HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 12/22/18

HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 12/22/18

Each week 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 12/22/18. All exclusive HRD content is featured below the chart:

CHART	CHART	ARTIST	SONG TITLE	RADIO
POSITION	POSITION			SPINS
THIS WEEK	LAST WEEK
1	2	GODSMACK	“When Legends Rise”	1837
2	1	BAD WOLVES (f. DIAMANTE)	“Hear Me Now”	1718
3	4	THE GLORIOUS SONS	“S.O.S. (Sawed Off Shotgun)”	1667
4	3	SHINEDOWN	“GET UP”	1564
5	5	GHOST	“Dance Macabre”	1504
6	6	PAPA ROACH	“Who Do You Trust?”	1479
7	8	BRING ME THE HORIZON	“MANTRA”	1234
8	7	DISTURBED	“Are You Ready”	1219
9	9	BEARTOOTH	“Disease”	1103
10	10	FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH	“When The Seasons Change”	1035
11	12	RIVAL SONS	“Do Your Worst”	865
12	13	HALESTORM	“Do Not Disturb”	843
13	14	FROM ASHES TO NEW	“Broken”	802
14	15	THREE DAYS GRACE	“Right Left Wrong”	748
15	11	AVENGED SEVENFOLD	“Mad Hatter”	720
16	16	SLIPKNOT	“All Out Life”	658
17	17	POP EVIL	“Be Legendary”	622
18	19	GRETA VAN FLEET	“You’re The One”	621
19	22	METALLICA	“Halo on Fire”	589
20	20	FEVER 333	“Made An America”	508
21	18	UNDEROATH	“ihateit”	490
22	21	MUSE	“Pressure”	484
23	23	ATREYU	“The Time Is Now”	469
24	28	NOTHING MORE	“Let Em Burn”	377
25	27	IMAGINE DRAGONS	“Natural”	356
26	25	THE BLUE STONES	“Black Holes (Solid Ground)”	347
27	26	A PERFECT CIRCLE	“So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish”	345
28	30	P.O.D.	“Listening for The Silence”	341
29	33	BADFLOWER	“Heroin (2018)”	327
30	31	DIAMANTE	“Haunted”	305
31	32	CHEVELLE	“Sleep Walking Elite”	275
32	24	JONATHAN DAVIS	“Basic Needs”	262
33	29	THE DIRTY NIL	“That’s What Heaven Feels Like”	242
34	35	HYRO THE HERO	“Bullet”	190
35	39	ROYAL TUSK	“Aftermath”	189
36	34	SLASH F/MYLES KENNEDY	“Driving Rain”	189
37	38	MEMPHIS MAY FIRE	“The Old Me”	187
38	40	BLACK MOODS	“Bella Donna”	176
39	36	PALAYE ROYALE	“You’ll Be Fine”	175
40	37	DOROTHY	“Who Do You Love”	170
41	42	TWENTY ONE PILOTS	“My Blood”	150
42	44	DOSE	“Vervain”	141
43	43	LIKE A STORM	“Complicated (Stitches & Scars)”	128
44	41	TWENTY ONE PILOTS	“Jumpsuit”	122
45	46	ICE NINE KILLS	“A Grave Mistake”	96
46	45	PRETTY VICIOUS	“Move”	94
47	47	BASEMENT	“Disconnect”	87
48	56	SMALL TOWN TITANS	“You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch”	86
49	55	ROYAL BLISS	“Hard And Loud”	82
50	87	BREAKING BENJAMIN	“Tourniquet”	78

 

 

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

MONSTER TRUCK – “Denim Danger”

As the trend towards a classic rock sound continues, you’ll notice that some bands sound like they are creating music to tap into the trend, while others feel like they emerged from a time capsule that was buried in the ’70s.  Monster Truck falls into the latter category.  There authenticity of the ’70s sound of “Denim Danger” takes you back in time to the heyday of bands like Deep Purple and U.F.O.  Hell, even the title takes you back in time.  With the renewed enthusiasm for real classic rock and roll, maybe it’s only a matter of time until we start wearing denim jackets (and vests) with patches of our favorite rock artwork on the back.  The Monster Truck imagery would fit perfectly on the back of a denim jacket.  But this band is more than just a throwback to the glory days of a few generations of rock music fans.  The beauty of “Denim Danger” lies within its simple, straightforward, timeless rock and roll approach.

 

 

PUBLISHER’S PREDICTIONS (By Adam Waldman)

Bad Wolves (f. Diamante) was one of the more popular songs of the year in Active Rock.  “Can You Hear Me” was rewarded with a week at the top, but now yields to Godsmack once again.  “When Legends Rise” will end the year as the top song, and has a decent chance to begin 2019 in the same position.  While The Glorious Sons are within striking distance, it will take a meaningful drop in spins for Godsmack to take over the top spot in the next week or so.  On a normal week, it would be even odds, but given the sort of auto-pilot mode of programmers around the holidays, it doesn’t seem as likely to happen.  They will be the next #1 in the coming weeks unless something surprising happens.
 

 

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…

MONSTER TRUCK – “Denim Danger”

SUNFLOWER DEAD – “Victim”

JOHN GARCIA AND THE BAND OF GOLD – “My Everything”

EVE TO ADAM – “No Easy Way Out”

SHVPES – “Afterlife”

LIGHT THE TORCH – “The Safety Of Disbelief”

DEVOUR THE DAY – “Faithless”

IN FLAMES – “(This Is Our) House”

 

DROP IT…

Twenty One Pilots – “Jumpsuit”

Twenty One Pilots – “My Blood”

Imagine Dragons – “Natural”

Glorious Sons – “S.O.S.”

Pretty Vicious – Move”

Basement – “Disconnect”

Muse – “Pressure”

Fever 333 – “Made An America”

 

 

THE BREAKDOWN (by Jon Loveless)

NOTABLE CHART MOVEMENT

The Top 10 songs are the same as last week, with the only change being the order…

They cracked the Top 40 two weeks ago, Top 30 last week, only natural then that Metallica moves into the Top 20 this week…

Badflower and Diamante both make it into the Top 30…

There are actually no changes in the composition of the entire Top 40 in the latest update…

Two songs debut in the lower part of the Top 50, and another returns after an absence.  Those would be the next single from Breaking Benjamin, this year’s holiday hit from Small Town Titans, and the back-to-rocking Royal Bliss.
 

 

THREE UP & THREE DOWN

RISING
Metallica – “Halo On Fire”
Papa Roach – “Who Do You Ttust?”
Three Days Grace – “Right Left Wrong”

 

FALLING
Avenged Sevenfold – “Mad Hatter”
Bad Wolves – “Hear Me Now”
Disturbed – “Are You Ready”
 

 

TRENDS & OBSERVATIONS

Hopefully, the attention that Small Town Titans have gotten for their take on “Mr. Grinch” will get stations on board with their future releases.   Their regular output clearly shows that they’re ready for more than just holiday/novelty airplay.