HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 2/3/18

 HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 2/3/18

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 1/20/18. 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”	1734
2	3	PAPA ROACH	“Born For Greatness”	1646
3	4	POP EVIL	“Waking Lions”	1558
4	2	SEETHER	“Betray And Degrade”	1499
5	5	GRETA VAN FLEET	“Safari Song”	1440
6	7	METALLICA	“Spit Out The Bone”	1308
7	8	STONE TEMPLE PILOTS	“Meadow”	1252
8	6	10 YEARS	“Novacaine”	1252
9	9	THEORY OF A DEADMAN	“Rx”	1092
10	13	BREAKING BENJAMIN	“Red Cold River”	1073
11	12	STONE SOUR	“Rose Red Violent Blue (This Song Is Dumb And So Am I)”	953
12	14	ASKING ALEXANDRIA	“Into The Fire”	803
13	16	NOTHING MORE	“Do You Really Want It?”	794
14	15	I PREVAIL	“Lifelines”	670
15	18	IN THIS MOMENT	“Roots”	649
16	34	THREE DAYS GRACE	“The Mountain”	632
17	20	BUSH	“This Is War”	629
18	19	RISE AGAINST	“House On Fire”	618
19	11	FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH	“Trouble”	561
20	21	RED SUN RISING	“Deathwish”	557
21	24	FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH	“Gone Away”	545
22	22	THROUGH FIRE	“Where You Lie”	417
23	25	RED	“Still Alive”	382
24	28	THEORY OF A DEADMAN	“Straight Jacket”	328
25	27	AVATAR	“The King Wants You”	302
26	23	A PERFECT CIRCLE	“The Doomed”	279
27	30	MOTIONLESS IN WHITE (f. JONATHAN DAVIS)	“Necessary Evil”	264
28	33	FOZZY	“Painless”	246
29	17	MARILYN MANSON	“KILL4ME”	221
30	42	BAD WOLVES	“Zombie”	217
31	32	MYLES KENNEDY	“Year Of The Tiger”	211
32	26	ALL THAT REMAINS	“The Thunder Rolls”	199
33	38	OF MICE & MEN	“Money”	184
34	36	A DAY TO REMEMBER	“Same About You”	181
35	52	CHRIS STAPLETON	“Midnight Train To Memphis”	161
36	39	DEADSET SOCIETY	“Automatic”	146
37	35	WITHIN REASON	“Invictus”	144
38	63	JONATHAN DAVIS	“What It Is”	140
39	45	BLACK VEIL BRIDES	“The Last One”	138
40	41	JUDAS PRIEST	“Lightning Strike”	125
41	47	DED	“Hate Me”	122
42	48	IMAGINE DRAGONS	“Whatever It Takes”	104
43	43	MESSER	“Make This Life”	93
44	51	BLACKLITE DISTRICT	“Cold As Ice”	82
45	58	ZERO THEOREM	“Area”	80
46	46	ADELITAS WAY	“Notorious”	78
47	53	BECK	“Up All Night”	77
48	54	TOOTHGRINDER	“Let It Ride”	76
49	60	DOROTHY	“Flawless”	73
50	49	CANE HILL	“Lord Of Flies”	69

 

 

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

DOROTHY – “Flawless”

Dorothy burst onto the scene with a modern version of Led Zeppelin meets Janis Joplin.  They are among of number of interesting new artists that have invoked the spirit of Zeppelin in recent times.  However, there has always been something different about Dorothy that is hard to explain.  Just when you think that you may have a handle on their distinct sound, they throw you a curveball with the lead single from their upcoming album 28 Days In The Valley.

“Flawless” doesn’t sound like the signature sound that Dorothy created with their debut album, but it is captivating nonetheless.  When you have a vocalist like Dorothy Martin, it’s the voice that grabs your attention regardless of the song style.  What has remained with “Flawless” is the bluesy, Joplin-esque mystique and passion that Martin exhibited on the previous songs that have gained traction on Active Rock radio.

It’s no secret that artists who appeal to Active Rock audiences build up goodwill that allows them to spread their wings a bit and still get the benefit of the doubt.  Does “Flawless” sound like what you usually hear on Active Rock radio?  Not necessarily, but I don’t see that as a bad thing.  Like Lzzy Hale, Martin’s voice is one that we need to hear as often as possible.

For quite some time, I’ve thought that P!nk could make a kickass rock album if she ever chose to go that route.  Dorothy’s “Flawless” is the type of song that I envisioned P!nk doing.  There is so much to like about this song.  It already cracked the top 50 this week.  Hopefully, Active Rock programmers will continue to reward originality, and give “Flawless” the opportunity to climb the chart.

 

 

PUBLISHER’S PREDICTIONS (By Adam Waldman)

Seether’s “Betray And Degrade” has officially peaked.  After going positive in spins after a slightly down week, the song started a meaningful decline.  This allowed Royal Blood to remain on top for one more week, but it ends next week for sure.  Papa Roach is surging, and is now less than 200 spins from the top.  With Royal Blood trending down and Papa Roach gaining more momentum by the week, it’s a lock that “Born For Greatness” is the #1 song next week.  Once they reach the top, they will likely be challenged by Greta Van Fleet’s “Safari Song” within the next few 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…

HEAVEN & EARTH – “Hard to Kill”

BLACK WATER RISING – “The Payback”

SLAVES – “Patience Is A Virtue”

MACHINE HEAD – “Catharsis”

ANOTHER LOST YEAR – “Call It Like It Is”

BOBAFLEX – “Lights Out”

JOSH TODD & THE CONFLICT – “Story Of My Life”

RANDOM HERO – “Running”

 

DROP IT…

Imagine Dragons – “Whatever It Takes”

Beck – “Up All Night”

Adelita’s Way – “Notorious”

Marilyn Manson – “KILL4ME”

Bush – “This Is War”

Theory Of A Deadman – “Rx”

Through Fire – “Where You Lie”

Chris Stapleton – “Midnight Train To Memphis”

 

 

THE BREAKDOWN (by Jon Loveless)

NOTABLE CHART MOVEMENT

Breaking Benjamin breaks into the Top 10, but the more notable movement near the top of the chart is Seether peaking at #2 after spending six weeks in that spot…

Three Days Grace leads a pair of new arrivals in the Top 20 this week…

There’s also two new arrivals in Top 30, led by the second single released from last fall’s fantastic album from Fozzy…

Four songs break the Top 40 barrier for the first time, including the week’s highest true debut, the first solo single from Korn’s Jonathan Davis….

The final ten spots of the Top 50 include four songs that weren’t on the published chart last week, but only one is an actual debut.  That’s the latest from Dorothy, dramatic style change and all.
 

 

THREE UP & THREE DOWN

RISING
Greta Van Fleet – “Safari Song”
Three Days Grace – “The Mountain”
Five Finger Death Punch – “Gone Away”

 

FALLING
Five Finger Death Punch – “Trouble”
All That Remains – “The Thunder Rolls”
Marilyn Manson – “KILL4ME”
 

 

 TRENDS AND OBSERVATIONS

The “close-but-no-cigar” routine for Seether has to be getting a little bit familiar.   It’s the fourth time in their last five singles that they’ve fallen short of the top spot on the Mediabase chart (only “Let You Down” broke the streak).   This despite each song falling between the #2 and #6 positions.

 

WRAP-UP

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