HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 5/4/19

HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 5/4/19

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 5/4/19. 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	3	BLACK KEYS	“Lo/Hi”	1814
2	2	POP EVIL	“Be Legendary”	1771
3	4	BADFLOWER	“Heroin (2018)”	1680
4	6	BAD WOLVES	“Remember When”	1495
5	7	SHINEDOWN	“Monsters”	1410
6	1	THREE DAYS GRACE	“Right Left Wrong”	1358
7	5	DISTURBED	“A Reason To Fight”	1303
8	8	BREAKING BENJAMIN	“Tourniquet”	1292
9	9	MOTLEY CRUE (f. M.G.K.)	“The Dirt (Est. 1981)”	1207
10	10	PAPA ROACH	“Elevate”	1147
11	13	FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH	“Blue On Black”	1146
12	12	CAGE THE ELEPHANT	“Ready To Let Go”	976
13	14	I PREVAIL	“Breaking Down”	973
14	15	GODSMACK	“Under Your Scars”	790
15	16	SLASH (f. MYLES KENNEDY)	“Mind Your Manners”	735
16	17	ASKING ALEXANDRIA	“Vultures”	695
17	11	MARK MORTON (f. CHESTER BENNINGTON)	“Cross Off”	637
18	18	BRING ME THE HORIZON (f. DANI FILTH)	“Wonderful Life”	551
19	19	ICE NINE KILLS	“A Grave Mistake”	515
20	21	NEW YEARS DAY	“Shut Up”	477
21	20	ALICE IN CHAINS	“Rainer Fog”	468
22	24	GRANDSON	“Apologize”	411
23	22	FEVER 333	“One Of Us”	399
24	25	HALESTORM	“Vicious”	396
25	28	MESSER	“Simple Man”	327
26	27	SHIM	“Crucified”	302
27	26	ALL THAT REMAINS	“Everything’s Wrong”	249
28	31	BEARTOOTH	“You Never Know”	230
29	23	THRICE	“Hold Up A Light”	224
30	32	GARY CLARK JR	“What About Us”	219
31	41	RIVAL SONS	“Too Bad”	218
32	29	SAUL	“Brother”	217
33	46	SUM 41	“Out For Blood”	180
34	35	HANDS LIKE HOUSES	“Sick”	179
35	34	THE BLACK MOODS	“Bad News”	178
36	40	SCOTT STAPP	“Purpose For Pain”	164
37	37	BASEMENT	“Be Here Now”	142
38	33	BUCKCHERRY	“Bent”	133
39	36	SEVENDUST	“Risen”	125
40	42	MOTIONLESS IN WHITE	“Brand New Numb”	122
41	43	ROYAL BLISS	“Pain”	116
42	39	AMITY AFFLICTION	“Drag The Lake”	114
43	44	PALISADES	“Erase The Pain”	113
44	45	SAVAGE AFTER MIDNIGHT	“10 Feet Tall”	75
45	47	DIRTY HONEY	“When I’m Gone”	71
46	50	ADELITAS WAY	“What It Takes”	70
47	49	NINE SHRINES	“Nimrod”	65
48	57	COHEED AND CAMBRIA	“The Gutter”	61
49	59	PERRY FARRELL	“Pirate Punk Politician”	56
50	58	SHVPES	“Undertones”	56

 

 

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

THE WILD! – “Helluva Ride”

It’s taken me forty years to realize that Foreigner’s “Dirty White Boy” is actually a bit ironic.  The song is as clean and melodic as the band itself.  I heard shades of “Dirty White Boy” in the opening vocals of “Helluva Ride,” but in this case, it is not at all ironic.  Frontman Dylan Villain is dirty in the way that you want your rock stars to be.

Anyone who thinks that Motley Crue’s biopic (The Dirt) is only successful because of nostalgia need not look any further than Villain and the rest of The Wild! “crue” to see that good, old fashioned, sleazy, balls-to-the-wall rock and roll is timeless when it is done right.  With Guns N’ Roses arguably being the biggest band in hard rock at the moment, and bands like Buckcherry still going strong after all these years, it’s not unrealistic to think that The Wild! are a couple of breaks away from being a rock and roll juggernaut.

“Helluva Ride” is the perfect blend of yesterday and today, taking elements of ’70s and ’80s rock and infusing it with a defiant punk edge and a modern flair.  At times, it feels like the ghost of Bon Scott is being channeled by Villain.  Rock stars today don’t live the unabashed life of debauchery that caused Scott’s early demise, but The Wild! are doing their part to make sure that people remember that rock and roll is ultimately one big party with friends you haven’t met yet.

According to Villain, “Helluva Ride” is “a song I wrote about looking back on my life and all the crazy shit I’ve done over the years.  When I really think about it, it’s a miracle I’m still here, man.”

This song deserves to be in heavy rotation!

 

 

PUBLISHER’S PREDICTIONS (By Adam Waldman)

As predicted, Three Days Grace dropped from the top.  The steep fall from “grace” cleared the way for an entire new Top 5.  Black Keys edged out Pop Evil this week, but either could top the chart next week.  Badflower is also well within striking distance of the top spot.  These three (along with Bad Wolves and Shinedown) look poised to comprise the Top 5 for the next month or so.
 

 

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…

THE WILD! – “Helluva Ride”

SHALLOW SIDE – “Sound The Alarm”

BOBAFLEX – “I Am A Nightmare”

ANY GIVEN SIN – “Dynamite”

STITCHED UP HEART (f. SULLY ERNA) – “Lost”

BIG WRECK – “Locomotive”

DREAM THEATER – “Paralyzed”

MEYTAL – “Armalite”

SYLAR – “Shook”

FROM ASHES TO NEW – “My Name”

ROYAL TUSK – “First Time”

VEER UNION – “Save Yourself”

ONCE AROUND – “I Will Ascend”

PARKWAY DRIVE – “Shadow Boxing”

AWAKE AT LAST (f. SPENCER CHARNAS) – “The Change”

DEADLAND RITUAL – “Down In Flames”

TWIZTID – “Magic Spells”

THE CRINGE – “I Can’t Take It No More”

DAMN NATION – “Set Me Off”

TYLER BRYANT & THE SHAKEDOWN – “On To The Next”

TANTRIC – “Angry”

 

 

GREATEST GAINERS…

BLACK KEYS – “Lo/Hi” (+165 spins)

FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH – “Blue On Black” (+158 spins)

SHINEDOWN – “Monsters” (+130 spins)

POP EVIL – “Be Legendary” (+120 spins)

SUM 41 – “Out For Blood” (+107 spins)

RIVAL SONS – “Too Bad” (+103 spins)