HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 1/26/19

HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 1/26/19

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 1/26/19. All exclusive HRD content is featured below the chart:

JUST PUBLISHED! – TOP 100 HARD ROCK SONGS OF 2018

 

CHART	CHART	ARTIST	SONG TITLE	RADIO
POSITION	POSITION			SPINS
THIS WEEK	LAST WEEK
1	1	THE GLORIOUS SONS	“S.O.S. (Sawed Off Shotgun)”	2029
2	3	GHOST	“Dance Macabre”	1799
3	2	GODSMACK	“When Legends Rise”	1735
4	4	PAPA ROACH	“Who Do You Trust?”	1733
5	7	FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH	“When The Seasons Change”	1293
6	5	BRING ME THE HORIZON	“MANTRA”	1268
7	11	GRETA VAN FLEET	“You’re The One”	1190
8	6	SHINEDOWN	“GET UP”	1153
9	9	RIVAL SONS	“Do Your Worst”	1138
10	10	THREE DAYS GRACE	“Right Left Wrong”	1067
11	12	HALESTORM	“Do Not Disturb”	955
12	13	FROM ASHES TO NEW	“Broken”	846
13	16	DISTURBED	“A Reason To Fight”	800
14	14	POP EVIL	“Be Legendary”	783
15	15	METALLICA	“Halo on Fire”	747
16	18	NOTHING MORE	“Let Em Burn”	641
17	20	ATREYU	“The Time Is Now”	619
18	17	MUSE	“Pressure”	617
19	21	BADFLOWER	“Heroin (2018)”	540
20	19	SLIPKNOT	“All Out Life”	522
21	22	MEMPHIS MAY FIRE	“The Old Me”	451
22	24	DIAMANTE	“Haunted”	448
23	28	MARK MORTON (f. CHESTER BENNINGTON)	“Cross Off”	447
24	25	A PERFECT CIRCLE	“So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish”	390
25	27	BREAKING BENJAMIN	“Tourniquet”	388
26	26	P.O.D.	“Listening For The Silence”	379
27	36	BAD WOLVES	“Remember When”	310
28	23	FEVER 333	“Made An America”	286
29	29	CHEVELLE	“Sleep Walking Elite”	274
30	31	DOROTHY	“Who Do You Love”	206
31	33	LIKE A STORM	“Complicated (Stitches & Scars)”	202
32	35	PALAYE ROYALE	“You’ll Be Fine”	201
33	40	ICE NINE KILLS	“A Grave Mistake”	197
34	32	ROYAL TUSK	“Aftermath”	197
35	38	DOSE	“Vervain”	168
36	42	THRICE	“Hold Up A Light”	166
37	34	BLACK MOODS	“Bella Donna”	162
38	30	AVENGED SEVENFOLD	“Mad Hatter”	158
39	41	SUNFLOWER DEAD	“Victim”	116
40	43	SHIM	“Crucified”	104
41	37	HYRO THE HERO	“Bullet”	101
42	57	SLASH (f. MYLES KENNEDY)	“Mind Your Manners”	97
43	44	ROYAL BLISS	“Hard And Loud”	95
44	45	BASEMENT	“Disconnect”	84
45	48	LIGHT THE TORCH	“The Safety Of Disbelief”	80
46	46	SHVPES	“Afterlife”	80
47	39	TWENTY ONE PILOTS	“My Blood”	75
48	96	BRING ME THE HORIZON (f. DANI FILTH)	“Wonderful Life”	68
49	52	ALTITUDES & ATTITUDE	“Late”	67
50	47	DEMON HUNTER	“On My Side”	54

 

 

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

BAD WOLVES – “Remember When”

Nostalgia has a way of making the highlights of yesteryear shine brightly, while at the same time withering away the harsh edges of difficult times.  Plenty of songs have been written about the nostalgic moments of youth that make you wistful for your own childhood when you listen to them.  If you listened to “Remember When” by Bad Wolves without paying attention to the lyrics, you may get that same kind of feeling.  Though the song has an upbeat vibe, the story behind the lyrics does not inspire a joyful walk down memory lane.

Frontman Tommy Vext deserves a lot of credit for sharing this tragic tale of twin brothers taking divergent paths in life.  Vext chose the path of music and sobriety.  His twin brother chose the path of being a drug addict and dealer.  Their two worlds collided in 2010 when Vext’s brother broke into his apartment, struck him in the head with a crowbar, fractured his skull, broke his arm, and beat him so badly that his spleen burst.  It’s a miracle that he lived to tell the story in a song nearly a decade later.  His brother ended up getting a 17-year prison sentence for attempted murder.  Unable to save his brother, Vext was driven to become a sober companion to help other families…the silver lining in an otherwise ominous dark cloud.

Although the song might be looked at as sad or depressing, in a way, it’s actually an uplifting reminder that our choices shape our future.  Once again, there seems to be a Yin and Yang at play here, where joy and pain coexist.  “Zombie” is the song that put Bad Wolves on the map.  The success of their inspired cover has to feel bittersweet given the fact that Dolores O’Riordan was supposed to contribute vocals on the day of her tragic passing.  “Remember When” is an outstanding song that may very well end up being another hit, but the success will be bittersweet because of the inspiration for the lyrics.

 

 

PUBLISHER’S PREDICTIONS (By Adam Waldman)

The Glorious Sons remain on top with a lead of over 200 spins.  It would be surprising if “S.O.S.” does any better than modest gains again next week.  They’ve reached the point where songs tend to peak before hitting a plateau or starting to drop.  They will likely have enough momentum to hold on to the top spot next week, but then the battle between Ghost and Papa Roach is likely to begin for the next to reach the top.
 

 

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…

EVE TO ADAM – “No Easy Way Out”

DEVOUR THE DAY – “Faithless”

IN FLAMES – “(This Is Our) House”

KOBRA AND THE LOTUS – “Let Me Love You”

MONSTER TRUCK – “Denim Danger”

AFTERLIFE – “Throat”

MADAME MAYHEM – “Broken”

WITHIN TEMPTATION – “The Reckoning”

 

DROP IT…

Twenty One Pilots – “My Blood”

Basement – “Disconnect”

Muse – “Pressure”

Fever 333 – “Made An America”

Black Moods – “Bella Donna”

A Perfect Circle – “So Long And Thanks For All The Fish”

Avenged Sevenfold – “Mad Hatter”

Palaye Royale – “You’ll Be Fine”

 

 

THE BREAKDOWN (by Jon Loveless)

NOTABLE CHART MOVEMENT

Greta Van Fleet enjoys the most growth of any song on the chart (enough to propel them into the Top 10)…

New to the Top 20 this week is the latest from Badflower…

The Top 30 gets two new members, Bad Wolves and Dorothy…

There’s a trio of arrivals in the Top 40, including Sunflower Dead and Shim…

Slash (f. Myles Kennedy), Bring Me The Horizon (f. Dani Filth), and Altitudes & Attitude all earn debuts in the Top 50.
 

 

THREE UP & THREE DOWN

RISING
Greta Van Fleet – “You’re The One”
Disturbed – “A Reason To Fight”
Mark Morton (f. Chester Bennington) – “Cross Off”

 

FALLING
Godsmack – “When Legends Rise”
Twenty One Pilots – “My Blood”
Fever 333 – “Made An America”
 

 

TRENDS & OBSERVATIONS

With a decline in spins this week, it appears that the Slipknot single “All Out Life”  may have peaked.  If so, it will continue their relative declining fortunes with radio despite a fast start.  The song debuted exceptionally well at #31, but gained little momentum after that, having now spent ten weeks stuck between #16 and #19.  If that does prove to be the high water mark for the song then it will be the third of their last four singles to fail to reach the Top 10.