HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 1/13/18
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 1/13/18. All exclusive HRD content is featured below the chart:
| CHART | CHART | ARTIST | SONG TITLE | RADIO |
| POSITION | POSITION | SPINS | ||
| THIS WEEK | LAST WEEK | |||
| 1 | 1 | ROYAL BLOOD | “I Only Lie When I Love You” | 1811 |
| 2 | 2 | SEETHER | “Betray And Degrade” | 1618 |
| 3 | 3 | THEORY OF A DEADMAN | “Rx” | 1410 |
| 4 | 4 | FOO FIGHTERS | “The Sky Is A Neighborhood” | 1330 |
| 5 | 5 | FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH | “Trouble” | 1276 |
| 6 | 8 | PAPA ROACH | “Born For Greatness” | 1265 |
| 7 | 9 | POP EVIL | “Waking Lions” | 1227 |
| 8 | 7 | MARILYN MANSON | “KILL4ME” | 1179 |
| 9 | 10 | 10 YEARS | “Novacaine” | 1173 |
| 10 | 6 | THIRTY SECONDS TO MARS | “Walk On Water” | 1071 |
| 11 | 12 | METALLICA | “Spit Out The Bone” | 1052 |
| 12 | 13 | GRETA VAN FLEET | “Safari Song” | 1046 |
| 13 | 14 | STONE TEMPLE PILOTS | “Meadow” | 965 |
| 14 | 15 | STONE SOUR | “Rose Red Violent Blue (This Song Is Dumb And So Am I)” | 867 |
| 15 | 16 | AVENGED SEVENFOLD | “Wish You Were Here” | 748 |
| 16 | 17 | ASKING ALEXANDRIA | “Into The Fire” | 720 |
| 17 | 18 | A PERFECT CIRCLE | “The Doomed” | 590 |
| 18 | 19 | I PREVAIL | “Lifelines” | 531 |
| 19 | 22 | BUSH | “This Is War” | 513 |
| 20 | 21 | IN THIS MOMENT | “Roots” | 470 |
| 21 | 45 | BREAKING BENJAMIN | “Red Cold River” | 394 |
| 22 | 20 | FALLING IN REVERSE | “Superhero” | 362 |
| 23 | 23 | THROUGH FIRE | “Where You Lie” | 360 |
| 24 | 24 | ALL THAT REMAINS | “The Thunder Rolls” | 350 |
| 25 | 39 | NOTHING MORE | “Do You Really Want It?” | 305 |
| 26 | 27 | TRIVIUM | “Heart From Your Hate” | 291 |
| 27 | 26 | RED | “Still Alive” | 277 |
| 28 | 25 | GARY CLARK JR | “Come Together” | 267 |
| 29 | 29 | MOTIONLESS IN WHITE (f. JONATHAN DAVIS) | “Necessary Evil” | 253 |
| 30 | 28 | BLACK LABEL SOCIETY | “Room Of Nightmares” | 241 |
| 31 | 41 | RISE AGAINST | “House On Fire” | 230 |
| 32 | 30 | WITHIN REASON | “Invictus” | 197 |
| 33 | 37 | AVATAR | “The King Wants You” | 167 |
| 34 | 32 | DEAD GIRLS ACADEMY | “I’ll Find A Way” | 160 |
| 35 | 31 | TOM KEIFER (f. Lizzy Hale) | “Nobody’s Fool” | 144 |
| 36 | 35 | MYLES KENNEDY | “Year Of The Tiger” | 143 |
| 37 | 38 | FOZZY | “Painless” | 142 |
| 38 | 34 | DEADSET SOCIETY | “Automatic” | 132 |
| 39 | 33 | ADELITAS WAY | “Notorious” | 120 |
| 40 | 36 | AWOLNATION | “Passion” | 98 |
| 41 | 46 | CHRIS STAPLETON | “Midnight Train To Memphis” | 91 |
| 42 | 43 | KOBRA AND THE LOTUS | “Light Me Up” | 89 |
| 43 | 40 | IMAGINE DRAGONS | “Thunder” | 88 |
| 44 | 42 | BLACKLITE DISTRICT | “Cold As Ice” | 84 |
| 45 | 47 | TOOTHGRINDER | “Let It Ride” | 79 |
| 46 | 44 | STONE HORSES | “Reckless Ways” | 74 |
| 47 | 49 | FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH | “Gone Away” | 71 |
| 48 | 48 | THE GLORIOUS SONS | “Sawed Off Shotgun” | 65 |
| 49 | 0 | JACK WHITE | “Connected By Love” | 61 |
| 50 | 51 | ZERO THEOREM | “Area” | 61 |
PUBLISHER’S PICK OF THE WEEK (By Adam Waldman)
JUDAS PRIEST – “Lightning Strike”
Although Judas Priest doesn’t usually get played on Active Rock radio, Rob Halford definitely made his presence felt in recent years when he provided guest vocals on Five Finger Death Punch’s “Lift Me Up.” So, why should programmers give Judas Priest airplay this time around? The answer should be obvious.
Judas Priest is, unequivocally, one of the most influential bands in the history of hard rock and heavy metal. Without bands like Priest (and other legends), this format would not even exist. They’ve been snubbed by the joke of an institution that is the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame once again this year. They should NOT receive the same treatment from the only current format for rock music.
Legacy aside, “Lightning Strike” – the lead single from their upcoming album, Firepower – is vintage Priest. With all due respect to this generation of talented rock and metal artists, none of them are Judas Priest. Next year, the band will be celebrating their 50th year in existence, but this is not some classic rock band clutching to their past accomplishments.
“Lightning Strike” is pure, in-your-face, fist-pumping, headbanging heavy metal at its best. Priest’s latest single is timeless. It’s mindboggling that they can be so good this far along in their career. Halford’s voice is as good as it has ever been, and the riffs that made the band famous are as good as they have ever been.
Active Rock programmers owe it to their listeners to spin a band that has influenced so many of the artists that they play with regularity. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame shuns their genius. This format should not do the same.
PUBLISHER’S PREDICTIONS (By Adam Waldman)
Royal Blood continues to increase their lead of Seether, but is still within striking distance if their spins decline. However, two other threats (Foo Fighters and Theory Of A Deadman) have been eliminated. Both started declining this week, leaving a clear path for Royal Blood and Seether to be the top two songs for the next several weeks.
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…
JUDAS PRIEST – “Lightning Strike”
RANDOM HERO – “Running”
RACHEL LORIN – “Revolution”
ANOTHER LOST YEAR – “Call It Like It Is”
BOBAFLEX – “Long Time Coming”
VEER UNION – “Last Regret”
GRANNY 4 BARREL – “Freak Flag”
KIRRA – “My Disease”
DROP IT…
Jack White – “Connected By Love”
Awolnation – “Passion”
Thirty Seconds To Mars – “Walk On Water”
Bush – “This Is War”
Adelita’s Way – “Notorious”
Falling In Reverse – “Superhero”
Gary Clark Jr. – “Come Together”
Marilyn Manson – “KILL4ME”
THE BREAKDOWN (by Jon Loveless)
NOTABLE CHART MOVEMENT
This week, it’s all about the Benjamins … or at least Breaking Benjamin. A huge jump in airplay finds them just missing the Top 20 (which saw only Bush newly entering thanks to a one spot rise)…
Nothing More is predictably rushed into the Top 30. ..
Rise Against is cracks the Top 40…
The only song to debut in the Top 50 this week is a new single from Jack White.
THREE UP & THREE DOWN
RISING
Papa Roach – “Born For Greatness”
Breaking Benjamin – “Red Cold River”
Rise Against – “House On Fire”
FALLING
Thirty Seconds To Mars – “Walk On Water”
Falling In Reverse – “Superhero”
Gary Clark Jr.– “Come Together”
TRENDS AND OBSERVATIONS
Active Rock radio’s infatuation with trying to cross over lighter and lighter sounds continued this week. It’s hard for me to be surprised about that, or to have any reason to hold out much hope that the destruction of the format won’t continue.
WRAP-UP
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