HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 9/1/18

HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 9/1/18

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 9/1/18. All exclusive HRD content is featured below the chart:

CHART	CHART	ARTIST	SONG TITLE	RADIO
POSITION	POSITION			SPINS
THIS WEEK	LAST WEEK
1	2	FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH	“Sham Pain”	1738
2	1	HALESTORM	“Uncomfortable”	1596
3	3	THREE DAYS GRACE	“Infra-Red”	1591
4	4	BREAKING BENJAMIN	“Torn In Two”	1581
5	9	DISTURBED	“Are You Ready”	1382
6	6	GRETA VAN FLEET	“When The Curtain Falls”	1345
7	7	BADFLOWER	“Ghost”	1266
8	5	GHOST	“Rats”	1174
9	8	POP EVIL	“A Crime To Remember”	1146
10	11	NOTHING MORE	“Just Say When”	1002
11	12	BAD WOLVES (f. DIAMANTE)	“Hear Me Now”	992
12	13	SLASH F/MYLES KENNEDY	“Driving Rain”	890
13	14	IN THIS MOMENT (f. Rob Halford)	“Black Wedding”	775
14	15	ASKING ALEXANDRIA	“Alone In A Room”	726
15	16	TWENTY ONE PILOTS	“Jumpsuit”	702
16	22	SHINEDOWN	“Get Up”	582
17	17	GRANDSON	“Blood/Water”	485
18	18	THRICE	“The Grey”	457
19	23	BEARTOOTH	“Disease”	414
20	21	THE GLORIOUS SONS	“S.O.S.”	401
21	19	10 YEARS	“Burnout”	381
22	24	FOZZY	“Burn Me Out”	340
23	27	IMAGINE DRAGONS	“Natural”	327
24	26	SHIM	“Hallelujah”	305
25	45	ALICE IN CHAINS	“Never Fade”	267
26	30	LEDGER	“Not Dead Yet”	264
27	20	SEETHER	“Against The Wall”	263
28	32	MOTIONLESS IN WHITE	“Voices”	250
29	41	JONATHAN DAVIS	“Basic Needs”	231
30	36	NONPOINT	“Chaos And Earthquakes”	217
31	38	BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE	“Letting You Go”	211
32	28	THE RECORD COMPANY	“Life To Fix”	210
33	25	SKINDRED	“That’s My Jam”	199
34	49	BRING ME THE HORIZON	“MANTRA”	194
35	51	THE BLUE STONES	“Black Holes (Solid Ground)”	180
36	37	THE STRUTS	“Body Talks”	179
37	42	UNDEROATH	“ihateit”	176
38	33	FOO FIGHTERS	“The Line”	168
39	44	PARKWAY DRIVE	“Prey”	160
40	39	DEAD GIRLS ACADEMY	“No Way Out”	156
41	34	KULICK	“Ghost”	156
42	40	LIVE	“Love Lounge”	145
43	43	ADELITAS WAY	“Still Hungry”	143
44	47	RED SUN RISING	“Veins”	138
45	46	ROYAL BLISS	“Devil With Angel Eyes”	111
46	52	AMITY AFFLICTION	“Feels Like I’m Dying”	109
47	50	WILSON	“Like A Baller”	108
48	48	PRETTY VICIOUS	“Move”	96
49	53	MESSER	“Save Myself”	78
50	54	COHEED AND CAMBRIA	“Unheavenly Creatures”	74

 

 

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

SHINEDOWN – “GET UP”

Soft piano intros and the Active Rock format do not go hand-in-hand.  In fact, they are almost unheard of.  However, Shinedown can do it successfully because of their previous track record, and more importantly, because of the brilliant, soulful, unique vocals of Brent Smith.  Whereas much of Active Rock is about tapping into at least a hint of angst, Shinedown excels at incorporating a healthy dose of beauty into melodic, poetic lyrics.  It’s one of the many things that makes the band stand out above most others.  What makes Shinedown even more special is a sense of dynamics that allows them to seamlessly transition between soft touching emotion and powerful heavy intensity.

“GET UP” is another in a long line of inspired Shinedown songs that deservedly grabs the “ATTENTION ATTENTION” of radio programmers and rock music fans alike.  Simply put, Active Rock radio is just better when Shinedown is releasing singles off of a new album.  Beyond the sonic appeal of the song is the positive inspiration of the lyrics, and the feelings of hope that wash over you with Smith’s vocals.

It seems that a number of bands these days are inspired by Shinedown, but for my money, there is nothing that comes close to the original.

 

 

PUBLISHER’S PREDICTIONS (By Adam Waldman)

Last week it was predicted that “Halestorm’s run on top is likely to be short-lived, as they make way for Five Finger Death Punch.”  That is EXACTLY what happened this week, and Halestorm immediately started dropping after peaking at #1 last week.  FFDP takes over the top spot, but only leads Three Days Grace and Breaking Benjamin by around 150 spins.  Based on the current trend, that lead would hold, but if “Sham Pain” takes the same route as Halestorm’s “Uncomfortable,” it’s not out of the realm of possibility that this is a one-week stay on top.  With the momentum that Disturbed currently has with their latest single, it looks like a quick rotation at the top might be necessary to give all of the heavy hitters bragging rights for a #1 single.
 

 

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…

GODSMACK – “When Legends Rise”

ROYAL TUSK – “Aftermath”

JUDAS PRIEST – “No Surrender”

AVATAR – “The King Welcomes You To Avatarland”

STONE HORSES – “End Of The World”

MONSTER TRUCK – “Evolution”

ATREYU – “In Our Wake”

SEVENDUST – “Unforgiven”

 

DROP IT…

Twenty One Pilots – “Jumpsuit”

Imagine Dragons – “Natural”

Grandson – “Blood/Water”

Kulick – “Ghost”

Glorious Sons – “S.O.S.”

Foo Fighters – “The Line”

The Struts – “Body Talks”

Amity Affliction – “Feels Like I’m Dying”

 

 

THE BREAKDOWN (by Jon Loveless)

NOTABLE CHART MOVEMENT

Nothing More is new to the Top 10 this week, gaining one position despite flat airplay…

Three songs enter the Top 20, led by Shinedown who enjoyed over 60% spin growth…

There’s also a trio of new entries in the Top 30, with Alice In Chains leading the way with more than double their airplay of the previous week…

Four songs break into the Top 40, including the week’s highest debuting single from newcomers The Blue Stones…

There’s three other songs entering the Top 50 this week, but only one is actually new to the chart.  That’d be the next single from Messer, “Save Myself.”
 

 

THREE UP & THREE DOWN

RISING
Shinedown – “Get Up”
Bring Me The Horizon – “MANTRA”
Disturbed – “Are You Ready?”

 

FALLING
Ghost – “Rats”
Halestorm – “Uncomfortable”
Seether – “Against The Wall”
 

 

 TRENDS AND OBSERVATIONS

Nice to see Messer break into the published chart after slow (but steady) progress since the first adds were reported seven weeks ago.