HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 9/8/18

 HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 9/8/18

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 9/8/18. All exclusive HRD content is featured below the chart:

CHART	CHART	ARTIST	SONG TITLE	RADIO
POSITION	POSITION			SPINS
THIS WEEK	LAST WEEK
1	3	THREE DAYS GRACE	“Infra-Red”	1778
2	1	FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH	“Sham Pain”	1680
3	4	BREAKING BENJAMIN	“Torn In Two”	1652
4	5	DISTURBED	“Are You Ready”	1498
5	2	HALESTORM	“Uncomfortable”	1478
6	6	GRETA VAN FLEET	“When The Curtain Falls”	1421
7	7	BADFLOWER	“Ghost”	1367
8	10	NOTHING MORE	“Just Say When”	1052
9	11	BAD WOLVES (f. DIAMANTE)	“Hear Me Now”	1041
10	8	GHOST	“Rats”	962
11	9	POP EVIL	“A Crime To Remember”	953
12	12	SLASH F/MYLES KENNEDY	“Driving Rain”	949
13	14	ASKING ALEXANDRIA	“Alone In A Room”	779
14	16	SHINEDOWN	“Get Up”	773
15	15	TWENTY ONE PILOTS	“Jumpsuit”	699
16	13	IN THIS MOMENT (f. Rob Halford)	“Black Wedding”	640
17	17	GRANDSON	“Blood/Water”	522
18	18	THRICE	“The Grey”	482
19	20	THE GLORIOUS SONS	“S.O.S.”	480
20	19	BEARTOOTH	“Disease”	459
21	21	10 YEARS	“Burnout”	396
22	25	ALICE IN CHAINS	“Never Fade”	386
23	22	FOZZY	“Burn Me Out”	368
24	23	IMAGINE DRAGONS	“Natural”	351
25	34	BRING ME THE HORIZON	“MANTRA”	314
26	24	SHIM	“Hallelujah”	287
27	29	JONATHAN DAVIS	“Basic Needs”	278
28	26	LEDGER	“Not Dead Yet”	237
29	28	MOTIONLESS IN WHITE	“Voices”	228
30	37	UNDEROATH	“ihateit”	222
31	35	THE BLUE STONES	“Black Holes (Solid Ground)”	222
32	30	NONPOINT	“Chaos And Earthquakes”	215
33	31	BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE	“Letting You Go”	206
34	39	PARKWAY DRIVE	“Prey”	184
35	27	SEETHER	“Against The Wall”	181
36	36	THE STRUTS	“Body Talks”	175
37	40	DEAD GIRLS ACADEMY	“No Way Out”	165
38	44	RED SUN RISING	“Veins”	155
39	42	LIVE	“Love Lounge”	135
40	32	THE RECORD COMPANY	“Life To Fix”	134
41	47	WILSON	“Like A Baller”	133
42	43	ADELITAS WAY	“Still Hungry”	129
43	46	AMITY AFFLICTION	“Feels Like I’m Dying”	118
44	55	SEVENDUST	“Unforgiven”	100
45	45	ROYAL BLISS	“Devil With Angel Eyes”	93
46	50	COHEED AND CAMBRIA	“Unheavenly Creatures”	84
47	60	GODSMACK	“When Legends Rise”	81
48	49	MESSER	“Save Myself”	80
49	48	PRETTY VICIOUS	“Move”	76
50	56	BLACK MOODS	“Bella Donna”	73

 

 

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

HANDS LIKE HOUSES – “Monster”

It’s always refreshing to come across a band with a vision that goes beyond just getting their music played on the radio.  Australia’s Hands Like Houses is just such a band.  These five best friends have spent the past decade honing their sound.  According to their bio, the band’s upcoming fourth album “marries who Hands Like Houses are as individuals into an assured yet fun collection of songs that begs the audience to take a deeper listen.”  One listen to their latest single, “Monster,” and you’ll definitely be inspired to take that deeper dive into what the music is all about.

Unlike rock stars of the past, where recognition was as important as the music, Hands Like Houses have taken a different approach.  Their upcoming album (-Anon) is a statement on “the idea that music can be shared or heard in passing and can still resonate with people even when the artist is unknown to the listener” (hence the album title).

Hands Like Houses packs a lot into “Monster,” a song that is less than four minutes long.  The opening verse has a distinct classic Stone Temple Pilots vibe, before kicking into a soulful, melodic chorus infused with Active Rock sensibilities.  The backing vocals add a nice nuance of ’70s classic rock.  It’s not just the blending of rock genres that makes this song compelling.  It’s also the varied tempos which helps to create dynamic, dramatic moments.  Is there such a thing as an aggressive, feel-good rock song?  It’s rare, but that’s just what “Monster” embodies.  It deserves to climb into the upper echelon of the chart.

 

 

PUBLISHER’S PREDICTIONS (By Adam Waldman)

Last week it was predicted that Five Finger Death Punch may follow the same path as Halestorm, hitting #1 for a week, and then making way for the next heavy hitter.  With a surge in spins, Three Days Grace jumped from the #3 spot to the top.  With a lead of only 125 spins, it’s possible that this trend continues next week with Breaking Benjamin getting their moment in the sun.  Disturbed is still showing strength, and they appear destined to reach the top as well.  Greta Van Fleet and Badflower are not too far off in the rear view mirror, but it’s hard to think that they will leapfrog over either of the format staples to prevent them from reaching #1.  It’s quite possible that the end result of having so many of the top acts battling at the top, that we end up with a new #1 for five consecutive 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…

SUNFLOWER DEAD – “Victim”

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”

THE STIR – “Nightshift”

 

DROP IT…

Twenty One Pilots – “Jumpsuit”

Imagine Dragons – “Natural”

Grandson – “Blood/Water”

Glorious Sons – “S.O.S.”

The Struts – “Body Talks”

Amity Affliction – “Feels Like I’m Dying”

Pretty Vicious – “Move”

 

 

THE BREAKDOWN (by Jon Loveless)

NOTABLE CHART MOVEMENT

One new song reaching the Top 10 this week, that’s Bad Wolves (f. Diamante)…

No changes in the composition of the Top 20…

Bring Me The Horizon and Underoath both break into the Top 30…

One song reaching the Top 40 for the first time, that’s the latest from Red Sun Rising.  Live returns to the Top 40 for the third time in five weeks, doing so despite a small decrease in airplay…

Two debuts (and one re-entry) in the Top 50, led by the new single from Sevendust.
 

 

THREE UP & THREE DOWN

RISING
Shinedown – “Get Up”
Three Days Grace – “Infra-Red”
Disturbed – “Are You Ready?”

 

FALLING
Ghost – “Rats”
Pop Evil – “A Crime To Remember”
In This Moment (f. Rob Halford) – “Black Wedding”