HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 11/4/17

 HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 11/4/17

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.

The following is the Active Rock Mediabase Chart for the week ending 11/4/17. 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	THEORY OF A DEADMAN	“Rx”	2129
2	2	NOTHING MORE	“Go To War”	2006
3	3	FOO FIGHTERS	“The Sky Is A Neighborhood”	1662
4	6	SEETHER	“Betray And Degrade”	1284
5	4	PAPA ROACH	“American Dreams”	1197
6	5	HELLYEAH	“Love Falls”	1180
7	7	FOZZY	“Judas”	1143
8	8	HIGHLY SUSPECT	“Little One”	945
9	11	THIRTY SECONDS TO MARS	“Walk On Water”	902
10	12	MARILYN MANSON	“KILL4ME”	893
11	10	KORN	“Black Is The Soul”	880
12	13	STARSET	“Satellite”	796
13	14	SKILLET	“The Resistance”	736
14	17	ROYAL BLOOD	“I Only Lie When I Love You”	730
15	19	10 YEARS	“Novacaine”	663
16	16	GARY CLARK JR	“Come Together”	643
17	18	STONE SOUR	“Rose Red Violent Blue (This Song Is Dumb And So Am I)”	631
18	15	MASTODON	“Steambreather”	612
19	20	DED	“Remember The Enemy”	485
20	23	A PERFECT CIRCLE	“The Doomed”	472
21	22	ASKING ALEXANDRIA	“Into The Fire”	462
22	58	FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH	“Trouble”	448
23	24	GRETA VAN FLEET	“Safari Song”	439
24	25	AVENGED SEVENFOLD	“Wish You Were Here”	427
25	21	QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE	“The Way You Used To Do”	420
26	28	ALL THAT REMAINS	“The Thunder Rolls”	384
27	26	FALLING IN REVERSE	“Superhero”	373
28	27	TRIVIUM	“Heart From Your Hate”	371
29	63	POP EVIL	“Waking Lions”	308
30	30	BIFFY CLYRO	“Wolves Of Winter”	304
31	31	THROUGH FIRE	“Where You Lie”	22
32	33	IMAGINE DRAGONS	“Thunder”	214
33	38	MOTIONLESS IN WHITE (f. JONATHAN DAVIS)	“Necessary Evil”	209
34	34	BLACK LABEL SOCIETY	“Room Of Nightmares”	203
35	32	ADELITAS WAY	“Notorious”	195
36	39	THE STRUTS	“One Night Only”	176
37	42	RED	“Still Alive”	171
38	29	NINE INCH NAILS	“Less Than”	162
39	52	I PREVAIL	“Lifelines”	157
40	35	DOROTHY	“Down To The Bottom”	147
41	44	STONE HORSES	“Reckless Ways”	137
42	47	MANAFEST	“House Of Cards”	133
43	43	VYCES	“Nocturnal”	133
44	46	DEAD GIRLS ACADEMY	“I’ll Find A Way”	127
45	54	AWOLNATION	“Passion”	119
46	48	OTHERWISE	“Angry Heart”	118
47	41	THE BLOODY BEETROOTS + JET	“My Name Is Thunder”	108
48	53	POWERMAN 5000	“Sid Vicious In A Dress”	93
49	49	WAYLAND	“Through The Fire”	93
50	36	PALAYE ROYALE	“Get Higher”	92

 

 

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

SLAVES – “I’d Rather See Your Star Explode”

There’s no shortage of aggressive music these days.  More often than not, the heavier bands tend to have vocalists whose style helps to create a wall of sound.  Sometimes (to me), it feels like white noise.  The bands that can add color are the ones that intrigue me most.  Slaves definitely falls into that category.

Usually you have to wait for a violent thunderstorm to pass before you can enjoy the calming effect and beauty of a rainbow.  With Slaves, you get to experience the thunderstorm and rainbow simultaneously.  The intensity of “I’d Rather See Your Star Explode” is undeniable, so much so that you expect to hear at least some growling, if not an abundance of it.  Instead, what you get is an unexpected, refreshing beam of light from the voice that is Jonny Craig.

Craig’s voice doesn’t sound like anything else in rock music, which makes it stand out even more.  With a soulful, passionate quality, his vocals would seem to be more at home in an R&B or pop setting.  Not the formulaic, crappy pop that litters the airwaves, mind you…but rather the pop that makes you stand up and take notice of the range (like Bruno Mars).  This unique sound may seem to be out of left field, but it’s Craig’s foundation as a choir singer, and admitted influence of artists like Boyz II Men that makes it understandable.

“I’d Rather See Your Star Explode” is incredibly catchy and beautiful, but at the same time, it’s powerful and intense.  What’s most important is that it’s a great, unique song that is starting to gain traction on SiriusXM’s Octane.  Hopefully, the rest of active rock radio will jump on the bandwagon too.

 

 

PUBLISHER’S PREDICTIONS (By Adam Waldman)

Nothing More remains close enough to Theory Of A Deadman to rise to #1 if the current leader starts to decline at all.  For the moment, both songs have enjoyed modest spin increases, as has current #3, Foo Fighters, but they remain far enough behind to not be a imminent threat.  Seether made a strong move to reach #4 this week, but there is still a big gap for them to overcome to battle for the top spot.  If recent trends hold, Theory Of A Deadman will drop before Nothing More, giving the latter a chance to reach the top before a decline.

 

 

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…

SLAVES – “I’d Rather See Your Star Explode”

REVOLVE – “Days Of Grey”

JOSH TODD & THE CONFLICT – “Rain”

BOBAFLEX – “Long Time Coming”

THE WILD – “Livin’ Free”

RISE AGAINST – “House On Fire”

P.O.D. – “Soundboy Killa”

DEADSET SOCIETY – “Automatic”

 

DROP IT…

Imagine Dragons – “Thunder”

QOTSA – “The Way You Used To Do”

Nine Inch Nails – “Less Than”

Biffy Clyro – “Wolves Of Winter”

Thirty Seconds To Mars – “Walk On Water”

Hellyeah – “Love Falls”

Highly Suspect – “Little One”

Korn – “Black Is The Soul”

 

 

THE BREAKDOWN (by Jon Loveless)

NOTABLE CHART MOVEMENT

A relatively busy week at active rock radio includes two new arrivals in the Top 10.  Thirty Seconds To Mars and Marilyn Manson move up a couple spots each…

A Perfect Circle is the only new member of the Top 20 this week, where things remained relatively stable overall…

The major impact at radio is found in the Top 30, where both Five Finger Death Punch and Pop Evil soar with high chart debuts…

I Prevail also fares well out of the box, debuting in the Top 40…

Two more debuts are found in the final portion of the Top 50, including the latest from Powerman 5000.

 

 

THREE UP & THREE DOWN

RISING

Seether – “Betray And Degrade”

Royal Blood – “I Only Lie When I Love You”

Five Finger Death Punch – “Trouble”

 

FALLING

Papa Roach – “American Dreams”

Nine Inch Nails – “Less Than”

Palaye Royale – “Get Higher”
 

 

 TRENDS AND OBSERVATIONS

Considerably more activity, and even significant activity, than we’ve seen at radio in a while.  It certainly continues to be a very good thing to be a core artist in the format, whether that status is relatively new or old.  Maybe that’s the impetus for shaking things up more thoroughly, releases from artists that are locks to get heavy airplay with any release.

 

WRAP-UP

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