HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 12/7/19

HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 12/7/19

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 12/7/19. All exclusive HRD content is featured below the chart:

CHART	CHART	ARTIST	SONG TITLE	RADIO
POSITION	POSITION			SPINS
THIS WEEK	LAST WEEK
1	4	OZZY OSBOURNE	“Under The Graveyard”	1634
2	1	PAPA ROACH	“Come Around”	1627
3	3	HIGHLY SUSPECT	“16”	1518
4	5	BAD WOLVES	“Killing Me Slowly”	1482
5	2	BADFLOWER	“The Jester”	1418
6	8	SHINEDOWN	“ATTENTION ATTENTION”	1219
7	7	SKILLET	“Legendary”	1210
8	9	THEORY OF A DEADMAN	“History Of Violence”	1182
9	6	DINOSAUR PILE-UP	“Back Foot”	1069
10	11	SAINT ASONIA (f. SULLY ERNA)	“The Hunted”	1065
11	12	VOLBEAT (f. NEIL FALLON)	“Die To Live”	964
12	10	PUDDLE OF MUDD	“Uh Oh”	814
13	14	I PREVAIL	“Hurricane”	734
14	0	FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH	“Inside Out”	716
15	17	FOZZY	“Nowhere To Run”	704
16	18	FIRE FROM THE GODS	“Right Now”	698
17	15	STARSET	“Manifest”	693
18	20	CROBOT	“Low Life”	637
19	19	KILLSWITCH ENGAGE	“I Am Broken Too”	634
20	22	THE HU (f. FATN)	“Yuve Yuve Yu”	632
21	13	GREEN DAY	“Father Of All…”	591
22	16	TOOL	“Fear Inoculum”	569
23	24	DIRTY HONEY	“Rolling 7’s”	556
24	23	WEEZER	“The End Of The Game”	509
25	21	ICE NINE KILLS	“SAVAGES”	474
26	26	SLIPKNOT	“Nero Forte”	425
27	29	OZZY OSBOURNE	“Straight To Hell”	410
28	25	HALESTORM	“Black Vultures”	405
29	27	WHISKEY MYERS	“Gasoline”	356
30	32	THE BLUE STONES	“Shakin’ Off The Rust”	299
31	30	POST MALONE	“Take What You Want”	251
32	31	BONES UK	“Pretty Waste”	242
33	33	OTHERWISE	“Lifted”	203
34	35	ROYAL BLISS	“Paranoid”	181
35	37	SLEEPING WITH SIRENS	“Agree To Disagree”	173
36	34	SUM 41	“Never There”	173
37	36	RUBIKON	“Blood On My Hands”	167
38	40	THE BLACK MOODS	“Whatcha Got”	156
39	41	BRING ME THE HORIZON	“Ludens”	149
40	39	ANY GIVEN SIN	“Another Life”	148
41	43	CLINT LOWERY	“Kings”	146
42	50	RIVAL SONS	“Shooting Stars”	144
43	46	EVANESCENCE	“The Chain (From Gears 5)”	142
44	44	JASTA	“When The Contagion Is You”	109
45	47	SAUL	“Trial By Fire”	107
46	48	GHOST HOUNDS	“Fire Under Water”	96
47	49	93PUNX/VIC MENSA/TRAVIS BARKER	“3 Years Sober”	93
48	51	VEIO	“Flare Of Defiance”	81
49	53	CHARM CITY DEVILS	“Skipping Stone”	70
50	56	BEWARE OF DARKNESS	“Bloodlines”	66

 

 

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

FIRE FROM THE GODS – “Right Now”

The world is changing by the day.  People are more divided than ever due in large part to the fact that our differences are aired to the masses with the simple click of a button. Technology, for all of the progress that it brings, has turned us in the wrong direction in many ways.  Now more than ever, we tend to see the world through a very specific lens, one that is shaped by our respective upbringings and surroundings.  Technology has made it easier for artists to get their music out to the world, but it has also helped to create a seismic shift in the way that it is discovered.  The end result – particularly in the rock world – has been bands building a career regionally.  It’s not until they start to venture out to other places that they get to see the world through an evolving lens.  That’s not the case for Fire From The Gods frontman, AJ Channer.

Channer spent his childhood shuffling between London, New York, Los Angeles, Norfolk, and Ghana.  You can hear the influences beyond the United States in his passionate, soulful vocals that have a certain exotic flair to them.  It’s not just the delivery that makes his vocals unique, it’s the personal message that he is delivering with songs like “Right Now.”  What makes his lyrics relatable is the subjects that he touches upon…anxiety, depression, anger, rejection, and loss.  Rather than taking sides like a number of musicians these days, Fire From The Gods is trying to bring people together by pointing out that we are not defined by our differences.  It’s this unique approach that makes Fire From The Gods stand out amongst other artists in the genre.  Sonically, “Right Now” is right in the pocket of Active Rock, but their twist on things makes them instantly recognizable.

 

 

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…

CORY MARKS (f. Moody/Tritt/Mars) – “Outlaws & Outsiders”

GOODBYE JUNE – “Secrets In The Sunset”

CROWN THE EMPIRE – “BLURRY (out of place)”

LULLWATER – “Dark Divided”

THE WILKOFF PROJECT – “Magic”

ANOTHER LOST YEAR – “H.O.M.E.”

THE WILD! – “Playing With Fire”

SEVEN PAST SUNSET – “Need”

DANKO JONES – “Fists Up High”

THE WHO – “All This Music Must Fade”

LIGHT THE TORCH – “The Great Divide”

MARCUS KING – “The Well”

MORETTA – “In Need Of Better”

BONDS OF MARA – “Lights Out”

BIG WRECK – “One More Chance”

 

 

GREATEST GAINERS…

FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH – “Inside Out” (+716 spins)

VOLBEAT (f. NEIL FALLON) – “Die To Live” (+158 spins)

OZZY OSBOURNE – “Straight To Hell” (+114 spins)

THEORY OF A DEADMAN – “History Of Violence” (+103 spins)