HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 3/16/19

HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 3/16/19

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 3/16/19. All exclusive HRD content is featured below the chart:

CHART	CHART	ARTIST	SONG TITLE	RADIO
POSITION	POSITION			SPINS
THIS WEEK	LAST WEEK
1	1	GRETA VAN FLEET	“You’re The One”	1760
2	2	FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH	“When The Seasons Change”	1714
3	5	DISTURBED	“A Reason To Fight”	1562
4	3	RIVAL SONS	“Do Your Worst”	1536
5	4	THREE DAYS GRACE	“Right Left Wrong”	1528
6	7	POP EVIL	“Be Legendary”	1241
7	9	BADFLOWER	“Heroin (2018)”	1205
8	11	MARK MORTON (f. CHESTER BENNINGTON)	“Cross Off”	1057
9	8	THE GLORIOUS SONS	“S.O.S. (Sawed Off Shotgun)”	1034
10	6	GHOST	“Dance Macabre”	973
11	12	BREAKING BENJAMIN	“Tourniquet”	959
12	14	BAD WOLVES	“Remember When”	867
13	15	DIAMANTE	“Haunted”	828
14	20	MOTLEY CRUE (f. M.G.K.)	“The Dirt (Est. 1981)”	760
15	16	CAGE THE ELEPHANT	“Ready To Let Go”	759
16	17	PAPA ROACH	“Elevate”	728
17	19	THRICE	“Hold Up A Light”	639
18	13	NOTHING MORE	“Let Em Burn”	635
19	32	BLACK KEYS	“Lo/Hi”	633
20	30	SHINEDOWN	“Monsters”	502
21	22	SLASH (f. MYLES KENNEDY)	“Mind Your Manners”	489
22	18	MEMPHIS MAY FIRE	“The Old Me”	448
23	23	PALAYE ROYALE	“You’ll Be Fine”	421
24	24	ASKING ALEXANDRIA	“Vultures”	402
25	26	LIKE A STORM	“Complicated (Stitches & Scars)”	357
26	29	BRING ME THE HORIZON (f. DANI FILTH)	“Wonderful Life”	335
27	25	ICE NINE KILLS	“A Grave Mistake”	334
28	31	I PREVAIL	“Breaking Down”	309
29	37	SHIM	“Crucified”	244
30	34	ALL THAT REMAINS	“Everything’s Wrong”	228
31	35	CALL ME KARIZMA	“Monster (Under My Bed)”	202
32	28	P.O.D.	“Listening for The Silence”	196
33	38	LIGHT THE TORCH	“The Safety Of Disbelief”	192
34	40	FEVER 333	“One Of Us”	172
35	42	SAUL	“Brother”	171
36	21	METALLICA	“Halo on Fire”	170
37	33	DOSE	“Vervain”	164
38	27	MUSE	“Pressure”	164
39	39	ALTITUDES & ATTITUDE	“Late”	132
40	41	BUCKCHERRY	“Bent”	131
41	43	SEVENDUST	“Risen”	116
42	45	MESSER	“Simple Man”	110
43	44	BRING ME THE HORIZON	“Medicine”	101
44	47	ALICE IN CHAINS	“Rainer Fog”	95
45	53	THE BLACK MOODS	“Bad News”	85
46	49	HANDS LIKE HOUSES	“Sick”	82
47	48	FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH	“Blue On Black”	82
48	58	GRANDSON	“Apologize”	79
49	56	NEW YEARS DAY	“Shut Up”	78
50	50	MADAME MAYHEM	“Broken”	64

 

 

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

HINDER – “Halo”

When Hinder made their debut in 2005, it seemed like their brand of melodic hard rock was going to help set the tone for rock radio going forward.  Sure, they had their share of detractors, but that comes with the territory when your sound is deemed to be “commercial.”  The band had a good run for nearly a decade before the surprising departure of frontman Austin Winkler.  After a brief stint with Nolan Neal at the helm, the band found their long-term replacement in Marshal Dutton (who had been working with the band in a writing/producing capacity while Winkler was still the singer).  Hinder has released two albums with Dutton on vocals.  While there were some good songs, to date, they haven’t recaptured the commercial radio success of their early years.

“Halo” is the lead single off of the band’s third album with Dutton.  It looks like the old saying that “the third time’s the charm” may be prophetic in this case.   With hints of the brighter side of early Stone Temple Pilots and an infectious melody in the vein of Cheap Trick, “Halo” is the catchiest song yet with the current lineup.  It remains to be seen if radio will embrace these Oklahoma rockers as they once did, but this song definitely deserves airplay.

 

 

PUBLISHER’S PREDICTIONS (By Adam Waldman)

Sometimes it seems as if there is a coordinated effort to rotate songs into the top position.  Heading into this week, I would have bet that Five Finger Death Punch would be getting their shot at the top, even after being leapfrogged two weeks in a row by up-and-comers.  Greta Van Fleet held onto the top spot despite a drop in spins.  FFDP only had a marginal drop, but it was enough to keep them locked at #2 for another week.  Unless they reverse course next week, it’s likely that they will have (surprisingly) peaked at #2.  Disturbed and Three Days Grace are both within striking distance of the top.  It wouldn’t be shocking to see either one emerge at the top next week.
 

 

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…

HINDER – “Halo”

THE DEAD DAISIES – “Dead And Gone”

ROYAL TUSK – “Reflection”

BLACKTOP MOJO – “Prodigal”

TAKE THE DAY – “Song For The Broken”

WHITESNAKE – “Shut Up & Kiss Me”

TREMONTI – “Throw Them To The Lions”

EMPTY TRAIL – “My World”

BIG WRECK – “Locomotive”

DEMON HUNTER – “On My Side”

 

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”

Grandson – “Apologize”

 

 

THE BREAKDOWN (by Jon Loveless)

NOTABLE CHART MOVEMENT

Just enough movement for Mark Morton to crack the Top 10…

Shinedown highlights a pair of new arrivals in the Top 20…

I Prevail, Shim, and All That Remains provide a trio of new entries in this week’s Top 30…

New to the Top 40 are Saul and Buckcherry, the former nearly doubling the spins of the previous week…

Three songs debut in the Top 50, including “Bad News” by The Black Moods.
 

 

THREE UP & THREE DOWN

RISING
Disturbed – “Reason To Fight”
Motley Crue – “The Dirt”
Black Keys – “Lo/Hi”

 

FALLING
Nothing More – “Let Em Burn”
Metallica – “Halo On Fire”
Ghost – “Dance Macabre”
 

 

TRENDS & OBSERVATIONS

It will be interesting to watch the performance of the Shinedown single as it finally make a push up the chart several months after some outlets started giving it steady airplay.  It seems unlikely that the early adopters would try to hold on to the song that’s already been played extensively, so to hit the band’s usual peak, they’ll need even more support than usual from the rest of the stations just coming on board.