HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 10/19/19

HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 10/19/19

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 10/19/19. All exclusive HRD content is featured below the chart:

CHART	CHART	ARTIST	SONG TITLE	RADIO
POSITION	POSITION			SPINS
THIS WEEK	LAST WEEK
1	1	TOOL	“Fear Inoculum”	1733
2	3	HIGHLY SUSPECT	“16”	1688
3	4	GREEN DAY	“Father Of All…”	1598
4	2	THE GLORIOUS SONS	“Panic Attack”	1588
5	6	KORN	“You’ll Never Find Me”	1382
6	8	PAPA ROACH	“Come Around”	1342
7	7	DINOSAUR PILE-UP	“Back Foot”	1316
8	9	BADFLOWER	“The Jester”	1253
9	5	DIRTY HONEY	“When I’m Gone”	1090
10	10	VOLBEAT	“Last Day Under The Sun”	987
11	12	BAD WOLVES	“Killing Me Slowly”	984
12	11	SKILLET	“Legendary”	963
13	15	BLACK KEYS	“Go”	823
14	13	PUDDLE OF MUDD	“Uh Oh”	814
15	16	SAINT ASONIA (f. SULLY ERNA)	“The Hunted”	713
16	14	DISTURBED	“No More”	608
17	17	ALTER BRIDGE	“Wouldn’t You Rather”	579
18	21	SHINEDOWN	“ATTENTION ATTENTION”	573
19	18	ICE NINE KILLS	“SAVAGES”	552
20	19	WEEZER	“The End Of The Game”	533
21	20	STARSET	“Manifest”	520
22	23	THEORY OF A DEADMAN	“History Of Violence”	518
23	22	KILLSWITCH ENGAGE	“I Am Broken Too”	510
24	25	A DAY TO REMEMBER	“Degenerates”	455
25	24	CROBOT	“Low Life”	444
26	26	FOZZY	“Nowhere To Run”	416
27	31	I PREVAIL	“Hurricane”	336
28	28	HALESTORM	“Black Vultures”	321
29	30	FIRE FROM THE GODS	“Right Now”	312
30	29	BLACKTOP MOJO	“Can’t Sleep”	307
31	27	THROUGH FIRE	“All Animal”	299
32	32	POST MALONE	“Take What You Want”	266
33	34	WHISKEY MYERS	“Gasoline”	214
34	33	BRING ME THE HORIZON	“Sugar Honey Ice & Tea”	213
35	36	BONES UK	“Pretty Waste”	176
36	35	NEW YEARS DAY	“Come For Me”	176
37	46	SLIPKNOT	“Nero Forte”	150
38	40	SUNFLOWER DEAD	“Turn Away”	143
39	39	THE RAVEN AGE	“Fleur De Lis”	140
40	44	THE HU	“Yuve Yuve Yu (f. FATN)”	132
41	42	RUBIKON	“Blood On My Hands”	127
42	41	ALICE IN CHAINS	“Fly”	124
43	37	SCOTT STAPP	“Name”	123
44	48	ALL THAT REMAINS	“Just Tell Me Something”	78
45	59	ROYAL BLISS	“Paranoid”	73
46	47	SLEEPING WITH SIRENS	“Agree To Disagree”	65
47	45	KOBRA AND THE LOTUS	“Burn!”	64
48	57	ANY GIVEN SIN	“Another Life”	63
49	43	FALLOUT BOY	“Dear Future Self (Hands Up)”	63
50	54	LIGHT THE TORCH	“The Great Divide”	54

 

 

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

BADFLOWER – “The Jester”

Badflower is one of the most compelling rising stars in rock today for a number of reasons, not the least of which is their ability to stir emotions with their songs.  There’s something about the way that Josh Katz infuses his lyrics with bittersweet melancholy that conjures up a wide range of emotions with his impassioned delivery.  Sometimes sad, sometimes angry, but still with an underlying air of hope and defiant resolve.  If you dig deeper and follow the band on Twitter, songs like “The Jester” take on an even deeper meaning.

Despite their rapid ascension, there is no cockiness whatsoever with Badflower.  If anything, the opposite is true.  Humility and gratitude born out of genuine vulnerability gives these rising stars a relatable quality that makes them feel more like underdogs that you want to see succeed.  But that’s not all.  They have an “it factor” that makes them feel larger than life in concert.

I was fortunate to be able to experience them in a live setting when they opened for Shinedown over the summer.  The stage was big.  The venue historic.  But they rose to the occasion in a way that you don’t often see with openers.  If you didn’t know better, you would have thought that you were seeing a seasoned headliner instead of a young band just starting to make a ripple in the vast ocean that is Active Rock.

My knee-jerk reaction was to compare Katz to Kurt Cobain based on his looks and presence, but unlike Cobain, Katz has a playful quality that makes him feel like something of a unicorn.  He has the unique ability to tap into his inner darkness, while at the same time working the crowd with engaging swagger.  As good as “The Jester” is on record, it’s even better in a live setting.

Badflower seems destined to become a staple on Active Rock radio, but if you want to experience what makes them truly special, do whatever it takes to see them in concert.  You will not be disappointed.

 

 

PUBLISHER’S PREDICTIONS (By Adam Waldman)

Tool held onto the top spot this week, but only had a limited spin increase.  Highly Suspect showed continued momentum.  If the trend holds, Highly Suspect will top the charts next week.

 

 

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”

THE WILD! – “Playing With Fire”

GOODBYE JUNE – “Secrets In The Sunset”

OTHERWISE – “Lifted”

THE WHO – “All This Music Must Fade”

BONDS OF MARA – “Lights Out”

THE MOTORLEAGUE – “Like You Were Alive”

CROWN THE EMPIRE – “Blurry”

SILVERSTEIN – “Burn It Down”

COLD – “Without You”

STURGILL SIMPSON – “Sing Along”

WAGE WAR – “Prison”

TRASH BOAT – “Synthetic Sympathy”

TWIZTID – “Wreck”

SHVPES – “One Man Army”

 

 

GREATEST GAINERS…

BAD WOLVES – “Killing Me Slowly” (+130 spins)

HIGHLY SUSPECT – “16” (+112 spins)

SHINEDOWN – “ATTENTION ATTENTION” (+107 spins)

PAPA ROACH – “Come Around” (+99 spins)