HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 4/6/19

HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 4/6/19

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 4/6/19. All exclusive HRD content is featured below the chart:

JUST PUBLISHED! HRD Rock Report – April 2019 (features recap of March charts)

CHART	CHART	ARTIST	SONG TITLE	RADIO
POSITION	POSITION			SPINS
THIS WEEK	LAST WEEK
1	1	DISTURBED	“A Reason To Fight”	1812
2	2	THREE DAYS GRACE	“Right Left Wrong”	1636
3	3	POP EVIL	“Be Legendary”	1447
4	5	BADFLOWER	“Heroin (2018)”	1423
5	8	BLACK KEYS	“Lo/Hi”	1324
6	6	GRETA VAN FLEET	“You’re The One”	1231
7	7	MARK MORTON (f. CHESTER BENNINGTON)	“Cross Off”	1201
8	9	BREAKING BENJAMIN	“Tourniquet”	1161
9	10	BAD WOLVES	“Remember When”	1100
10	11	MOTLEY CRUE (f. M.G.K.)	“The Dirt (Est. 1981)”	1075
11	12	PAPA ROACH	“Elevate”	974
12	14	SHINEDOWN	“MONSTERS”	969
13	15	CAGE THE ELEPHANT	“Ready To Let Go”	930
14	13	DIAMANTE	“Haunted”	865
15	16	THRICE	“Hold Up A Light”	809
16	17	SLASH (f. MYLES KENNEDY)	“Mind Your Manners”	634
17	18	I PREVAIL	“Breaking Down”	630
18	19	ASKING ALEXANDRIA	“Vultures”	531
19	20	BRING ME THE HORIZON (f. DANI FILTH)	“Wonderful Life”	465
20	22	ICE NINE KILLS	“A Grave Mistake”	425
21	21	PALAYE ROYALE	“You’ll Be Fine”	370
22	25	FEVER 333	“One Of Us”	353
23	23	LIKE A STORM	“Complicated (Stitches & Scars)”	353
24	26	NEW YEARS DAY	“Shut Up”	322
25	24	ALL THAT REMAINS	“Everything’s Wrong”	314
26	28	ALICE IN CHAINS	“Rainer Fog”	309
27	44	GODSMACK	“Under Your Scars”	267
28	30	GRANDSON	“Apologize”	238
29	29	LIGHT THE TORCH	“The Safety Of Disbelief”	220
30	31	SAUL	“Brother”	216
31	27	SHIM	“Crucified”	207
32	33	BUCKCHERRY	“Bent”	206
33	34	SEVENDUST	“Risen”	200
34	36	MESSER	“Simple Man”	188
35	32	NOTHING MORE	“Let Em Burn”	181
36	41	FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH	“Blue On Black”	143
37	40	THE BLACK MOODS	“Bad News”	130
38	43	PALISADES	“Erase The Pain”	110
39	39	HANDS LIKE HOUSES	“Sick”	104
40	42	BRING ME THE HORIZON	“Medicine”	102
41	55	BEARTOOTH	“You Never Know”	100
42	38	ALTITUDES & ATTITUDE	“Late”	90
43	50	BASEMENT	“Be Here Now”	79
44	45	AMITY AFFLICTION	“Drag The Lake”	79
45	51	BOSTON MANOR	“Halo”	76
46	49	SHVPES	“Undertones”	71
47	47	SAVAGE AFTER MIDNIGHT	“10 Feet Tall”	62
48	37	CALL ME KARIZMA	“Monster (Under My Bed)”	59
49	61	ROYAL BLISS	“Pain”	55
50	48	HELLYEAH	“333”	52

 

 

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

ROYAL BLISS – “Pain”

One of the most versatile modern rock bands in recent memory is also one of the most underrated.  If generic active rock is a puddle of standing water, Royal Bliss is a free flowing river filled with unexpected twists and turns.  In recent times, the band has seamlessly vacillated between a southern rock sound with country flair to classic hard rock that harkens back to the ’80s to their current single which seems to be right in the active rock pocket.  But there is nothing generic about “Pain.”  Buoyed by an atypical, staccato riff, this song grabs your attention from the first note. At times, it has a melodic Papa Roach vibe.

Just like the band itself, Neal Middleton is one of the most underrated, versatile vocalists in rock today.  Soulful and emotive are the words that best describe his style.  On “Pain,” Middleton delivers his customary excellence, and even throws in some angsty little growls for emphasis.  Without missing a beat, he then offers up a poignant moment when the song downshifts in a manner similar to Highly Suspect’s debut single (“Lydia”).  To their credit, Royal Bliss never chases radio trends.  The end result may be less attention at radio than they deserve, but solace in knowing that they write songs from the heart that resonate with fans.  Unless programmers are asleep at the wheel, “Pain” should make a nice run up the charts.

 

 

PUBLISHER’S PREDICTIONS (By Adam Waldman)

It could just be a one-week breather, but all four songs at the top of the chart had modest gains, leaving Disturbed as the clear #1.  However, Three Days Grace trails by less than 200 spins, so that gap could be closed at any time with a coordinated drop by Disturbed and renewed momentum by the current #2.  If this treading water pattern holds, Disturbed could coast for at least a few more weeks.

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…

HALESTORM – “Vicious”

BOBAFLEX – “I Am A Nightmare”

TREMONTI – “Throw Them To The Lions”

BIG WRECK – “Locomotive”

DEMON HUNTER – “On My Side”

MEYTAL – “Armalite”

SYLAR – “Shook”

FROM ASHES TO NEW – “My Name”

ATILLA – “Subhuman”

BRKN LOVE – “Shot Down”

 

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”

Asking Alexandria – “Vultures”

Thrice – “Hold Up A Light”

Bring Me The Horizon – “Medicine”

Grandson – “Apologize”

Greta Van Fleet – “You’re The One”

 

 

THE BREAKDOWN (by Jon Loveless)

NOTABLE CHART MOVEMENT

Motley Crue has the week’s only new Top 10 single…in 2019!

After 20 weeks on the chart, Ice Nine Kills reaches the Top 20…

New to the Top 30 this week are the latest singles from Godsmack and Saul…

Three songs make their Top 40 debut, including a cover from Five Finger Death Punch that seemed destined to be a single from the day the album dropped…

Beartooth and Royal Bliss have Top 50 debuts, while Boston Manor finds themselves re-entering the published chart.
 

 

THREE UP & THREE DOWN

RISING
Shinedown – “MONSTERS”
Godsmack – “Under Your Scars”
Black Keys – “Lo/Hi”

FALLING
Call Me Karizma – “Monster (Under My Bed)”
Greta Van Fleet – “You’re The One”
Altitudes & Attitude – “Late”
 

 

TRENDS & OBSERVATIONS

It’s easy enough to have a little fun with the notion of Motley Crue having a hit in 2019, but “The Dirt” actually still has a way to go before it is even their most successful song of the current millennium.  The Billboard Mainstream Rock chart saw “If I Die Tomorrow” reach #4 in 2003, and “Saints of Los Angeles” hit #5 three years later.