HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 11/2/19

HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 11/2/19

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 11/2/19. All exclusive HRD content is featured below the chart:

CHART	CHART	ARTIST	SONG TITLE	RADIO
POSITION	POSITION			SPINS
THIS WEEK	LAST WEEK
1	2	GREEN DAY	“Father Of All…”	1819
2	1	HIGHLY SUSPECT	“16”	1798
3	4	PAPA ROACH	“Come Around”	1516
4	5	KORN	“You’ll Never Find Me”	1445
5	8	BADFLOWER	“The Jester”	1440
6	6	DINOSAUR PILE-UP	“Back Foot”	1393
7	3	TOOL	“Fear Inoculum”	1362
8	9	BAD WOLVES	“Killing Me Slowly”	1101
9	10	SKILLET	“Legendary”	1039
10	7	THE GLORIOUS SONS	“Panic Attack”	972
11	12	PUDDLE OF MUDD	“Uh Oh”	910
12	14	SAINT ASONIA (f. SULLY ERNA)	“The Hunted”	827
13	16	THEORY OF A DEADMAN	“History Of Violence”	784
14	13	BLACK KEYS	“Go”	770
15	15	SHINEDOWN	“ATTENTION ATTENTION”	766
16	17	ICE NINE KILLS	“SAVAGES”	615
17	18	STARSET	“Manifest”	585
18	20	KILLSWITCH ENGAGE	“I Am Broken Too”	562
19	21	CROBOT	“Low Life”	503
20	19	WEEZER	“The End Of The Game”	500
21	24	FOZZY	“Nowhere To Run”	472
22	26	FIRE FROM THE GODS	“Right Now”	469
23	25	I PREVAIL	“Hurricane”	447
24	22	A DAY TO REMEMBER	“Degenerates”	434
25	27	HALESTORM	“Black Vultures”	392
26	30	POST MALONE	“Take What You Want”	353
27	33	THE HU	“Yuve Yuve Yu (f. FATN)”	310
28	29	BLACKTOP MOJO	“Can’t Sleep”	310
29	31	SLIPKNOT	“Nero Forte”	299
30	28	THROUGH FIRE	“All Animal”	297
31	23	ALTER BRIDGE	“Wouldn’t You Rather”	248
32	32	WHISKEY MYERS	“Gasoline”	246
33	35	BONES UK	“Pretty Waste”	197
34	40	DIRTY HONEY	“Rolling 7’s”	163
35	36	NEW YEARS DAY	“Come For Me”	163
36	37	THE RAVEN AGE	“Fleur De Lis”	137
37	34	BRING ME THE HORIZON	“Sugar Honey Ice & Tea”	132
38	39	RUBIKON	“Blood On My Hands”	129
39	44	ANY GIVEN SIN	“Another Life”	115
40	48	OTHERWISE	“Lifted”	113
41	38	ALICE IN CHAINS	“Fly”	113
42	43	SLEEPING WITH SIRENS	“Agree To Disagree”	92
43	45	ROYAL BLISS	“Paranoid”	78
44	186	SUM 41	“Never There”	77
45	46	KOBRA AND THE LOTUS	“Burn!”	77
46	62	VOLBEAT (f. NEIL FALLON)	“Die To Live”	76
47	72	THE BLUE STONES	“Shakin’ Off The Rust”	73
48	49	STURGILL SIMPSON	“Sing Along”	73
49	42	SUNFLOWER DEAD	“Turn Away”	73
50	56	THE BLACK MOODS	“Whatcha Got”	62

 

 

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

UGLY MELON – “If You’re Wrong”

Religion is at the heart of so much of what ails the world today.  Not religion itself, but the perversion and distortion of core beliefs morphing far too easily into hatred and intolerance of others.  Wars have been fought over it for centuries, and it stands at the heart of the current political divide that has made a connected world feel more disconnected than ever before.  Ugly Melon tackles the subject of this rigid mindset in their latest single, “If You’re Wrong”…

Frontman Tony LaSelva shared the inspiration behind the lyrics…

“The song is basically about questioning and challenging religious beliefs.  It’s telling ‘believers’ that if you’re wrong about all this shit, then this is where you’ll end up.  It can also be interpreted in such a way that will force us to challenge all the things we think we believe in.  Be open minded.  Look at things from many different angles, and be accepting of others and their beliefs.  We all need to accept that we’re not always right at some point in our lives.”

With a full, energetic sound that looms as large as Metallica on “the black album,” “If You’re Wrong” takes you on an adrenaline-filled, impassioned journey courtesy of LaSelva’s haunting vocals and Dio-esque lyrics.  Lu Cachie’s gritty riffs are buoyed by fierce, pulsating rhythm section that is Franklin Wyles (drums), John Liberator (bass), and Joe Talotta (rhythm guitar).

Beyond the typical classic rock revival sound that is taking place these days, these Canadian rockers are taking things to a different level with an arena sound that pays homage to the legends who came before them.

 

 

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…

UGLY MELON – “If You’re Wrong”

HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD – “Already Dead”

CHARM CITY DEVILS – “Skipping Stone”

LIFE OF AGONY – “Lay Down”

THE WILD! – “Playing With Fire”

LULLWATER – “Dark Divided”

GOODBYE JUNE – “Secrets In The Sunset”

AIRBOURNE – “Boneshaker”

THE WHO – “All This Music Must Fade”

THE WILKOFF PROJECT – “Magic”

ANOTHER LOST YEAR – “H.O.M.E.”

A KILLER’S CONFESSION – “Numb”

MORETTA – “In Need Of Better”

BONDS OF MARA – “Lights Out”

CROWN THE EMPIRE – “Blurry”

SILVERSTEIN – “Burn It Down”

COLD – “Without You”

WAGE WAR – “Prison”

SHVPES – “One Man Army”

 

 

GREATEST GAINERS…

THEORY OF A DEADMAN – “History Of Violence” (+156 spins)

GREEN DAY – “Father Of All…” (+130 spins)

THE HU (f. FATN) – “Yuve Yuve Yu” (+97 spins)