HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 1/25/20

HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 1/25/20

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 1/25/20. All exclusive HRD content is featured below the chart:

TOP 100 HARD ROCK SONGS OF 2019

CHART	CHART	ARTIST	SONG TITLE	RADIO
POSITION	POSITION			SPINS
THIS WEEK	LAST WEEK
1	3	SHINEDOWN	ATTENTION ATTENTION	1717
2	1	BAD WOLVES	Killing Me Slowly	1705
3	4	THEORY OF A DEADMAN	History Of Violence	1653
4	5	FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH	Inside Out	1600
5	2	OZZY OSBOURNE	Under The Graveyard	1567
6	6	VOLBEAT (f. NEIL FALLON)	Die To Live	1270
7	8	I PREVAIL	Hurricane	1104
8	10	THE HU (f. FATN)	Yuve Yuve Yu	1024
9	7	HIGHLY SUSPECT	16	1004
10	11	FOZZY	Nowhere To Run	977
11	12	FIRE FROM THE GODS	Right Now	952
12	14	DIRTY HONEY	Rolling 7’s	848
13	13	CROBOT	Low Life	840
14	15	BREAKING BENJAMIN (f. SCOOTER WARD)	Far Away	748
15	16	OZZY OSBOURNE	Straight To Hell	640
16	19	DISTURBED	Hold On To Memories	605
17	17	THE BLUE STONES	Shakin’ Off The Rust	561
18	18	SLIPKNOT	Nero Forte	499
19	21	RIVAL SONS	Shooting Stars	489
20	20	WHISKEY MYERS	Gasoline	445
21	23	BRING ME THE HORIZON	Ludens	423
22	0	PEARL JAM	Dance Of The Clairvoyants	383
23	26	TOOL	Pneuma	345
24	25	ROYAL BLISS	Paranoid	337
25	22	WEEZER	The End Of The Game	331
26	24	BONES UK	Pretty Waste	318
27	27	OTHERWISE	Lifted	291
28	34	FALLING IN REVERSE	Popular Monster	259
29	28	THE BLACK MOODS	Whatcha Got	239
30	31	SAUL	Trial By Fire	233
31	57	GREEN DAY	Oh Yeah!	229
32	32	STONE TEMPLE PILOTS	Fare Thee Well	218
33	30	SLEEPING WITH SIRENS	Agree To Disagree	214
34	40	THE GLORIOUS SONS	Closer To The Sky	210
35	41	MOTIONLESS IN WHITE	Another Life	200
36	37	CLINT LOWERY	Kings	189
37	29	SUM 41	Never There	189
38	39	ALTER BRIDGE	Godspeed	181
39	35	EVANESCENCE	The Chain (From Gears 5)	168
40	33	GREEN DAY	Father Of All	167
41	38	ANY GIVEN SIN	Another Life	131
42	60	BLACK KEYS	Shine A Little Light	130
43	42	JASTA	When The Contagion Is You	124
44	45	GHOST HOUNDS	Fire Under Water	114
45	43	VEIO	Flare Of Defiance	108
46	46	WHITE REAPER	Might Be Right	99
47	44	HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD	Already Dead	89
48	47	TWENTY ONE PILOTS	The Hype	82
49	96	GODSMACK	Unforgettable	68
50	65	GREY DAZE	What’s In The Eye	67

 

 

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

GREY DAZE – “What’s In The Eye”

Chester Bennington’s origin story is not what you might expect.  Long before Linkin Park burst onto the scene with 2000’s smash hit album, Hybrid Theory, Bennington was in a lesser known band called Grey Daze.  Despite being a skinny, nerdy kid, who was picked on in school, Bennington decided at a young age that he was going to be a rock star when he grew up.  That journey began at the age of 15 when he met drummer Sean Dowdell, who was instantly blown away by Bennington’s vocal talent.  Before joining the band, Bennington needed his father’s permission, which he got by assuring him that he would get his homework done.  From that moment on, Dowdell became not only his bandmate, but also a protective big brother of sorts.

Grey Daze began in 1993, and broke up in 1998.  In 2003, Bennington and Dowdell became partners in Club Tattoo, a tattoo/piercing/lifestyle shop that now has six locations in Arizona and Las Vegas.  While touring with Linkin Park in 2017, Bennington called Dowdell from the road and said that he wanted to throw a Club Tattoo party.  They hadn’t had one in years.  He also said that he wanted to put Grey Daze back together to play at the party.  Rehearsals were set to begin in July of 2017 when Bennington came off the road.  On July 20, 2017, Bennington’s life ended tragically.

Eventually, Dowdell decided to finish the album and make his dearly departed friend proud.  He wanted to involve musicians that Bennington admired (including his children who never got the chance to record with him before his untimely passing).  Unlike most recordings, this album had to be reverse engineered.  It started with Bennington’s vocals, followed by the rest of the vocal arrangement, and then finally the foundation of bass and drums behind it.  Many fans didn’t even realize that it was Bennington on vocals.  His style with Grey Daze (especially on “What’s In The Eye”) is less about in-your-face angst, and more about the type of soulful introspection that came out of Seattle in the ’90s.

Maybe it’s because the release of the remastered version of “What’s In The Eye” came on the heels of Neil Peart’s shocking passing, but to me, the opening of the song has some of the same pensive sadness of “Twilight Zone.”  As it progresses, you can feel the spirit of bands like Temple Of The Dog and Mother Love Bone creating an emotional stir.  As much as “What’s In The Eye” takes you back in time to the early ’90s, this updated version breathes new life into the song making it feel fresh and relevant on Active Rock radio.  Bennington’s mom was understandably brought to tears when she heard this incredibly powerful song for the first time.

 

 

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…

OZZY OSBOURNE (f. ELTON JOHN) – “Ordinary Man”

THROUGH FIRE – “Listen To Your Heart”

A DAY TO REMEMBER – “Resentment”

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

BLACK VEIL BRIDES – “The Vengeance”

THE AMITY AFFLICTION – “Soak Me In Bleach”

FAME ON FIRE – “Her Eyes”

WOLFMOTHER – “Chase The Feeling”

WAGE WAR – “Grave”

BEARTOOTH – “Afterall”

BRITISH LION – “Lightning”

DANKO JONES – “Fists Up High”

ROYAL TUSK – “Die Knowing”

POST PROFIT – “Same Sad Song”

SONS OF APOLLO – “Fall To Ascend”

 

 

GREATEST GAINERS…

PEARL JAM – “Dance Of The Clairvoyants” (+383 spins)

GREEN DAY – “Oh Yeah” (+186 spins)

DISTURBED – “Hold On To Memories” (+160 spins)

FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH – “Inside Out” (+143 spins)

FOZZY – “Nowhere To Run” (+109 spins)