 14 | 15 | PROPHETS OF RAGE | “Living On The 110” | 759 |
| 15 | 16 | ROYAL REPUBLIC | “Baby” | 741 |
| 16 | 17 | FOZZY | “Judas” | 739 |
| 17 | 18 | KORN | “Black Is The Soul” | 670 |
| 18 | 21 | SEETHER | “Betray And Degrade” | 646 |
| 19 | 20 | MASTODON | “Steambreather” | 562 |
| 20 | 19 | FOO FIGHTERS | “The Sky Is A Neighborhood” | 549 |
| 21 | 24 | STARSET | “Satellite” | 438 |
| 22 | 25 | SKILLET | “The Resistance” | 394 |
| 23 | 22 | GREEN DAY | “Revolution Radio” | 328 |
| 24 | 27 | DED | “Remember The Enemy” | 327 |
| 25 | 28 | BUSH | “The Beat Of Your Heart” | 315 |
| 26 | 29 | SHAMAN’S HARVEST | “The Come Up” | 309 |
| 27 | 30 | PALAYE ROYALE | “Get Higher” | 301 |
| 28 | 23 | KID ROCK | “Greatest Show On Earth” | 284 |
| 29 | 32 | 10 YEARS | “Novacaine” | 265 |
| 30 | 36 | THIRTY SECONDS TO MARS | “Walk On Water” | 259 |
| 31 | 34 | WAYLAND | “Through The Fire” | 215 |
| 32 | 33 | THROUGH FIRE | “Where You Lie” | 215 |
| 33 | 35 | HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD | “California Dreaming” | 197 |
| 34 | 31 | BLACKTOP MOJO | “Where The Wind Blows” | 190 |
| 35 | 41 | TRIVIUM | “Heart From Your Hate” | 186 |
| 36 | 38 | DOROTHY | “Down To The Bottom” | 162 |
| 37 | 43 | THE BLOOY BEETROOTS + JET | “My Name Is Thunder” | 151 |
| 38 | 47 | SONS OF TEXAS | “Beneath The Riverhead” | 150 |
| 39 | 37 | CHEAP TRICK | “Long Time Coming” | 145 |
| 40 | 52 | FALLING IN REVERSE | “Superhero” | 141 |
| 41 | 42 | SEPERATIONS | “Exist” | 134 |
| 42 | 48 | ADELITAS WAY | “Notorious” | 131 |
| 43 | 44 | VYCES | “Nocturnal” | 129 |
| 44 | 49 | IMAGINE DRAGONS | “Thunder” | 126 |
| 45 | 45 | OTHERWISE | “Angry Heart” | 120 |
| 46 | 68 | U2 | “You’re The Best Thing About Me” | 105 |
| 47 | 46 | RIGHTEOUS VENDETTA | “Weight Of The World” | 105 |
| 48 | 50 | DEADSET SOCIETY | “Like A Nightmare” | 90 |
| 49 | 40 | RANCID | “Bovver Rock And Roll” | 89 |
| 50 | 53 | THE STRUTS | “One Night Only” | 86 |
PUBLISHER’S PICK OF THE WEEK (By Adam Waldman)
IGNITE THE FIRE – “Criticize”
What do you get when you cross the soaring, melodic vocal style of Shinedown’s Brent Smith and the haunting vocal style of Gemini Syndrome’s Aaron Nordstrom? Ignite The Fire’s Jack Gurecki. Like Gurecki, the tight, intense musicality of the entire band conjures up thoughts of Gemini Syndrome. This is high praise considering the fact that the band is relatively new on the scene. “Criticize,” from the band’s debut, 5-song EP, would make an excellent addition to any Active Rock playlist. The song is everything that you expect from the heavy hitters in the format, driving rhythm, meaningful lyrics, impressive vocals, and a cohesive sound that goes well beyond their years. It’s no surprise that Ignite The Fire has already shared the stage with many of the top names in Active Rock. If they get radio traction, there’s no reason that this band can’t follow the same ascension that bands like Nothing More and Red Sun Rising have enjoyed in recent years.
PUBLISHER’S PREDICTIONS (By Adam Waldman)
As predicted last week, Greta Van Fleet remains on top after a week with basically flat spins. Highly Suspect moves to within 225 spins from the top, but their latest single (“Little One”) doesn’t seem to have a lot of momentum behind it. Even though it feels like the song has been around forever at this point, it might still have enough left to eventually reach the top if Greta Van Fleet starts to drop. Nothing More’s “Go To War” continues to rise, but at a slower pace than it once did. The song with the most momentum is “Rx” by Theory Of A Deadman. At this pace, it wouldn’t be a surprise to see TOAD reach the top within the month.
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…
IGNITE THE FIRE – “Criticize”
BOBAFLEX – “Long Time Coming”
NO RESOLVE – “Love Me To Death”
THE WILD – “Livin’ Free”
WAGE WAR – “Gravity”
ART OF ANARCHY – “Echo Of A Scream”
VAJRA – “The Mirror”
MANAFEST – “House Of Cards”
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”
Rise Against – “The Violence”
Foo Fighters – “Run”
THE BREAKDOWN (by Jon Loveless)
NOTABLE CHART MOVEMENT
Seether has the only new entry in the Top 20, rising on solid airplay growth of nearly 20%…
10 Years leads a pair of new arrivals into the Top 30…
Falling In Reverse debuts in the Top 40 after narrowly missing the published chart last week. Sons of Texas also moves up a tier with a nice bounce…
U2 debuts in the Top 50, while The Struts re-enter the chart after a three-week absence.
THREE UP & THREE DOWN
RISING
Theory Of A Deadman – “Rx”
Foo Fighters – “The Sky Is A Neighborhood”
Seether – “Betray And Degrade”
FALLING
Rise Against – “The Violence”
Royal Blood – “Lights Out”
Kid Rock – “The Greatest Show On Earth”
TRENDS AND OBSERVATIONS
Several songs are at (or nearing) the five-month mark on the chart. This is one of several reasons that it’s getting harder and harder for bands to break through into the Top 50. Others are seeing the run of a single extended by having almost two separate sets of airplay, with satellite seemingly on one release cycle, while terrestrial radio is on another. The latter isn’t necessarily problematic for listeners who only make use of one delivery method or the other. However, the former seems quite stifling for a format that’s already becoming less distinctive by the day.
WRAP-UP
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