HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 4/13/19

HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 4/13/19

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 4/13/19. All exclusive HRD content is featured below the chart:

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”	1758
2	2	THREE DAYS GRACE	“Right Left Wrong”	1745
3	3	POP EVIL	“Be Legendary”	1513
4	4	BADFLOWER	“Heroin (2018)”	1490
5	5	BLACK KEYS	“Lo/Hi”	1485
6	7	MARK MORTON (f. CHESTER BENNINGTON)	“Cross Off”	1230
7	9	BAD WOLVES	“Remember When”	1204
8	8	BREAKING BENJAMIN	“Tourniquet”	1211
9	10	MOTLEY CRUE (f. M.G.K.)	“The Dirt (Est. 1981)”	1145
10	12	SHINEDOWN	“Monsters”	1099
11	11	PAPA ROACH	“Elevate”	1026
12	6	GRETA VAN FLEET	“You’re The One”	974
13	13	CAGE THE ELEPHANT	“Ready To Let Go”	963
14	15	THRICE	“Hold Up A Light”	784
15	17	I PREVAIL	“Breaking Down”	769
16	14	DIAMANTE	“Haunted”	763
17	16	SLASH (f. MYLES KENNEDY)	“Mind Your Manners”	633
18	18	ASKING ALEXANDRIA	“Vultures”	560
19	19	BRING ME THE HORIZON (f. DANI FILTH)	“Wonderful Life”	481
20	20	ICE NINE KILLS	“A Grave Mistake”	460
21	27	GODSMACK	“Under Your Scars”	435
22	24	NEW YEARS DAY	“Shut Up”	392
23	26	ALICE IN CHAINS	“Rainer Fog”	378
24	22	FEVER 333	“One Of Us”	365
25	21	PALAYE ROYALE	“You’ll Be Fine”	340
26	25	ALL THAT REMAINS	“Everything’s Wrong”	292
27	28	GRANDSON	“Apologize”	284
28	23	LIKE A STORM	“Complicated (Stitches & Scars)”	261
29	31	SHIM	“Crucified”	236
30	30	SAUL	“Brother”	233
31	34	MESSER	“Simple Man”	227
32	36	FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH	“Blue On Black”	219
33	33	SEVENDUST	“Risen”	211
34	32	BUCKCHERRY	“Bent”	201
35	29	LIGHT THE TORCH	“The Safety Of Disbelief”	193
36	54	HALESTORM	“Vicious”	144
37	37	THE BLACK MOODS	“Bad News”	141
38	35	NOTHING MORE	“Let Em Burn”	140
39	41	BEARTOOTH	“You Never Know”	138
40	39	HANDS LIKE HOUSES	“Sick”	112
41	38	PALISADES	“Erase The Pain”	105
42	43	BASEMENT	“Be Here Now”	104
43	55	GARY CLARK JR	“What About Us”	99
44	40	BRING ME THE HORIZON	“Medicine”	90
45	58	SCOTT STAPP	“Purpose For Pain”	82
46	44	AMITY AFFLICTION	“Drag The Lake”	82
47	42	ALTITUDES & ATTITUDE	“Late”	82
48	45	BOSTON MANOR	“Halo”	79
49	49	ROYAL BLISS	“Pain”	69
50	47	SAVAGE AFTER MIDNIGHT	“10 Feet Tall”	68

 

 

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

BOBAFLEX – “I Am A Nightmare”

Distinct vocal harmonies and unique phrasing have always made Bobaflex one of the more interesting bands around.  The band has always marched to the beat of their own drum, so it’s no surprise that “I Am A Nightmare” blazes a trail rather than following down the same path as others.  Actually, there is a degree of familiarity to elements of the song, but not what you would expect, and certainly not like anything that I’ve ever heard before in totality. 

Most modern rock bands don’t rely as heavily upon vocal harmonies as Bobaflex.  In that regard, they are something of a throwback to the ’70s and ’80s. “I Am A Nightmare” opens with these harmonies, which is something that other bands have done in the past, but other than “Leave It” by Yes, it’s hard to think of another song that carried it from beginning to end with such melody.  Of course, that song was meant to showcase the band’s a cappella sound.  Other bands like Queen and Styx have used the technique to perfection within the context of mainstream rock songs, but even they haven’t delivered a song with such intense vocal harmonies throughout.  To find something that is even in the same realm as “I Am A Nightmare,” you have to travel back in time nearly five decades to the Moody Blues hit, “I’m Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band).”  It’s a pretty safe bet that many Bobaflex fans have never even heard the Moody Blues song before.  No matter.  “I Am A Nightmare” is even better.

Infused with the modern edge of today’s active rock, the riffs and leads of the guitar hero days, and the vocal harmonies of yesteryear, “I Am A Nightmare” is a song that is unlike anything else that you will hear on radio today.  Like much of Bobaflex’s music, this song might be over the heads of narrow focused program directors, but that shouldn’t stop you from discovering one of the hidden gems of the modern era.

 

 

PUBLISHER’S PREDICTIONS (By Adam Waldman)

Disturbed held on for one more week, but they will be dethroned next week by Three Days Grace.  The gap between the top two is minimal.  Disturbed is on the way down, while Three Days Grace is still rising.  This is no-brainer prediction because there is no other artist within striking distance.
 

 

HRD SPIN CONTROL (by Adam Waldman and Jon Loveless)

The following is a list of songs that we feel deserve to be added to Active Rock playlists…

BOBAFLEX – “I Am A Nightmare”

HALESTORM – “Vicious”

TREMONTI – “Throw Them To The Lions”

BIG WRECK – “Locomotive”

DEMON HUNTER – “On My Side”

MEYTAL – “Armalite”

SYLAR – “Shook”

FROM ASHES TO NEW – “My Name”

ROYAL TUSK – “First Time”

DEAD GIRLS ACADEMY – “Everything”

DIRTY HONEY – “When I’m Gone”

DREAM THEATER – “Paralyzed”

VEER UNION – “Save Yourself”

SHALLOW SIDE – “Sound The Alarm”

ONCE AROUND – “I Will Ascend”

 

 

GREATEST GAINERS…

GODSMACK – “Under Your Scars” (+168 spins)

BLACK KEYS – “Hi/Lo” (+161 spins)

I PREVAIL – “Breaking Down” (+139 spins)

SHINEDOWN – “Monsters” (+130 spins)

THREE DAYS GRACE – “Right Left Wrong” (+109 spins)

BAD WOLVES – “Remember When” (+104 spins)

HALESTORM – “Vicious” (+99 spins)