HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 8/17/19

 HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 8/17/19

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 8/17/19. All exclusive HRD content is featured below the chart:

CHART	CHART	ARTIST	SONG TITLE	RADIO
POSITION	POSITION			SPINS
THIS WEEK	LAST WEEK
1	1	VOLBEAT	“Last Day Under The Sun”	1982
2	4	DISTURBED	“No More”	1661
3	3	I PREVAIL	“Breaking Down”	1560
4	2	GODSMACK	“Under Your Scars”	1551
5	5	GRETA VAN FLEET	“Lover, Leaver”	1549
6	6	HELLYEAH	“Welcome Home”	1323
7	8	DIRTY HONEY	“When I’m Gone”	1280
8	9	GHOST	“Faith”	1198
9	10	THE GLORIOUS SONS	“Panic Attack”	1187
10	7	FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH	“Blue On Black”	1143
11	11	KORN	“You’ll Never Find Me”	966
12	12	RIVAL SONS	“Too Bad”	932
13	13	DINOSAUR PILE-UP	“Back Foot”	842
14	20	TOOL	“Fear Inoculum”	713
15	15	SUM 41	“Out For Blood”	692
16	16	SKILLET	“Legendary”	632
17	19	E. SHEERAN/C. STAPLETON/B. MARS	“BLOW”	619
18	18	BEARTOOTH	“You Never Know”	615
19	17	BUSH	“Bullet Holes”	580
20	22	BADFLOWER	“The Jester”	524
21	14	SLIPKNOT	“Unsainted”	518
22	21	MOTIONLESS IN WHITE	“Brand New Numb”	456
23	23	ALTER BRIDGE	“Wouldn’t You Rather”	442
24	24	BLACK KEYS	“Go”	420
25	29	PAPA ROACH	“Come Around”	417
26	27	BRKN LOVE	“Shot Down”	380
27	28	ATREYU	“House Of Gold”	367
28	30	PUDDLE OF MUDD	“Uh Oh”	363
29	26	THE BLACK MOODS	“Bad News”	349
30	25	SCOTT STAPP	“Purpose For Pain”	276
31	31	ROYAL BLISS	“Pain”	222
32	33	THROUGH FIRE	“All Animal”	192
33	37	BLACKTOP MOJO	“Can’t Sleep”	189
34	41	KILLSWITCH ENGAGE	“I Am Broken Too”	180
35	40	SAINT ASONIA (f. SULLY ERNA)	“The Hunted”	166
36	39	COHEED AND CAMBRIA	“The Gutter”	161
37	38	COLLECTIVE SOUL	“Right As Rain”	158
38	42	CROBOT	“Low Life”	155
39	45	ICE NINE KILLS	“SAVAGES”	145
40	34	MEMPHIS MAY FIRE (f. A. MINEO)	“Heavy Is The Weight”	139
41	35	P.O.D.	“Rockin’ With The Best”	131
42	0	HIGHLY SUSPECT	“16”	128
43	44	NONPOINT	“Fix This”	124
44	50	BRING ME THE HORIZON	“Sugar Honey Ice & Tea”	118
45	43	LIVE	“Hold Me Up”	117
46	46	STITCHED UP HEART (f. SULLY ERNA)	“Lost”	111
47	47	SUNFLOWER DEAD	“Turn Away”	106
48	48	BUCKCHERRY	“Right Now”	84
49	32	RACONTEURS	“Help Me Stranger”	78
50	49	BONES UK	“Pretty Waste”	66

 

 

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

PHIL CAMPBELL (f. DEE SNIDER, MICK MARS, CHRIS FEHN) – “These Old Boots”

In April of 2000, Saturday Night Live first aired the classic “more cowbell” skit.  It left an indelible mark on the fabric of pop culture.  You know what Active Rock playlists can use to freshen things up?  MORE COWBELL!  Former Slipknot drummer Chris Fehn delivers just that on “These Old Boots” (off of Phil Campbell’s first solo album – Old Lions Still Roar).  The song – which also features guest vocals by Dee Snider and Mick Mars on guitar – is a straight-forward, no-nonsense, in-your-face, timeless blues rocker with just the right amount of grit and swagger.  Keeping with the theme of the album, “These Old Boots” sends a message to the world that these legendary rockers still have plenty of gas left in the tank.

Motorhead received limited airplay on Active Rock radio; Motley Crue’s only came on the heels of the wildly popular biopic – The Dirt, and Twisted Sister is relegated strictly to Classic Rock radio, so it’s no guarantee that these “old lions” will make any noise now.  However, in a format that has become increasingly stale, this is just what the doctor ordered to spice things up a bit.  There is still plenty of tread left on “These Old Boots.”   The next generation of rock music fans deserve the opportunity to discover that when they tune in.

 

 

PUBLISHER’S PREDICTIONS (By Adam Waldman)

Volbeat plateaued this week, declining by a minimal amount of spins, but they still hold a comfortable lead over Disturbed.  Unless Volbeat starts dropping swiftly, it will take at least another few weeks to be dethroned by Disturbed.  There is an outside chance that Greta Van Fleet can gain momentum and make things interesting, but they’re likely at least a month away from topping the chart.

 

 

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…

PHIL CAMPBELL (f. DEE SNIDER, MICK MARS) – “These Old Boots”

HALESTORM – “Black Vultures”

EVE TO ADAM – “Day Drinkin'”

THE RAVEN AGE – “Fleur de Lis”

TRIVIUM – “Drowning In The Sound”

WHISKY MYERS – “Gasoline”

SAVAGE AFTER MIDNIGHT – “Unleash”

AWAKE AT LAST – “Unobtainable”

THE DIRTY NIL – “Pain Of Infinity”

REDLIGHT KING – “Lift The Curse”

RUBIKON – “Blood On My Hands”

BONDS OF MARA – “Lights Out”

 

 

GREATEST GAINERS…

TOOL – “Fear Inoculum” (+187 spins)

HIGHLY SUSPECT – “16” (+128 spins)

DISTURBED – “No More” (+111 spins)