HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 9/21/19

HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 9/21/19

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 9/21/19. All exclusive HRD content is featured below the chart:

CHART	CHART	ARTIST	SONG TITLE	RADIO
POSITION	POSITION			SPINS
THIS WEEK	LAST WEEK
1	3	DIRTY HONEY	“When I’m Gone”	1734
2	1	DISTURBED	“No More”	1689
3	2	VOLBEAT	“Last Day Under The Sun”	1619
4	4	THE GLORIOUS SONS	“Panic Attack”	1538
5	6	TOOL	“Fear Inoculum”	1425
6	5	HELLYEAH	“Welcome Home”	1390
7	7	GHOST	“Faith”	1256
8	15	GREEN DAY	“Father Of All…”	1237
9	8	KORN	“You’ll Never Find Me”	1208
10	9	DINOSAUR PILE-UP	“Back Foot”	1159
11	10	HIGHLY SUSPECT	“16”	1146
12	11	BADFLOWER	“The Jester”	990
13	13	PAPA ROACH	“Come Around”	959
14	16	SKILLET	“Legendary”	759
15	17	BEARTOOTH	“You Never Know”	615
16	18	BLACK KEYS	“Go”	601
17	19	ALTER BRIDGE	“Wouldn’t You Rather”	565
18	21	PUDDLE OF MUDD	“Uh Oh”	558
19	24	BAD WOLVES	“Killing Me Slowly”	514
20	25	STARSET	“Manifest”	424
21	22	BRKN LOVE	“Shot Down”	420
22	12	GRETA VAN FLEET	“Lover, Leaver”	416
23	26	SAINT ASONIA (f. SULLY ERNA)	“The Hunted”	414
24	27	ICE NINE KILLS	“SAVAGES”	363
25	31	KILLSWITCH ENGAGE	“I Am Broken Too”	361
26	32	WEEZER	“The End Of The Game”	355
27	30	CROBOT	“Low Life”	315
28	33	THROUGH FIRE	“All Animal”	291
29	28	ATREYU	“House Of Gold”	284
30	20	E. SHEERAN/C. STAPLETON/B. MARS	“BLOW”	280
31	35	A DAY TO REMEMBER	“Degenerates”	259
32	34	BLACKTOP MOJO	“Can’t Sleep”	253
33	29	SLIPKNOT	“Unsainted”	235
34	36	HALESTORM	“Black Vultures”	218
35	39	FOZZY	“Nowhere To Run”	213
36	37	BRING ME THE HORIZON	“Sugar Honey Ice & Tea”	190
37	38	NEW YEARS DAY	“Come For Me”	144
38	41	BONES UK	“Pretty Waste”	138
39	40	SUNFLOWER DEAD	“Turn Away”	123
40	42	NONPOINT	“Fix This”	122
41	43	WHISKEY MYERS	“Gasoline”	115
42	44	RUBIKON	“Blood On My Hands”	108
43	46	SCOTT STAPP	“Name”	105
44	48	THE RAVEN AGE	“Fleur De Lis”	96
45	52	ALICE IN CHAINS	“Fly”	89
46	47	FALLOUT BOY	“Dear Future Self (Hands Up)”	88
47	50	FIRE FROM THE GODS	“Right Now”	83
48	75	POST MALONE	“Take What You Want”	74
49	53	KOBRA AND THE LOTUS	“Burn!”	65
50	45	STITCHED UP HEART (f. SULLY ERNA)	“Lost”	63

 

 

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

CHARM CITY DEVILS – “Skipping Stone”

Seeing new music pop up from Charm City Devils is the equivalent of finding a $20 bill in the pocket of a jacket that you haven’t worn in years.  I had just assumed that the band, like so many other developing artists, had decided to call it a day.  Thankfully, it was just an extended hiatus.  Though there have been some lineup changes, and some new influences in their music, there are elements of “Skipping Stone” that remind you just what you’ve been missing during their break…big hooks and John Allen’s distinct vocals.

“Skipping Stone” feels like a sequel that begins after fast forwarding into the future.  In this chapter of the story, these Baltimore rockers have infused their sound with a swampy southern sensibility and an underlying distorted stoner groove.  Because of the tempo and mood changes, it’s somewhat surprising that the song clocks in at just under four minutes long.  That’s more than enough time to show that it was worth the wait between new releases for a band that deserves to pick up where they left off with radio play.

The band’s five-song EP, entitled 1904 (which refers to the year of the great fire that burned Baltimore to the ground), drops on November 22nd.

 

 

PUBLISHER’S PREDICTIONS (By Adam Waldman)

Last week’s prediction was off.  It looked like Disturbed had a relatively safe lead over Dirty Honey, but the former dropped significantly this week, while the newcomers picked up a head of steam to take over the #1 position.  They’ll need to keep the momentum going next week to hold off The Glorious Sons and Tool (both of whom are within striking distance if Dirty Honey is a one-week wonder).  It looks like these three are the only likely options for next week, but Green Day is coming on strong, and looks to join the battle 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…

CHARM CITY DEVILS – “Skipping Stone”

AMERICAN GRIM – “Nightmare”

THE WILD! – “Playing With Fire”

EMPTY TRAIL – “Lost”

SAVAGE AFTER MIDNIGHT – “Unleash”

TRIVIUM – “Drowning In The Sound”

ALL THAT REMAINS – “Just Tell Me Something”

REDLIGHT KING – “Lift The Curse”

BONDS OF MARA – “Lights Out”

SLEEPING WITH SIRENS – “Agree To Disagree”

WAGE WAR – “Prison”

THE MOTORLEAGUE – “Like You Were Alive”

CROWN THE EMPIRE – “Blurry”

 

 

GREATEST GAINERS…

GREEN DAY – “Father Of All…” (+497 spins)

DIRTY HONEY – “When I’m Gone” (+195 spins)

TOOL – “Fear Inoculum” (+151 spins)

THE GLORIOUS SONS – “Panic Attack” (+144 spins)

HIGHLY SUSPECT – “16” (+124 spins)

BADWOLVES – “Killing Me Slowly” (+120 spins)

KORN – “You’ll Never Find Me” (+120 spins)

PAPA ROACH – “Come Around” (+120 spins)