HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 7/27/19

HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 7/27/19

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 7/27/19. All exclusive HRD content is featured below the chart:

CHART	CHART	ARTIST	SONG TITLE	RADIO
POSITION	POSITION			SPINS
THIS WEEK	LAST WEEK
1	1	GODSMACK	“Under Your Scars”	1902
2	3	VOLBEAT	“Last Day Under The Sun”	1863
3	6	I PREVAIL	“Breaking Down”	1496
4	2	BAD WOLVES	“Remember When”	1451
5	5	FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH	“Blue On Black”	1444
6	4	SHINEDOWN	“Monsters”	1415
7	7	GRETA VAN FLEET	“Lover, Leaver”	1364
8	8	DISTURBED	“No More”	1348
9	9	HELLYEAH	“Welcome Home”	1260
10	10	GHOST	“Faith”	1148
11	11	DIRTY HONEY	“When I’m Gone”	1115
12	13	THE GLORIOUS SONS	“Panic Attack”	959
13	12	SLIPKNOT	“Unsainted”	949
14	15	KORN	“You’ll Never Find Me”	841
15	14	RIVAL SONS	“Too Bad”	834
16	17	SUM 41	“Out For Blood”	694
17	16	BUSH	“Bullet Holes”	685
18	21	DINOSAUR PILE-UP	“Back Foot”	622
19	19	BEARTOOTH	“You Never Know”	600
20	20	SKILLET	“Legendary”	579
21	22	MOTIONLESS IN WHITE	“Brand New Numb”	509
22	26	E. SHEERAN/C. STAPLETON/B. MARS	“BLOW”	488
23	23	SCOTT STAPP	“Purpose For Pain”	392
24	27	ALTER BRIDGE	“Wouldn’t You Rather”	370
25	25	THE BLACK MOODS	“Bad News”	343
26	28	ATREYU	“House Of Gold”	340
27	33	BADFLOWER	“The Jester”	328
28	29	BLACK KEYS	“Go”	305
29	45	BRKN LOVE	“Shot Down”	247
30	24	HALESTORM	“Vicious”	226
31	31	ROYAL BLISS	“Pain”	213
32	30	RACONTEURS	“Help Me Stranger”	209
33	37	COLLECTIVE SOUL	“Right As Rain”	170
34	36	P.O.D.	“Rockin’ With The Best”	163
35	39	COHEED AND CAMBRIA	“The Gutter”	159
36	34	MEMPHIS MAY FIRE (f. A. MINEO)	“Heavy Is The Weight”	156
37	40	THROUGH FIRE	“All Animal”	152
38	32	SAUL	“Brother”	139
39	46	KILLSWITCH ENGAGE	“I Am Broken Too”	136
40	42	LIVE	“Hold Me Up”	129
41	41	STITCHED UP HEART (f. SULLY ERNA)	“Lost”	109
42	43	BUCKCHERRY	“Right Now”	108
43	60	PUDDLE OF MUDD	“Uh Oh”	106
44	44	NONPOINT	“Fix This”	104
45	78	PAPA ROACH	“Come Around”	102
46	69	CROBOT	“Low Life”	74
47	61	BLACKTOP MOJO	“Can’t Sleep”	62
48	55	SUNFLOWER DEAD	“Turn Away”	60
49	48	TRIVIUM	“Drowning In The Sound”	59
50	49	ADELITAS WAY	“What It Takes”	57

 

 

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

FROM ASHES TO NEW – “My Name”

“I’ll never stop until the world knows my name!”  This powerful refrain bellowed with tortured passion may seem like a narcissistic struggle for fame if taken at face value, but that’s not what From Ashes To New’s “My Name” is all about.  If anything, it is a defiant call to arms, an us-against-the-world anthem for the disenchanted and underappreciated.  It’s about reaching for the brass ring when the odds seem stacked against you, and your detractors outnumber your supporters.

“My Name” is not just about Matt Brandyberry’s quest to get the recognition that he deserves, and for that matter, From Ashes To New as well.  This angst-ridden anthem delivers a valuable lesson about using life’s inevitable failures as stepping stones to future success.  Waxing nostalgic about the way things used to be tends to be something that is done by older generations, but because the world is changing so quickly now (and not necessarily for the better), it’s understandable that is applies to people of all ages.  Although FATN has name recognition, they still don’t get the automatic airplay that seems to come to some of their fellow artists of similar stature.  If “My Name” was written and recorded by Linkin Park, you have to imagine that it would be all over the airwaves by now.

 

 

PUBLISHER’S PREDICTIONS (By Adam Waldman)

Godsmack held onto the top spot this week despite a slight decline in spins, but they will be unseated next week by Volbeat who continued their surge.  With approximately 400 spins separating Volbeat from I Prevail, it looks like their run at the top should last for multiple weeks.

 

 

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…

FROM ASHES TO NEW – “My Name”

BLACKTOP MOJO – “Can’t Sleep”

SUNFLOWER DEAD – “Turn Away”

GRANNY 4 BARREL – “Nitro Sexy”

EVE TO ADAM – “Day Drinkin'”

SHALLOW SIDE – “Sound The Alarm”

SAVAGE AFTER MIDNIGHT – “Unleash”

FAME ON FIRE – “Over It”

AWAKE AT LAST – “Unobtainable”

ZERO – “W W Y D F”

ROYAL TUSK – “First Time”

PARKWAY DRIVE – “Shadow Boxing”

 

 

GREATEST GAINERS…

DISTURBED – “No More” (+198 spins)

VOLBEAT – “Last Day Under The Sun” (+184 spins)

BRKN LOVE – “Shot Down” (+160 spins)

BADFLOWER – “The Jester” (+156 spins)

ED SHEERHAN/CHRIS STAPLETON/BRUNO MARS – “BLOW” (+156 spins)

HELLYEAH – “Welcome Home” (+112 spins)