HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 6/22/19

HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 6/22/19

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 6/22/19. All exclusive HRD content is featured below the chart:

HRD Rock Report – May 2019 (features recap of April charts)

CHART	CHART	ARTIST	SONG TITLE	RADIO
POSITION	POSITION			SPINS
THIS WEEK	LAST WEEK
1	2	SHINEDOWN	“Monsters”	2062
2	1	FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH	“Blue On Black”	2043
3	3	BAD WOLVES	“Remember When”	1924
4	4	PAPA ROACH	“Elevate”	1556
5	5	GODSMACK	“Under Your Scars”	1527
6	7	I PREVAIL	“Breaking Down”	1308
7	6	BLACK KEYS	“Lo/Hi”	1059
8	8	GRETA VAN FLEET	“Lover, Leaver”	1046
9	10	ICE NINE KILLS	“A Grave Mistake”	962
10	28	VOLBEAT	“Last Day Under The Sun”	865
11	11	SLIPKNOT	“Unsainted”	860
12	9	ASKING ALEXANDRIA	“Vultures”	839
13	12	GHOST	“Faith”	833
14	13	HALESTORM	“Vicious”	761
15	14	HELLYEAH	“Welcome Home”	740
16	15	RIVAL SONS	“Too Bad”	709
17	16	DISTURBED	“No More”	675
18	18	DIRTY HONEY	“When I’m Gone”	609
19	17	NEW YEARS DAY	“Shut Up”	567
20	20	SUM 41	“Out For Blood”	533
21	23	BUSH	“Bullet Holes”	470
22	24	BEARTOOTH	“You Never Know”	450
23	21	GRANDSON	“Apologize”	435
24	25	MESSER	“Simple Man”	422
25	27	GARY CLARK JR	“What About Us”	403
26	22	CAGE THE ELEPHANT	“Ready To Let Go”	368
27	30	SKILLET	“Legendary”	360
28	33	SCOTT STAPP	“Purpose For Pain”	312
29	29	BLINK-182	“Blame It On My Youth”	309
30	37	THE GLORIOUS SONS	“Panic Attack”	307
31	31	SAUL	“Brother”	297
32	32	MOTIONLESS IN WHITE	“Brand New Numb”	292
33	36	DINOSAUR PILE-UP	“Back Foot”	232
34	34	THE BLACK MOODS	“Bad News”	226
35	35	ATREYU	“House Of Gold”	204
36	41	RACONTEURS	“Help Me Stranger”	174
37	38	ROYAL BLISS	“Pain”	160
38	39	PERRY FARRELL	“Pirate Punk Politician”	147
39	46	MEMPHIS MAY FIRE (f. A. MINEO)	“Heavy Is The Weight”	123
40	44	COLLECTIVE SOUL	“Right As Rain”	117
41	47	P.O.D.	“Rockin’ With The Best”	106
42	48	COHEED AND CAMBRIA	“The Gutter”	92
43	45	CATFISH AND THE BOTTLEMEN	“Longshot”	79
44	51	NONPOINT	“Fix This”	77
45	43	BASEMENT	“Be Here Now”	75
46	57	BUCKCHERRY	“Right Now”	56
47	50	ADELITAS WAY	“What It Takes”	51
48	53	BRKN LOVE	“Shot Down”	50
49	54	BLACK KEYS	“Go”	47
50	63	THROUGH FIRE	“All Animal”	45

 

 

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

GRANNY 4 BARREL – “Nitro Sexy”

Imagine if you will the quirky edginess of the B-52s, the intensity of Judas Priest, the sleaze of the early days of Motley Crue, and the mysterious darkness of Alice Cooper.  Put it all in a blender and you get the unexpected cocktail that is Granny 4 Barrel’s “Nitro Sexy.”  And that’s just the audio.  Watch the video and you’ll get to experience a modern day version of the classic Saturday morning cartoon of the 70s – Wacky Races.  Granny 4 Barrel is much more Dastardly and Muttley in their Flying Machines than it is The Perils Of Penelope Pitstop.  Not since the days of Twisted Sister has a band infused their collective personalities so effectively into a cinematic music video.

Rising above the din in today’s rock scene is more challenging than ever because of the sheer volume of music out there, much of which feels remarkably similar.  Granny 4 Barrel not only makes you stand up and take notice of their distinct image, but also their music which is refreshingly defiant in its approach.  “Nitro Sexy” is a reminder that rock music can be a fun, adrenaline-fueled escape from reality.

 

 

PUBLISHER’S PREDICTIONS (By Adam Waldman)

As predicted last week, Shinedown takes over the top spot this week, but it was much closer than expected due to modest gains for “Monsters” and a modest decline for Five Finger Death Punch. The two remain neck and neck, with Bad Wolves also within striking distance.  It’s likely that FFDP will not remain in the battle for the top spot, but stranger things have happened.
 

 

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…

GRANNY 4 BARREL – “Nitro Sexy”

EVE TO ADAM – “Day Drinkin'”

SHALLOW SIDE – “Sound The Alarm”

FROM ASHES TO NEW – “My Name”

SLASH f. MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS – “Boulevard Of Broken Hearts”

TRIVIUM – “Drowning In The Sound”

DEADLAND RITUAL – “Broken And Bruised”

BOBAFLEX – “I Am A Nightmare”

P.O.D. – “Rockin’ With The Best”

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

PARKWAY DRIVE – “Shadow Boxing”

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

NINE SHRINES – “Nimrod”

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

REDLIGHT KING – “Lift The Curse”

CROWN THE EMPIRE – “Sudden Sky”

 

 

GREATEST GAINERS…

VOLBEAT – “Last Day Under The Sun” (+531 spins)

THE GLORIOUS SONS – “Panic Attack” (+150 spins)

GRETA VAN FLEET – “Lover, Leaver” (+108 spins)