HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 4/7/18

 HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 4/7/18

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 4/7/18. All exclusive HRD content is featured below the chart:

CHART	CHART	ARTIST	SONG TITLE	RADIO
POSITION	POSITION			SPINS
THIS WEEK	LAST WEEK
1	1	THREE DAYS GRACE	“The Mountain”	2080
2	3	FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH	“Gone Away”	1825
3	2	BREAKING BENJAMIN	“Red Cold River”	1688
4	5	GODSMACK	“Bulletproof”	1578
5	4	SHINEDOWN	“DEVIL”	1560
6	7	BAD WOLVES	“Zombie”	1522
7	6	NOTHING MORE	“Do You Really Want It?”	1483
8	9	GRETA VAN FLEET	“Safari Song”	1187
9	10	RISE AGAINST	“House On Fire”	1133
10	8	POP EVIL	“Waking Lions”	1004
11	11	RED SUN RISING	“Deathwish”	948
12	14	FOZZY	“Painless”	871
13	13	JONATHAN DAVIS	“What It Is”	857
14	15	THEORY OF A DEADMAN	“Straight Jacket”	806
15	12	I PREVAIL	“Lifelines”	799
16	16	A PERFECT CIRCLE	“TalkTalk”	740
17	17	MUSE	“Thought Contagion”	738
18	18	PEARL JAM	“Can’t Deny Me”	724
19	19	DOROTHY	“Flawless”	532
20	20	FROM ASHES TO NEW	“Crazy”	472
21	21	A DAY TO REMEMBER	“Same About You”	452
22	28	SEVENDUST	“Dirty”	351
23	23	ROYAL BLOOD	“Hole In Your Heart”	340
24	25	PARKWAY DRIVE	“The Void”	328
25	27	SHAMAN’S HARVEST	“The Devil In Our Wake”	275
26	22	JUDAS PRIEST	“Lightning Strike”	274
27	24	STONE TEMPLE PILOTS	“Meadow”	261
28	33	FEVER 333	“Walking In My Shoes”	247
29	29	IMAGINE DRAGONS	“Whatever It Takes”	230
30	30	TRIVIUM	“Endless Night”	218
31	31	OF MICE & MEN	“Money”	195
32	41	STONE TEMPLE PILOTS	“Roll Me Under”	181
33	40	UNDEROATH	“Rapture”	178
34	34	MESSER	“Make This Life”	172
35	32	CHRIS STAPLETON	“Midnight Train To Memphis”	143
36	37	VYCES	“Thin Luck”	117
37	35	DED	“Hate Me”	112
38	38	ZERO THEOREM	“Area”	109
39	39	MARILYN MANSON	“Tattooed In Reverse”	98
40	45	THE OUTFIT	“Soldier Boy”	97
41	46	RED	“Gone”	90
42	44	JACOB CADE	“What’s Your Problem?!”	90
43	42	BLACKTOP MOJO	“Dream On”	88
44	0	BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE	“Over It”	82
45	43	BLACK STONE CHERRY	“Bad Habit”	76
46	55	JACK WHITE	“Over And Over And Over”	54
47	58	WAYLAND	“Ghost”	53
48	61	THE DEAD DASIES	“Rise Up”	50
49	48	LIGHT THE TORCH	“Calm Before The Storm”	49
50	50	ASKING ALEXANDRIA	“Alone In A Room”	48

 

 

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

THE LAZYS – “Nothing But Trouble”

The modern day love child of AC/DC and Aerosmith is what comes to mind as you immerse yourself in “Nothing But Trouble,” the lead single off of the latest album by The Lazys.  To some, these Canadian rockers may be something of an overnight sensation, but the reality is that their journey was anything but a “lazy” one.  The journey actually began in 2006 in their home country of Australia.  Born out of two separate garage bands, frontman Leon Harrison and guitarist Matty Morris joined forces to allow each of them to concentrate on their strengths (both were singer/guitarists).  The end result is a band that has the rock star qualities of the legends that inspired them.

“Nothing But Trouble,” a “spirited ode to a particular type of raging bull rebel” was actually inspired by the iconic Bon Scott, who (according to Harrison) was “someone who never pushed it too far, but gave it a good knock.  Kind of like us after a night of drinking!  We never get arrested, but we sure have a good time.”  That being said, it’s understandable if you’re tempted to head to the nearest pub to hoist a few after listening to this timeless rock and roll track.

It’s bands like The Lazys, and songs like “Nothing But Trouble” that the Active Rock format needs to infuse some old-school, rock and roll swagger into the mix.

 

 

PUBLISHER’S PREDICTIONS (By Adam Waldman)

As predicted last week, Three Days Grace became the first artist to spend more than one week at the top (after four consecutive weeks of “one-and-dones”).  Though the streak of rotating #1s was finally broken, it doesn’t look like there will be a lengthy run for “The Mountain,” as Five Finger Death Punch is closing in with “Gone Away.”  A drop by Three Days Grace next week (combined with another solid week for FFDP) could start the revolving door at the top once again.  With the number of Active Rock staples currently rising in the Top 10, it seems likely that the churning at the top of the chart will be similar to the churning at the bottom for the foreseeable future.
 

 

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 LAZYS – “Nothing But Trouble”

SONS OF APOLLO – “Alive”

THE WILD! – “Another Bottle”

FACING FIRE – “Filthy Life”

DISCREPANCIES – “Get Hype”

BOBAFLEX – “Lights Out”

THEM EVILS – “Got Me Rockin'”

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”

Stone Temple Pilots – “Meadow”

Greta Van Fleet – “Safari Song”

Jack White – “Over And Over And Over And Over”

 

 

THE BREAKDOWN (by Jon Loveless)

NOTABLE CHART MOVEMENT

No changes in the composition of the Top 10 once again this week, only reordering.  Only one song different (“Zombie” – Bad Wolves) among the Top 10 for the past month now…

No difference in the structure of the Top 20 this week in fact, and even very little change in the order of 11-20…

The only new arrival in the Top 30 is Fever 333…

A pair of songs do reach the Top 40 milestone, the newest single from Stone Temple Pilots clearly the standout (moves from 41 to 32 by more than doubling its spins) while Chicago newcomers The Outfit also reach the benchmark…

The final portion of the Top 50 has most of the action this week, with three debuts and a re-entry.  Bullet For My Valentine enjoys some early action for “Over It” to score the highest premiere, Wayland gets a nice bump in airplay to move up as well.
 

 

THREE UP & THREE DOWN

RISING
Bad Wolves – “Zombie”
Sevendust – “Dirty”
Stone Temple Pilots – “Roll Me Under”

 

FALLING
Greta Van Fleet – “Safari Song”
Pop Evil – “Waking Lions”
Breaking Benjamin – “Red Cold River”
 

 

 TRENDS AND OBSERVATIONS

Nice to see Wayland get a little more support from radio, at least enough to get them onto the chart some two months after “Ghost” first showed signs of airplay.  When the top of the chart isn’t moving, as has been the case for a month, the number of spins available for anything to grow becomes even more limited, and makes it an even tougher grind than usual.