HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 7/13/19

HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 7/13/19

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 7/13/19. All exclusive HRD content is featured below the chart:

CHART	CHART	ARTIST	SONG TITLE	RADIO
POSITION	POSITION			SPINS
THIS WEEK	LAST WEEK
1	1	BAD WOLVES	“Remember When”	1973
2	4	GODSMACK	“Under Your Scars”	1869
3	2	SHINEDOWN	“Monsters”	1767
4	3	FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH	“Blue On Black”	1755
5	6	VOLBEAT	“Last Day Under The Sun”	1488
6	5	I PREVAIL	“Breaking Down”	1413
7	8	GRETA VAN FLEET	“Lover, Leaver”	1303
8	10	GHOST	“Faith”	1053
9	9	HELLYEAH	“Welcome Home”	1045
10	13	DISTURBED	“No More”	1042
11	12	SLIPKNOT	“Unsainted”	973
12	14	DIRTY HONEY	“When I’m Gone”	899
13	15	RIVAL SONS	“Too Bad”	773
14	20	THE GLORIOUS SONS	“Panic Attack”	726
15	22	KORN	“You’ll Never Find Me”	717
16	17	BLACK KEYS	“Lo/Hi”	656
17	19	BUSH	“Bullet Holes”	647
18	18	SUM 41	“Out For Blood”	630
19	21	BEARTOOTH	“You Never Know”	539
20	23	SKILLET	“Legendary”	526
21	16	HALESTORM	“Vicious”	518
22	25	DINOSAUR PILE-UP	“Back Foot”	477
23	24	MOTIONLESS IN WHITE	“Brand New Numb”	431
24	29	SCOTT STAPP	“Purpose For Pain”	351
25	26	GARY CLARK JR	“What About Us”	294
26	30	THE BLACK MOODS	“Bad News”	277
27	35	ALTER BRIDGE	“Wouldn’t You Rather”	271
28	32	ATREYU	“House Of Gold”	245
29	28	MESSER	“Simple Man”	243
30	27	NEW YEARS DAY	“Shut Up”	223
31	31	BLINK-182	“Blame It On My Youth”	197
32	33	SAUL	“Brother”	194
33	36	RACONTEURS	“Help Me Stranger”	188
34	34	ROYAL BLISS	“Pain”	178
35	39	COLLECTIVE SOUL	“Right As Rain”	156
36	37	MEMPHIS MAY FIRE (f. A. MINEO)	“Heavy Is The Weight”	142
37	40	P.O.D.	“Rockin’ With The Best”	134
38	46	BLACK KEYS	“Go”	126
39	43	COHEED AND CAMBRIA	“The Gutter”	123
40	401	E. SHEERAN/C. STAPLETON/B. MARS	“BLOW”	102
41	48	STITCHED UP HEART (f. SULLY ERNA)	“Lost”	99
42	44	BUCKCHERRY	“Right Now”	98
43	38	PERRY FARRELL	“Pirate Punk Politician”	98
44	42	THROUGH FIRE	“All Animal”	97
45	47	BRKN LOVE	“Shot Down”	83
46	45	NONPOINT	“Fix This”	79
47	53	LIVE	“Hold Me Up”	69
48	50	ADELITAS WAY	“What It Takes”	59
49	56	TRIVIUM	“Drowning In The Sound”	54
50	54	CORE	“Killing Me”	54

 

 

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

SLIPKNOT – “Unsainted”

When it comes to Corey Taylor, I personally tend to favor Stone Sour over Slipknot because that’s where one of the best voices in rock today is most on display.  The beauty of his passionate vocals can get lost amidst the balls-to-the-wall adrenaline that Taylor customarily showcases on his aggressive work with Slipknot.  But who says that both can’t coexist within the same song?  With “Unsainted,” the devil and angel on Taylor’s shoulders (so to speak) are channeled through alternating the bellicose rancor of the verses with the soul-stirring beauty of the hook in the chorus.  Haunting female choir vocals add depth to the song in a way that is reminiscent of “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” by the Rolling Stones.  Lyrically, “Unsainted” feels like a deep-rooted crisis of faith, at least where organized religion is concerned.  If you just want to let the dark rage of the song wash over you as you immerse yourself in the primal energy of the angst-ridden vocals, fierce double bass drumming, and choppy guitar riffs, there’s ample opportunity for headbanging induced whiplash.  Those who choose to peel back the layers will find themselves on yet another journey into the mind of one of the most thought-provoking lyricists in rock history.

 

 

PUBLISHER’S PREDICTIONS (By Adam Waldman)

Bad Wolves picked up some spins this week after last week’s slight decline, but Godsmack narrowed the gap with another strong week.  Even if it doesn’t happen next week, Godsmack will be the next #1 sooner rather than later.
 

 

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…

SUNFLOWER DEAD – “Turn Away”

GRANNY 4 BARREL – “Nitro Sexy”

EVE TO ADAM – “Day Drinkin'”

KILLSWITCH ENGAGE – “Unleashed”

ROYAL TUSK – “First Time”

FROM ASHES TO NEW – “My Name”

BOBAFLEX – “I Am A Nightmare”

PARKWAY DRIVE – “Shadow Boxing”

NINE SHRINES – “Nimrod”

SAVAGE AFTER MIDNIGHT – “Unleash”

FAME ON FIRE – “Over It”

BLACKTOP MOJO – “Can’t Sleep”

 

 

GREATEST GAINERS…

KORN – “You’ll Never Find Me” (+220 spins)

VOLBEAT – “Last Day Under The Sun” (+142 spins)

DISTURBED – “No More” (+139 spins)

THE GLORIOUS SONS – “Panic Attack” (+134 spins)

DIRTY HONEY – “When I’m Gone” (+122 spins)

ALTER BRIDGE – “Wouldn’t You Rather” (+111 spins)

GODSMACK – “Under Your Scars” (+110 spins)

GHOST – “Faith” (+101 spins)

DINOSAUR PILE-UP – “Back Foot” (+101 spins)

ED SHEERHAN/CHRIS STAPLETON/BRUNO MARS – “BLOW” (+101 spins)