HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 12/28/19

HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 12/28/19

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 12/28/19. All exclusive HRD content is featured below the chart:

CHART	CHART	ARTIST	SONG TITLE	RADIO
POSITION	POSITION			SPINS
THIS WEEK	LAST WEEK
1	1	OZZY OSBOURNE	“Under The Graveyard”	1748
2	2	BAD WOLVES	“Killing Me Slowly”	1634
3	3	SHINEDOWN	“ATTENTION ATTENTION”	1499
4	4	THEORY OF A DEADMAN	“History Of Violence”	1477
5	5	HIGHLY SUSPECT	“16”	1333
6	6	SAINT ASONIA (f. SULLY ERNA)	“The Hunted”	1270
7	7	PAPA ROACH	“Come Around”	1185
8	8	SKILLET	“Legendary”	1177
9	9	FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH	“Inside Out”	1156
10	10	VOLBEAT (f. NEIL FALLON)	“Die To Live”	1100
11	12	I PREVAIL	“Hurricane”	940
12	11	BADFLOWER	“The Jester”	804
13	13	THE HU (f. FATN)	“Yuve Yuve Yu”	800
14	14	FOZZY	“Nowhere To Run”	779
15	15	FIRE FROM THE GODS	“Right Now”	764
16	16	STARSET	“Manifest”	715
17	17	CROBOT	“Low Life”	670
18	18	DIRTY HONEY	“Rolling 7’s”	654
19	19	KILLSWITCH ENGAGE	“I Am Broken Too”	581
20	20	WEEZER	“The End Of The Game”	517
21	22	TOOL	“Fear Inoculum”	503
22	21	SLIPKNOT	“Nero Forte”	470
23	23	OZZY OSBOURNE	“Straight To Hell”	447
24	24	WHISKEY MYERS	“Gasoline”	394
25	25	THE BLUE STONES	“Shakin’ Off The Rust”	386
26	28	BREAKING BENJAMIN (f. SCOOTER WARD)	“Far Away”	381
27	29	BRING ME THE HORIZON	“Ludens”	346
28	26	PUDDLE OF MUDD	“Uh Oh”	326
29	27	GREEN DAY	“Father Of All…”	310
30	32	BONES UK	“Pretty Waste”	250
31	31	RIVAL SONS	“Shooting Stars”	250
32	36	POST MALONE (f. OZZY OSBOURNE)	“Take What You Want”	240
33	33	OTHERWISE	“Lifted”	231
34	30	HALESTORM	“Black Vultures”	224
35	35	ROYAL BLISS	“Paranoid”	201
36	37	SUM 41	“Never There”	190
37	34	ICE NINE KILLS	“SAVAGES”	190
38	39	SLEEPING WITH SIRENS	“Agree To Disagree”	180
39	41	RUBIKON	“Blood On My Hands”	170
40	38	THE BLACK MOODS	“Whatcha Got”	169
41	42	EVANESCENCE	“The Chain (From Gears 5)”	164
42	43	SAUL	“Trial By Fire”	152
43	45	ANY GIVEN SIN	“Another Life”	146
44	40	STONE TEMPLE PILOTS	“Fare Thee Well”	146
45	44	CLINT LOWERY	“Kings”	126
46	46	JASTA	“When The Contagion Is You”	113
47	50	TOOL	“Pneuma”	112
48	48	DISTURBED	“Hold On To Memories”	101
49	49	TWENTY ONE PILOTS	“The Hype”	91
50	47	GHOST HOUNDS	“Fire Under Water”	89

 

 

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

DISTURBED – “Hold On To Memories”

Deciding upon the final featured song of the year was different than the past because it is also the final featured song of the decade.  It felt like it shouldn’t just be business as usual, but there was no song that felt like it captured the spirit of closure.  And then, in a moment of rock and roll serendipity, Disturbed released a live video of “Hold On To Memories.”  Although this is a featured song review, in this case, the video is equally important.

“Hold On To Memories” is not just about looking back at the past, but using those memories as a launching pad to the future.  Tinged with bittersweet melancholy, this beautiful acoustic song of hope reminded me of the message that Robin Williams delivered in Dead Poets Society… “CARPE DIEM!” (seize the day).  The loss of the iconic comedic genius this decade is a reminder that time is our most precious commodity.  This was a decade of great loss in the music world as well, some by their own hand because the pain of living was more than they could bear, others by natural causes (quite possibly exacerbated by years of rock and roll living).

Disturbed usually inspires with in-your-face anthems, but with “Hold On To Memories,” they take a more introspective approach.

 

 

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…

MOTIONLESS IN WHITE – “Another Life”

GOODBYE JUNE – “Secrets In The Sunset”

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

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

LULLWATER – “Dark Divided”

ANOTHER LOST YEAR – “H.O.M.E.”

THE WILKOFF PROJECT – “Magic”

SEVEN PAST SUNSET – “Need”

THE WILD! – “Playing With Fire”

LIGHT THE TORCH – “The Great Divide”

BRITISH LION – “Lightning”

FAME ON FIRE – “Her Eyes”

WOLFMOTHER – “Chase The Feeling”

MARCUS KING – “The Well”

BIG WRECK – “One More Chance”

WAGE WAR – “Grave”

HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD – “Already Dead”

BEARTOOTH – “Afterall”

 

 

GREATEST GAINERS…

SHINEDOWN – “ATTENTION ATTENTION” (+70 spins)

BREAKING BENJAMIN – “Far Away” (+55 spins)

THEORY OF A DEADMAN – “History Of Violence” (+54 spins)