HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 9/23/17

 HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 9/23/17

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”	1883
2	2	HIGHLY SUSPECT	“Little One”	1795
3	3	PAPA ROACH	“American Dreams”	1632
4	4	NOTHING MORE	“Go To War”	1561
5	6	THEORY OF A DEADMAN	“Rx”	1530
6	8	IN THIS MOMENT	“Oh Lord”	1303
7	11	QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE	“The Way You Used To Do”	1212
8	5	RISE AGAINST	“The Violence”	1205
9	10	HELLYEAH	“Love Falls”	1202
10	12	FOO FIGHTERS	“Run”	1150
11	13	NINE INCH NAILS	“Less Than”	1025
12	16	FOZZY	“Judas”	796
13	14	PROPHETS OF RAGE	“Living On The 110”	750
14	18	SEETHER	“Betray And Degrade”	728
15	17	KORN	“Black Is The Soul”	712
16	15	ROYAL REPUBLIC	“Baby”	695
17	19	MASTODON	“Steambreather”	613
18	21	STARSET	“Satellite”	506
19	20	FOO FIGHTERS	“The Sky Is A Neighborhood”	471
20	22	SKILLET	“The Resistance”	463
21	24	DED	“Remember The Enemy”	362
22	29	10 YEARS	“Novacaine”	354
23	27	PALAYE ROYALE	“Get Higher”	333
24	30	THIRTY SECONDS TO MARS	“Walk On Water”	319
25	25	BUSH	“The Beat Of Your Heart”	283
26	26	SHAMAN’S HARVEST	“The Come Up”	279
27	23	GREEN DAY	“Revolution Radio”	268
28	35	TRIVIUM	“Heart From Your Hate”	248
29	32	THROUGH FIRE	“Where You Lie”	232
30	31	WAYLAND	“Through The Fire”	222
31	40	FALLING IN REVERSE	“Superhero”	208
32	33	HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD	“California Dreaming”	205
33	36	DOROTHY	“Down To The Bottom”	180
34	68	GARY CLARK JR	“Come Together”	169
35	38	SONS OF TEXAS	“Beneath The Riverhead”	161
36	37	THE BLOODY BEETROOTS+JET	“My Name Is Thunder”	156
37	28	KID ROCK	“Greatest Show On Earth”	139
38	42	ADELITA’S WAY	“Notorious”	136
39	43	VYCES	“Nocturnal”	135
40	41	SEPARATIONS	“Exist”	133
41	54	ALL THAT REMAINS	“The Thunder Rolls”	131
42	47	RIGHTEOUS VENDETTA	“Weight Of The World”	129
43	46	U2	“You’re The Best Thing About Me”	128
44	34	BLACKTOP MOJO	“Where The Wind Blows”	119
45	45	OTHERWISE	“Angry Heart”	117
46	44	IMAGINE DRAGONS	“Thunder”	117
47	0	MARILYN MANSON	“KILL4ME”	112
48	74	STONE SOUR	“Rose Red Violent Blue (This Song Is Dumb And So Am I)”	97
49	50	THE STRUTS	“One Night Only”	93
50	48	DEADSET SOCIETY	“Like A Nightmare”	91

 

 

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

GARY CLARK JR. – “Come Together”

First came the Beatles, then Aerosmith offered up their interpretation of the original, and now guitarist extraordinaire Gary Clark Jr. has made “Come Together” his own.  The message of the song seems particularly timing this week in America, as yet another controversy has divided the country.  Normally, there would be no basis to mention professional sports in this forum, but in this case, there does seem to be a tie-in.

It’s no secret that the hard rock world is predominantly white.  It’s also no secret that wide receivers in the NFL are predominantly black.  So what does this have to do with Gary Clark Jr.?  Just as most white wide receivers tend to be compared to each other, there is an obvious temptation to compare a great black guitarist to Jimi Hendrix.

Although I resisted the temptation to go for the obvious, the fact of the matter is that Clark Jr.’s guitar work on “Come Together” is reminiscent of a classic Hendrix moment.  Appropriately enough, that moment was Hendrix’s uniquely memorable interpretation of the National Anthem at Woodstock.

As comparisons go, being mentioned in the same breath as Hendrix is a good one, regardless of ethnic background.  Take a break from the controversy and enjoy this song, which may provide some food for thought.
 

 

 

PUBLISHER’S PREDICTIONS (By Adam Waldman)

Greta Van Fleet had a nice run at the top, but it’s a virtual lock that it ends next week.  Highly Suspect’s “Little One” had regained some momentum, and now trails by less than 100 spins.  With Greta Van Fleet dropping, it looks like Highly Suspect has a clear path to #1.  However, since the song has been on the charts for what seems like forever, it wouldn’t be surprising if they hit #1 and then start to drop.  Although Papa Roach and Nothing More are currently positioned higher, the song that looks like the best bet to eventually reach #1 is Theory Of A Deadman’s latest single, “Rx.”
 

 

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…

THE WILD – “Livin’ Free”

ART OF ANARCHY – “Echo Of A Scream”

BOBAFLEX – “Long Time Coming”

IGNITE THE FIRE – “Criticize”

WAGE WAR – “Gravity”

NO RESOLVE – “Love Me To Death”

VAJRA – “The Mirror”

 

DROP IT…

Imagine Dragons – “Thunder”

QOTSA – “The Way You Used To Do”

Nine Inch Nails – “Less Than”

Green Day – “Revolution Radio”

Highly Suspect – “Little One”

Rise Against – “The Violence”

Foo Fighters – “Run”

Kid Rock – “The Greatest Show On Earth”

 

 

THE BREAKDOWN (by Jon Loveless)

NOTABLE CHART MOVEMENT

Queens Of The Stone Age notch the only new entry in the Top 10 this week…

Starset advances into the Top 20 after spending nearly a month largely stuck in place…

Trivium leads a trio of new arrivals into the Top 30…

Rock radio newcomer Gary Clark Jr. easily scores the highest debut of the week, one of four new entries in the Top 40…

 Three other songs enjoy their chart debuts in the lower section of the chart, the highest being a cover from All That Remains.
 

 

THREE UP & THREE DOWN

RISING

Theory Of A Deadman – “Rx”

Queens Of The Stone Age – “The Way You Used To Do”

Foo Fighters – “The Sky Is A Neighborhood”

 

FALLING

Rise Against – “The Violence”

Foo Fighters – “Run”

Kid Rock – “The Greatest Show On Earth”
 

 

 TRENDS AND OBSERVATIONS

The chart success of the Gary Clark Jr. cover tune makes for an interesting example of the impact of ownership consolidation on airplay.   Of the monitored spin count (which determines chart position), over two thirds of the song’s airplay comes from a handful of stations owned by the same entity (Cumulus).  That’s right in-line with the fact that 8 of the 12 stations who had recorded spins for the track are owned by Cumulus.  That airplay alone would have been enough to put the song in the mid-40s on the chart.  Without that concentration of support, the song would have roughly half the spins of the #50 song.  That’s a lot of power in one set of hands.

 

WRAP-UP

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