HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 10/26/19

HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 10/26/19

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 10/26/19. All exclusive HRD content is featured below the chart:

CHART	CHART	ARTIST	SONG TITLE	RADIO
POSITION	POSITION			SPINS
THIS WEEK	LAST WEEK
1	2	HIGHLY SUSPECT	“16”	1788
2	3	GREEN DAY	“Father Of All…”	1689
3	1	TOOL	“Fear Inoculum”	1621
4	6	PAPA ROACH	“Come Around”	1432
5	5	KORN	“You’ll Never Find Me”	1418
6	7	DINOSAUR PILE-UP	“Back Foot”	1378
7	4	THE GLORIOUS SONS	“Panic Attack”	1365
8	8	BADFLOWER	“The Jester”	1353
9	11	BAD WOLVES	“Killing Me Slowly”	1046
10	12	SKILLET	“Legendary”	980
11	10	VOLBEAT	“Last Day Under The Sun”	874
12	14	PUDDLE OF MUDD	“Uh Oh”	830
13	13	BLACK KEYS	“Go”	806
14	15	SAINT ASONIA (f. SULLY ERNA)	“The Hunted”	753
15	18	SHINEDOWN	“ATTENTION ATTENTION”	687
16	22	THEORY OF A DEADMAN	“History Of Violence”	628
17	19	ICE NINE KILLS	“SAVAGES”	571
18	21	STARSET	“Manifest”	550
19	20	WEEZER	“The End Of The Game”	516
20	23	KILLSWITCH ENGAGE	“I Am Broken Too”	506
21	25	CROBOT	“Low Life”	481
22	24	A DAY TO REMEMBER	“Degenerates”	446
23	17	ALTER BRIDGE	“Wouldn’t You Rather”	446
24	26	FOZZY	“Nowhere To Run”	431
25	27	I PREVAIL	“Hurricane”	391
26	29	FIRE FROM THE GODS	“Right Now”	389
27	28	HALESTORM	“Black Vultures”	375
28	31	THROUGH FIRE	“All Animal”	310
29	30	BLACKTOP MOJO	“Can’t Sleep”	310
30	32	POST MALONE	“Take What You Want”	301
31	37	SLIPKNOT	“Nero Forte”	256
32	33	WHISKEY MYERS	“Gasoline”	225
33	40	THE HU	“Yuve Yuve Yu (f. FATN)”	213
34	34	BRING ME THE HORIZON	“Sugar Honey Ice & Tea”	189
35	35	BONES UK	“Pretty Waste”	187
36	36	NEW YEARS DAY	“Come For Me”	180
37	39	THE RAVEN AGE	“Fleur De Lis”	141
38	42	ALICE IN CHAINS	“Fly”	131
39	41	RUBIKON	“Blood On My Hands”	130
40	55	DIRTY HONEY	“Rolling 7’s”	102
41	43	SCOTT STAPP	“Name”	101
42	38	SUNFLOWER DEAD	“Turn Away”	101
43	46	SLEEPING WITH SIRENS	“Agree To Disagree”	85
44	48	ANY GIVEN SIN	“Another Life”	82
45	45	ROYAL BLISS	“Paranoid”	75
46	47	KOBRA AND THE LOTUS	“Burn!”	73
47	44	ALL THAT REMAINS	“Just Tell Me Something”	73
48	65	OTHERWISE	“Lifted”	64
49	54	STURGILL SIMPSON	“Sing Along”	58
50	50	LIGHT THE TORCH	“The Great Divide”	49

 

 

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

WHISKEY MYERS – “Gasoline”

Once upon a time, rock and roll wasn’t so subdivided into subgenres.  Sure, there was a variety of sounds ranging from blues rock to heavy metal to southern rock (and everything in between), but they were all unified on rock radio and MTV in the ’80s.  The advent of the internet, satellite radio, and streaming services at the turn of the century began a splintering process that has continued to this day.  Because of the vast amount of choices available now to suit one’s personal taste, it is fairly simple to live inside a cocoon that shelters you from other genres of music.  An artist can be a household name in one genre and be totally unknown by fans of other genres.  Because of this narrowcasting trend, most artists tend to write music that caters specifically to a target audience.  The downside of this approach is that it can limit artistic expression.

Whiskey Myers has been around for over a decade, but many modern rock fans probably think of them as a new band, discovering these Texas rockers only after hearing “Gasoline” on Active Rock radio.  In a parallel universe, the band has been building a loyal fanbase, doing particularly well with country music fans.  If this was the ’70s or ’80s, the band would probably be labeled as Southern Rock.  Not ones to bend to the will of the current climate, Whiskey Myers plays by their own rules and lets the chips fall where they may.

“We just bring our songs to the table and make it sound like us,” says frontman Cody Cannon. “We never think about it. We just try to go in and write a good song, whether it’s country or rock and roll or blues.”

“Gasoline” is just that…a good song.  A southern rocker with the gin-soaked (or should I say whiskey-soaked) swagger of AC/DC and Buckcherry.  No pretense.  No trying to write songs that will be fully embraced by the narrowing parameters of rock radio.  Just good old-fashioned, blues based rock and roll with a distinct southern flair.  It’s refreshing to see the song gaining traction on Active Rock radio, but even if it didn’t, this band will continue to build their fanbase because of their talent.

 

 

PUBLISHER’S PREDICTIONS (By Adam Waldman)

As predicted last week, Highly Suspect takes over the #1 position from Tool.  With around a 100-spin lead over Green Day, it’s a toss-up which band will top the chart 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”

THE WHO – “All This Music Must Fade”

ANOTHER LOST YEAR – “H.O.M.E.”

A KILLER’S CONFESSION – “Numb”

MORETTA – “In Need Of Better”

BONDS OF MARA – “Lights Out”

THE MOTORLEAGUE – “Like You Were Alive”

CROWN THE EMPIRE – “Blurry”

SILVERSTEIN – “Burn It Down”

COLD – “Without You”

WAGE WAR – “Prison”

TWIZTID – “Wreck”

SHVPES – “One Man Army”

WAKE ME – “Made To Break”

 

 

GREATEST GAINERS…

SHINEDOWN – “ATTENTION ATTENTION” (+114 spins)

THEORY OF A DEADMAN – “History Of Violence” (+110 spins)

SLIPKNOT – “Nero Forte” (+106 spins)

HIGHLY SUSPECT – “16” (+100 spins)

BADFLOWER – “The Jester” (+100 spins)