HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 3/24/18

 HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 3/24/18

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 3/24/18. All exclusive HRD content is featured below the chart:

CHART	CHART	ARTIST	SONG TITLE	RADIO
POSITION	POSITION			SPINS
THIS WEEK	LAST WEEK
1	4	BREAKING BENJAMIN	“Red Cold River”	1912
2	3	THREE DAYS GRACE	“The Mountain”	1841
3	1	POP EVIL	“Waking Lions”	1694
4	5	FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH	“Gone Away”	1600
5	2	GRETA VAN FLEET	“Safari Song”	1517
6	7	NOTHING MORE	“Do You Really Want It?”	1329
7	8	GODSMACK	“Bulletproof”	1321
8	10	SHINEDOWN	“DEVIL”	1266
9	11	BAD WOLVES	“Zombie”	1109
10	9	RISE AGAINST	“House On Fire”	1095
11	6	PAPA ROACH	“Born For Greatness”	953
12	14	RED SUN RISING	“Deathwish”	902
13	12	I PREVAIL	“Lifelines”	889
14	15	JONATHAN DAVIS	“What It Is”	763
15	13	IN THIS MOMENT	“Roots”	739
16	16	THEORY OF A DEADMAN	“Straight Jacket”	704
17	17	A PERFECT CIRCLE	“Talk Talk”	695
18	18	MUSE	“Thought Contagion”	625
19	20	FOZZY	“Painless”	603
20	24	PEARL JAM	“Can’t Deny Me”	454
21	23	DOROTHY	“Flawless”	429
22	22	JUDAS PRIEST	“Lightning Strike”	415
23	21	STONE TEMPLE PILOTS	“Meadow”	376
24	19	METALLICA	“Spit Out The Bone”	363
25	26	FROM ASHES TO NEW	“Crazy”	341
26	25	A DAY TO REMEMBER	“Same About You”	335
27	28	OF MICE & MEN	“Money”	227
28	33	SHAMAN’S HARVEST	“The Devil In Our Wake”	205
29	32	IMAGINE DRAGONS	“Whatever It Takes”	204
30	31	DED	“Hate Me”	203
31	30	CHRIS STAPLETON	“Midnight Train To Memphis”	202
32	27	MYLES KENNEDY	“Year Of The Tiger”	188
33	43	PARKWAY DRIVE	“The Void”	181
34	54	ROYAL BLOOD	“Hole In Your Heart”	173
35	48	SEVENDUST	“Dirty”	167
36	35	TRIVIUM	“Endless Night”	161
37	29	AVATAR	“The King Wants You”	145
38	37	MESSER	“Make This Life”	142
39	36	BLACK VEIL BRIDES	“The Last One”	142
40	34	MARILYN MANSON	“Tattooed In Reverse”	141
41	42	VYCES	“Thin Luck”	138
42	40	ZERO THEOREM	“Area”	117
43	39	FEVER 333	“Walking In My Shoes”	112
44	41	KILLERS	“Run For Cover”	99
45	49	BLACKTOP MOJO	“Dream On”	70
46	45	THE OUTFIT	“Soldier Boy”	65
47	44	JACOB CADE	“What’s Your Problem?!”	65
48	47	JIBE	“Release”	58
49	46	JOSH TODD & THE CONFLICT	“Story Of My Life”	54
50	69	BLACK STONE CHERRY	“Bad Habit”	50

 

 

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

STONE BROKEN – “Worth Fighting For”

“Stand up, show them what we’re made of…that’s what we’re fighting for, don’t want to lose it all.  Stand up, and lead a generation…that’s what we’re fighting for, we’re gonna give it all.  Stand up, the world is worth fighting for.”

If Stone Broken’s “Worth Fighting For” came out a few weeks from now, you would think that the song was a response to the March For Our Lives protest that took place this past weekend.  Though it clearly wasn’t the inspiration, the lyrics in the chorus (see above) are fitting to say the least.

Like the March For Our Lives movement, Stone Broken’s roots trace back to a tragic loss.  Frontman Rich Moss’ former bandmate suffered from alcohol addiction. After his passing, Moss put his rock and roll dreams on hold, but after four years, he formed Stone Broken with guitarist Chris Davis, bassist Kieron Conroy, and drummer Robyn Haycock.

“Worth Fighting For” is the lead single from this UK quartet’s debut album.  Moss has always looked at the top artists in the genre as his peers, so it’s no surprise that Stone Broken breaks onto the scene with a polished sound that’s in the sweet spot of Active Rock.  Beyond the inspiring, empowering lyrics, the song has a Gemini Syndrome vibe, and Nickelback-esque phrasing.

It would be surprising if radio doesn’t jump on this one soon.

 

 

PUBLISHER’S PREDICTIONS (By Adam Waldman)

Last week, it was predicted that Pop Evil may follow the trend of a one-week stay at the top of the chart.  That prediction came true, making it the fourth new #1 song in as many weeks.  However, there was an unexpected surprise.  It was predicted that Three Days Grace was poised to take over the top spot if Pop Evil started to slip.  Though “The Mountain” had another strong week of gains, it was Breaking Benjamin’s “Red Cold River” that caught fire and leapfrogged from the #4 position all the way to the top.

If this week’s trend is any indication, things are about to get interesting in the coming weeks.  Breaking Benjamin and Three Days Grace should continue to battle for the top next week.  However, neither should get too comfortable because it won’t be long before a battle royale ensues with other Active Rock heavyweights closing in.  Five Finger Death Punch, Godsmack, and Shinedown all had big gains this past week, as did what may be one of the hottest songs in recent memory, Bad Wolves’ cover of “Zombie.”  Throw in another solid week for Nothing More, and things get even more interesting.
 

 

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…

STONE BROKEN – “Worth Fighting For”

FACING FIRE – “Filthy Life”

WAYLAND – “Ghost”

BOBAFLEX – “Lights Out”

THE WILD! – “Another Battle”

THE LAZYS – “Nothing But Trouble”

DIAMANTE – “Had Enough”

ONE BAD SON – “Hurricane”

 

DROP IT…

Imagine Dragons – “Whatever It Takes”

The Fever 333 – “Walking In My Shoes”

Muse – “Thought Contagion”

Chris Stapleton – “Midnight Train To Memphis”

Marilyn Manson – “Tattooed In Reverse”

Killers – “Run For Cover”

Greta Van Fleet – “Safari Song”

Theory Of A Deadman – “Strait Jacket”

 

 

THE BREAKDOWN (by Jon Loveless)

NOTABLE CHART MOVEMENT

Bad Wolves cover their way into a Top 10 hit…

Another milestone for Pearl Jam this week, breaking into the Top 20…

Three songs reach the Top 30 for the first time, including the latest from Ded…

One of  two debuts io this week’s chart, the new single from Royal Blood, starts out in the Top 40,  joined there by Parkway Drive and Sevendust…

The week’s only other debuting song lands the final spot in the Top 50, the first hit from the forthcoming Black Stone Cherry album that’s due out next month.
 

 

THREE UP & THREE DOWN

RISING
Breaking Benjamin – “Red Cold River”
Five Finger Death Punch – “Gone Away”
Shinedown – “DEVIL”

 

FALLING
Greta Van Fleet – “Safari Song”
Papa Roach – “Born For Greatness”
Metallica – “Spit Out The Bone”
 

 

 TRENDS AND OBSERVATIONS

Breaking Benjamin appears to be in position to break the streak of four different #1’s in the last four weeks.  They took over the top spot with significant momentum (up 18% in monitored spins), sailing past Three Days Grace to get there.

 

WRAP-UP

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