HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 9/29/18

HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 9/29/18

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 9/29/18. All exclusive HRD content is featured below the chart:

CHART	CHART	ARTIST	SONG TITLE	RADIO
POSITION	POSITION			SPINS
THIS WEEK	LAST WEEK
1	1	DISTURBED	“Are You Ready”	2011
2	3	BADFLOWER	“Ghost”	2003
3	4	GRETA VAN FLEET	“When The Curtain Falls”	1721
4	2	BREAKING BENJAMIN	“Torn In Two”	1625
5	6	BAD WOLVES (f. DIAMANTE)	“Hear Me Now”	1339
6	9	SHINEDOWN	“Get Up”	1296
7	5	THREE DAYS GRACE	“Infra-Red”	1245
8	7	SLASH F/MYLES KENNEDY	“Driving Rain”	1222
9	11	ASKING ALEXANDRIA	“Alone In A Room”	965
10	15	THE GLORIOUS SONS	“S.O.S.”	727
11	14	ALICE IN CHAINS	“Never Fade”	712
12	13	TWENTY ONE PILOTS	“Jumpsuit”	706
13	17	BEARTOOTH	“Disease”	673
14	16	GRANDSON	“Blood/Water”	650
15	18	THRICE	“The Grey”	624
16	19	BRING ME THE HORIZON	“MANTRA”	617
17	20	FOZZY	“Burn Me Out”	570
18	10	NOTHING MORE	“Just Say When”	557
19	29	GODSMACK	“When Legends Rise”	489
20	12	HALESTORM	“Uncomfortable”	466
21	21	IMAGINE DRAGONS	“Natural”	460
22	28	AVENGED SEVENFOLD	“Mad Hatter”	451
23	24	UNDEROATH	“ihateit”	419
24	23	JONATHAN DAVIS	“Basic Needs”	417
25	22	10 YEARS	“Burnout”	336
26	35	RIVAL SONS	“Do Your Worst”	335
27	25	SHIM	“Hallelujah”	318
28	27	THE BLUE STONES	“Black Holes (Solid Ground)”	307
29	26	PARKWAY DRIVE	“Prey”	305
30	30	BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE	“Letting You Go”	287
31	39	FROM ASHES TO NEW	“Broken”	255
32	32	RED SUN RISING	“Veins”	246
33	52	GHOST	“Dance Macabre”	230
34	31	NONPOINT	“Chaos And Earthquakes”	223
35	33	THE STRUTS	“Body Talks”	218
36	36	FEVER 333	“Made An America”	212
37	38	SEVENDUST	“Unforgiven”	168
38	37	DEAD GIRLS ACADEMY	“No Way Out”	167
39	41	AMITY AFFLICTION	“Feels Like I’m Dying”	133
40	40	ADELITAS WAY	“Still Hungry”	125
41	45	THE DEAD DAISIES	“Dead And Gone”	120
42	44	COHEED AND CAMBRIA	“Unheavenly Creatures”	117
43	42	WILSON	“Like A Baller”	117
44	46	PRETTY VICIOUS	“Move”	105
45	43	ATREYU	“The Time Is Now”	101
46	47	MESSER	“Save Myself”	95
47	49	BLACK MOODS	“Bella Donna”	88
48	50	SYLAR	“All Or Nothing”	86
49	51	JUDAS PRIEST	“No Surrender”	78
50	54	HANDS LIKE HOUSES	“Monster”	76

 

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

ICE NINE KILLS – ” A Grave Mistake”

There are certain artists that have an “Active Rock” sound.  Many of them end up having very few points of differentiation.  “A Grave Mistake,” the latest single from Ice Nine Kills, is a perfect fit for the format, but there is something different about the band that makes them more intriguing than most.  The more obvious comparison for this song Nothing More.  But it’s the nuanced influences that make this song pique your interest.  The big, soaring, aggressive chorus brings to mind thoughts of Papa Roach.  Things take a fascinating turn with the guitar lead (which conjures up memories of classic Queensryche), and some subtle strumming that has an air of “teen spirit.”  If you appreciate meaningful lyrics delivered with true passion, then you will instantly gravitate towards “A Grave Mistake.”  This is one of the better Active Rock songs to come along in recent memory, and it gets better with each listen.

 

 

PUBLISHER’S PREDICTIONS (By Adam Waldman)

Last week it was predicted that the run of new #1 songs would likely end at six weeks.  That prediction came true, but only by 8 spins!  Badflower, who was leapfrogged by Disturbed to jump up and grab the top spot, regained momentum, and actually had a bigger spin increase this week than the current frontrunners.  The consecutive week streak may have ended, but that doesn’t mean that the rotation at the top is over.  Badflower seems destined to reach #1 with “Ghost.”  The only question is whether it will happen next week or the week after that.  Greta Van Fleet’s momentum has slowed for the moment, but it would be surprising if they don’t get a turn at the top in the coming 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…

ICE NINE KILLS – “Grave Mistake”

ELECTRIC REVOLUTION – “Burn It Down”

SUNFLOWER DEAD – “Victim”

ROYAL TUSK – “Aftermath”

MONSTER TRUCK – “Evolution”

DEE SNIDER – “American Made”

ROYAL BLISS – “Hard & Loud”

AMBROSE – “Last Man Standing”

 

DROP IT…

Fever 333 – “American Made”

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

Asking Alexandria leads a pair of new arrivals in the Top 10 this week…

Nearly doubling their spins from the week before propels Godsmack into the Top 20…

One new member of the Top 30, Rival Sons with their latest effort…

Ghost soars into the Top 40 as the week’s highest debut…

Also premiering on the published chart are songs that have been perking along with airplay for almost two months but just outside the Top 50 until now, solid tracks from Judas Priest and Hands Like Houses.
 

 

THREE UP & THREE DOWN

RISING
Shinedown – “Get Up”
Avenged Sevenfold – “Mad Hatter”
From Ashes To New – “Broken”

 

FALLING
Breaking Benjamin – “Torn In Two”
Three Days Grace – “Infra-Red”
Nothing More – “Just Say When”