HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 3/9/19

HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 3/9/19

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 3/9/19. All exclusive HRD content is featured below the chart:

CHART	CHART	ARTIST	SONG TITLE	RADIO
POSITION	POSITION			SPINS
THIS WEEK	LAST WEEK
1	3	GRETA VAN FLEET	“You’re The One”	1821
2	2	FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH	“When The Seasons Change”	1742
3	1	RIVAL SONS	“Do Your Worst”	1677
4	5	THREE DAYS GRACE	“Right Left Wrong”	1469
5	6	DISTURBED	“A Reason To Fight”	1445
6	4	GHOST	“Dance Macabre”	1224
7	9	POP EVIL	“Be Legendary”	1184
8	7	THE GLORIOUS SONS	“S.O.S. (Sawed Off Shotgun)”	1102
9	10	BADFLOWER	“Heroin (2018)”	1097
10	8	HALESTORM	“Do Not Disturb”	1048
11	11	MARK MORTON (f. CHESTER BENNINGTON)	“Cross Off”	1026
12	13	BREAKING BENJAMIN	“Tourniquet”	887
13	12	NOTHING MORE	“Let Em Burn”	858
14	14	BAD WOLVES	“Remember When”	818
15	17	DIAMANTE	“Haunted”	773
16	19	CAGE THE ELEPHANT	“Ready To Let Go”	690
17	21	PAPA ROACH	“Elevate”	620
18	18	MEMPHIS MAY FIRE	“The Old Me”	604
19	20	THRICE	“Hold Up A Light”	602
20	30	MOTLEY CRUE (f. M.G.K.)	“The Dirt (Est. 1981)”	544
21	15	METALLICA	“Halo on Fire”	446
22	23	SLASH (f. MYLES KENNEDY)	“Mind Your Manners”	416
23	24	PALAYE ROYALE	“You’ll Be Fine”	400
24	28	ASKING ALEXANDRIA	“Vultures”	373
25	27	ICE NINE KILLS	“A Grave Mistake”	334
26	26	LIKE A STORM	“Complicated (Stitches & Scars)”	327
27	22	MUSE	“Pressure”	321
28	25	P.O.D.	“Listening for The Silence”	304
29	29	BRING ME THE HORIZON (f. DANI FILTH)	“Wonderful Life”	299
30	43	SHINEDOWN	“Monsters”	274
31	45	I PREVAIL	“Breaking Down”	229
32	0	BLACK KEYS	“Lo/Hi”	214
33	32	DOSE	“Vervain”	206
34	35	ALL THAT REMAINS	“Everything’s Wrong”	205
35	34	CALL ME KARIZMA	“Monster (Under My Bed)”	197
36	31	DOROTHY	“Who Do You Love”	188
37	33	SHIM	“Crucified”	187
38	36	LIGHT THE TORCH	“The Safety Of Disbelief”	170
39	37	ALTITUDES & ATTITUDE	“Late”	137
40	41	FEVER 333	“One Of Us”	126
41	38	BUCKCHERRY	“Bent”	122
42	42	SAUL	“Brother”	120
43	39	SEVENDUST	“Risen”	117
44	44	BRING ME THE HORIZON	“Medicine”	96
45	49	MESSER	“Simple Man”	94
46	40	SAVAGE AFTER MIDNIGHT	“10 Feet Tall”	66
47	81	ALICE IN CHAINS	“Rainer Fog”	61
48	48	FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH	“Blue On Black”	60
49	54	HANDS LIKE HOUSES	“Sick”	59
50	47	MADAME MAYHEM	“Broken”	59

 

 

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

THE DEAD DAISIES – “Dead And Gone”

The Dead Daisies were already on the scene long before the classic rock revival started to take hold for modern hard rock bands. Of course, this rock music collective has always featured musicians that made their bones when classic rock was current, so their sound is expected.  Still, most don’t deliver like The Dead Daisies.  Their sound is particularly impressive when you factor in the transient nature of its members.  The cohesive chemistry continues with “Dead And Gone,” a song that is equal parts southern flavor and timeless blues rock.  Frontman John Corabi is mostly known for being a hard rock vocalist.  While there is definitely a hint of Deep Purple and Ian Gillan on this track, the southern rock influences shine through most on “Dead And gone.”  As usual, the band has a big arena sound complemented by shredding guitar that take you back in time.  The Dead Daisies may just be the perfect bridge between the past and the present.

 

 

PUBLISHER’S PREDICTIONS (By Adam Waldman)

As predicted last week, Five Finger Death Punch, Greta Van Fleet, Rival Sons, Three Days Grace,and Disturbed make up the Top 5.  The Top 3 were only separated by 60 spins last week, so it was anyone’s guess who would emerge on top this week.  What is somewhat surprising is that FFDP remains in the #2 spot after being leapfrogged for a second consecutive week by the #3 song from the previous week.  Last week, it was Rival Sons claiming the throne.  This week, it’s Greta Van Fleet.  Both are rising artists with distinct classic rock influences.  You have to imagine that FFDP will get their shot at the top, but it’s interesting to see the types of artists that left them coming up just short two weeks in a row.

 

 

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…

THE DEAD DAISIES – “Dead And Gone”

ROYAL TUSK – “Reflection”

BLACKTOP MOJO – “Prodigal”

TAKE THE DAY – “Song For The Broken”

DEMON HUNTER – “On My Side”

TREMONTI – “Throw Them To The Lions”

EMPTY TRAIL – “My World”

DEAD GIRLS ACADEMY – “Everything”

HINDER – “Halo”

 

DROP IT…

Black Keys – “Lo/Hi”

Call Me Karizma – “Monster (Under My Bed)”

Cage The Elephant – “Ready To Let Go”

Muse – “Pressure”

Palaye Royale – “You’ll Be Fine”

Glorious Sons – “S.O.S.”

Asking Alexandria – “Vultures”

Thrice – “Hold Up A Light”

Bring Me The Horizon – “Medicine”

 

 

THE BREAKDOWN (by Jon Loveless)

NOTABLE CHART MOVEMENT

Second week in a row with the same Top 10…

Papa Roach and Motley Crue both break into the Top 20, the latter almost doubling their airplay from the week prior…

Only new member of the entire Top 30 is Shinedown, with a song that’s been getting steady airplay on a few outlets for months already…

Two new arrivals in the Top 40, led by the week’s highest debut from Black Keys…

Two other songs make their published chart debuts this week, the latest single from Alice In Chains and Hands Like Houses‘ latest that has struggled to gain traction for almost two months before breaking through.
 

 

THREE UP & THREE DOWN

RISING
Greta Van Fleet – “You’re The One”
Pop Evil – “Be Legendary”
I Prevail – “Breaking Down”

 

FALLING
Glorious Sons – “S.O.S.”
Metallica – “Halo On Fire”
Ghost – “Dance Macabre”
 

 

TRENDS & OBSERVATIONS

It isn’t unusual for a song to get boosted by cracking the published Top 50.   The performance of “Sick” from Hands Like Houses will be a good test for that.  Will the move up be enough to push more stations into joining the loyal handful that have been on the song for several weeks already?