HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 3/23/19

HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 3/23/19

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 3/23/19. All exclusive HRD content is featured below the chart:

CHART	CHART	ARTIST	SONG TITLE	RADIO
POSITION	POSITION			SPINS
THIS WEEK	LAST WEEK
1	2	FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH	“When The Seasons Change”	1744
2	3	DISTURBED	“A Reason To Fight”	1671
3	1	GRETA VAN FLEET	“You’re The One”	1597
4	5	THREE DAYS GRACE	“Right Left Wrong”	1583
5	7	BADFLOWER	“Heroin (2018)”	1316
6	6	POP EVIL	“Be Legendary”	1309
7	4	RIVAL SONS	“Do Your Worst”	1261
8	8	MARK MORTON (f. CHESTER BENNINGTON)	“Cross Off”	1118
9	11	BREAKING BENJAMIN	“Tourniquet”	1048
10	9	THE GLORIOUS SONS	“S.O.S. (Sawed Off Shotgun)”	1033
11	12	BAD WOLVES	“Remember When”	936
12	19	BLACK KEYS	“Lo/Hi”	935
13	14	MOTLEY CRUE (f. M.G.K.)	“The Dirt (Est. 1981)”	925
14	13	DIAMANTE	“Haunted”	855
15	16	PAPA ROACH	“Elevate”	836
16	15	CAGE THE ELEPHANT	“Ready To Let Go”	828
17	20	SHINEDOWN	“MONSTERS”	765
18	17	THRICE	“Hold Up A Light”	761
19	21	SLASH (f. MYLES KENNEDY)	“Mind Your Manners”	535
20	24	ASKING ALEXANDRIA	“Vultures”	477
21	28	I PREVAIL	“Breaking Down”	437
22	23	PALAYE ROYALE	“You’ll Be Fine”	436
23	26	BRING ME THE HORIZON (f. DANI FILTH)	“Wonderful Life”	390
24	27	ICE NINE KILLS	“A Grave Mistake”	364
25	18	NOTHING MORE	“Let Em Burn”	363
26	25	LIKE A STORM	“Complicated (Stitches & Scars)”	345
27	22	MEMPHIS MAY FIRE	“The Old Me”	286
28	30	ALL THAT REMAINS	“Everything’s Wrong”	265
29	29	SHIM	“Crucified”	256
30	34	FEVER 333	“One Of Us”	234
31	33	LIGHT THE TORCH	“The Safety Of Disbelief”	227
32	35	SAUL	“Brother”	210
33	31	CALL ME KARIZMA	“Monster (Under My Bed)”	205
34	48	GRANDSON	“Apologize”	170
35	40	BUCKCHERRY	“Bent”	163
36	42	MESSER	“Simple Man”	162
37	44	ALICE IN CHAINS	“Rainer Fog”	159
38	41	SEVENDUST	“Risen”	143
39	32	P.O.D.	“Listening for The Silence”	130
40	37	DOSE	“Vervain”	123
41	39	ALTITUDES & ATTITUDE	“Late”	108
42	46	HANDS LIKE HOUSES	“Sick”	102
43	45	THE BLACK MOODS	“Bad News”	102
44	49	NEW YEARS DAY	“Shut Up”	99
45	43	BRING ME THE HORIZON	“Medicine”	97
46	47	FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH	“Blue On Black”	78
47	53	AMITY AFFLICTION	“Drag The Lake”	73
48	54	HELLYEAH	“333”	69
49	50	MADAME MAYHEM	“Broken”	68
50	56	PALISADES	“Erase The Pain”	60

 

 

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

MOTLEY CRUE – “The Dirt (Est 1981)”

Active Rock radio is an enigmatic beast.  The format seems to shun all songs by artists that are rooted in classic rock.  It’s never made sense, but less so when you see some of the alternative crap that is deemed worthy of airplay.  Although Sixx: A.M. has had success at radio, you certainly wouldn’t expect to hear Motley Crue popping up on playlists.  Coming off of their popular farewell tour, the long-awaited debut of the Netflix biopic The Dirt put the band front and center.  This seems to have given them a hall pass to enter the chart.

It wasn’t shocking to see the movie glamorizing the debauchery of Crue in the ’80s…sex, drugs, rock n’ roll and a healthy dose of devil-may-care destruction.  These days, the band would probably never get away with the destruction that they left in their wake during the decade of decadence.  If you grew up listening to Crue, you couldn’t help but smile throughout the movie and get pangs of nostalgia for the good old days.

The title track from the band’s Netflix biopic is classic Crue, albeit with a bit of a twist with Machine Gun Kelly’s rapping in the mix.  This track sounds like a throwback to the Dr. Feelgood days.  It captures the spirit of the movie perfectly.  With an infectious, catchy melody, and feel-good intensity, “The Dirt” is as good as any song that Crue has released over the past few decades.  The radio attention that the song is getting is well-deserved.

 

 

PUBLISHER’S PREDICTIONS (By Adam Waldman)

After being stuck for weeks in the #2 position (and being leapfrogged two consecutive weeks by up-and-comers), Five Finger Death Punch finally tops the chart.  As one of the top Active Rock artists, FFDP rising to #1 is not surprising.  What is surprising (aside from getting stuck at #2 for weeks) is the way that they rose to the top.  Last week, they had a slight decrease in spins. This week, they had a slight increase that barely up last week’s drop.  They basically reached the top by treading water while Greta Van Fleet sank.  Disturbed had a solid week, and trails FFDP by less than 75 spins.  Given Disturbed’s momentum, and FFDP’s recent weakness, it is likely that this run at the top will only last for one 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…

BOBAFLEX – “I Am A Nightmare”

HINDER – “Halo”

THE END MACHINE – “Alive Today”

TREMONTI – “Throw Them To The Lions”

BIG WRECK – “Locomotive”

DEMON HUNTER – “On My Side”

MEYTAL – “Armalite”

SYLAR – “Shook”

IN FLAMES – “Call My Name”

ATILLA – “Subhuman”

 

DROP IT…

Black Keys – “Lo/Hi”

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

Cage The Elephant – “Ready To Let Go”

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

Breaking Benjamin glides into the Top 10…

A pair of new Top 20 songs this week, provided by Slash (f. Myles Kennedy) and Asking Alexandria…

Only one change in the Top 30 composition, as Fever 333 climbs…

A trio of new entries in the Top 40 (and a returning Sevendust), including Messer climbing with nice momentum…

Two songs debut in the Top 50 – a new song from Hellyeah and the latest by Palisades – while Amity Affliction returns to the published chart after a four week absence.
 

 

THREE UP & THREE DOWN

RISING
Shinedown – “MONSTERS”
Motley Crue – “The Dirt”
Black Keys – “Lo/Hi”

 

FALLING
Nothing More – “Let Em Burn”
Greta Van Fleet – “You’re The One”
Rival Sons – “Do Your Worst”
 

 

TRENDS & OBSERVATIONS

It’s been roughly 12 years since Hellyeah made their first appearance on the rock radio charts.  I’m not sure how many bands have changed their sound so completely over the same span but still manage airplay regardless.