HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 4/20/19

HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 4/20/19

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 4/20/19. 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	2	THREE DAYS GRACE	“Right Left Wrong”	1798
2	1	DISTURBED	“A Reason To Fight”	1624
3	5	BLACK KEYS	“Lo/Hi”	1612
4	3	POP EVIL	“Be Legendary”	1549
5	4	BADFLOWER	“Heroin (2018)”	1535
6	7	BAD WOLVES	“Remember When”	1292
7	6	MARK MORTON (f. CHESTER BENNINGTON)	“Cross Off”	1214
8	8	BREAKING BENJAMIN	“Tourniquet”	1189
9	10	SHINEDOWN	“Monsters”	1173
10	9	MOTLEY CRUE (f. M.G.K.)	“The Dirt (Est. 1981)”	1167
11	11	PAPA ROACH	“Elevate”	1094
12	13	CAGE THE ELEPHANT	“Ready To Let Go”	1011
13	15	I PREVAIL	“Breaking Down”	829
14	14	THRICE	“Hold Up A Light”	667
15	17	SLASH (f. MYLES KENNEDY)	“Mind Your Manners”	658
16	32	FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH	“Blue On Black”	634
17	21	GODSMACK	“Under Your Scars”	594
18	18	ASKING ALEXANDRIA	“Vultures”	579
19	19	BRING ME THE HORIZON (f. DANI FILTH)	“Wonderful Life”	515
20	20	ICE NINE KILLS	“A Grave Mistake”	459
21	22	NEW YEARS DAY	“Shut Up”	428
22	23	ALICE IN CHAINS	“Rainer Fog”	407
23	24	FEVER 333	“One Of Us”	398
24	27	GRANDSON	“Apologize”	319
25	26	ALL THAT REMAINS	“Everything’s Wrong”	304
26	29	SHIM	“Crucified”	261
27	25	PALAYE ROYALE	“You’ll Be Fine”	243
28	31	MESSER	“Simple Man”	232
29	36	HALESTORM	“Vicious”	227
30	30	SAUL	“Brother”	222
31	33	SEVENDUST	“Risen”	197
32	34	BUCKCHERRY	“Bent”	187
33	28	LIKE A STORM	“Complicated (Stitches & Scars)”	182
34	39	BEARTOOTH	“You Never Know”	165
35	35	LIGHT THE TORCH	“The Safety Of Disbelief”	163
36	40	HANDS LIKE HOUSES	“Sick”	150
37	37	THE BLACK MOODS	“Bad News”	146
38	38	NOTHING MORE	“Let Em Burn”	136
39	42	BASEMENT	“Be Here Now”	127
40	43	GARY CLARK JR	“What About Us”	126
41	46	AMITY AFFLICTION	“Drag The Lake”	104
42	47	ALTITUDES & ATTITUDE	“Late”	93
43	45	SCOTT STAPP	“Purpose For Pain”	93
44	41	PALISADES	“Erase The Pain”	89
45	49	ROYAL BLISS	“Pain”	88
46	48	BOSTON MANOR	“Halo”	87
47	44	BRING ME THE HORIZON	“Medicine”	77
48	50	SAVAGE AFTER MIDNIGHT	“10 Feet Tall”	74
49	58	ADELITAS WAY	“What It Takes”	72
50	85	DIRTY HONEY	“When I’m Gone”	57

 

 

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

DIRTY HONEY – “When I’m Gone”

The sweet, soulful swagger of Led Zeppelin meets the sleazy, gritty, ’80s Sunset Strip sound of Guns N’ Roses and Motley Crue on Dirty Honey’s “When I’m Gone.”  Dirty Honey is not only the moniker of these L.A. rockers, it is also an accurate description of their sound.  It wasn’t that long ago when bands like this, talented though they may be, didn’t have a home on Active Rock radio.  There is undoubtedly a classic rock revival going on, due in no small part to the impact that has been made by Greta Van Fleet.  They have their fair share of critics, but they deserve credit for blazing a trail for bands like Dirty Honey to garner radio attention.   “When I’m Gone” has a distinct Zeppelin vibe, but because of the infusion of the Sunset Strip sound of yesteryear (from the band’s hometown), Dirty Honey is unlikely to feel the wrath of critics and fans for being too derivative.  Ironically, the evolution of Active Rock radio may very well be defined by going back in time and embracing timeless rock and roll from bands like Dirty Honey.

 

 

PUBLISHER’S PREDICTIONS (By Adam Waldman)

As predicted last week, Three Days Grace has taken over the #1 position from Disturbed.  The former had a solid week, while the latter started dropped precipitously.  Should Three Days Grace drop, it’s possible that they could be replaced by Black Keys as early as next week.  However, it looks like the current chart-toppers should have at least a few week run.

 

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…

SHALLOW SIDE – “Sound The Alarm”

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”

ROYAL TUSK – “First Time”

DEAD GIRLS ACADEMY – “Everything”

DREAM THEATER – “Paralyzed”

VEER UNION – “Save Yourself”

ONCE AROUND – “I Will Ascend”

 

 

GREATEST GAINERS…

FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH – “Blue On black” (+415 spins)

GODSMACK – “Under Your Scars” (+159 spins)

BLACK KEYS – “Hi/Lo” (+127 spins)