HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 2/1/20

 

 HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 2/1/20

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 2/1/20. 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	4	FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH	Inside Out	1780
2	3	THEORY OF A DEADMAN	History Of Violence	1751
3	1	SHINEDOWN	ATTENTION ATTENTION	1684
4	2	BAD WOLVES	Killing Me Slowly	1556
5	5	OZZY OSBOURNE	Under The Graveyard	1416
6	6	VOLBEAT (f. NEIL FALLON)	Die To Live	1310
7	7	I PREVAIL	Hurricane	1195
8	8	THE HU (f. FATN)	Yuve Yuve Yu	1123
9	11	FIRE FROM THE GODS	Right Now	1042
10	10	FOZZY	Nowhere To Run	984
11	13	CROBOT	Low Life	847
12	12	DIRTY HONEY	Rolling 7’s	841
13	14	BREAKING BENJAMIN (f. SCOOTER WARD)	Far Away	823
14	16	DISTURBED	Hold On To Memories	743
15	15	OZZY OSBOURNE	Straight To Hell	685
16	17	THE BLUE STONES	Shakin’ Off The Rust	607
17	19	RIVAL SONS	Shooting Stars	572
18	18	SLIPKNOT	Nero Forte	513
19	31	GREEN DAY	Oh Yeah!	455
20	20	WHISKEY MYERS	Gasoline	445
21	22	PEARL JAM	Dance Of The Clairvoyants	432
22	21	BRING ME THE HORIZON	Ludens	430
23	23	TOOL	Pneuma	427
24	24	ROYAL BLISS	Paranoid	381
25	26	BONES UK	Pretty Waste	325
26	28	FALLING IN REVERSE	Popular Monster	323
27	34	THE GLORIOUS SONS	Closer To The Sky	303
28	27	OTHERWISE	Lifted	286
29	29	THE BLACK MOODS	Whatcha Got	234
30	35	MOTIONLESS IN WHITE	Another Life	209
31	42	BLACK KEYS	Shine A Little Light	208
32	38	ALTER BRIDGE	Godspeed	208
33	30	SAUL	Trial By Fire	207
34	33	SLEEPING WITH SIRENS	Agree To Disagree	205
35	32	STONE TEMPLE PILOTS	Fare Thee Well	201
36	39	EVANESCENCE	The Chain (From Gears 5)	168
37	36	CLINT LOWERY	Kings	167
38	49	GODSMACK	Unforgettable	148
39	58	IN THIS MOMENT	The In-Between	128
40	44	GHOST HOUNDS	Fire Under Water	126
41	43	JASTA	When The Contagion Is You	114
42	45	VEIO	Flare Of Defiance	112
43	46	WHITE REAPER	Might Be Right	105
44	47	HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD	Already Dead	78
45	63	KALEO	Break My Baby	77
46	50	GREY DAZE	What’s In The Eye	76
47	54	THROUGH FIRE	Listen To Your Heart	72
48	52	OZZY OSBOURNE (f. ELTON JOHN)	Ordinary Man	61
49	56	A DAY TO REMEMBER	Resentment	58
50	48	TWENTY ONE PILOTS	The Hype	58

 

 

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

EVANESCENCE – “The Chain”

There’s a theatricality to Evanescence’s haunting cover of Fleetwood Mac’s “The Chain” that is partly due to Amy Lee’s unique vocal style, and partly due to the fact that it’s part of the soundtrack to the video game Gear 5.  Rather than staying true to the original (which the band loves), they decided to “paint a dark and epic picture” with their take.  According to Lee…“The lyrics make me feel the power of standing together against great forces trying to pull us apart, perhaps even from the inside.”

The original version of the song is carried by an instantly recognizable bass line, vocal harmonies, and a build up that takes the song from a moody intro to an upbeat rocking ending.  Evanescence’s cover of “The Chain” stays more consistent throughout, with the changes coming courtesy of Lee’s emotive vocals.  Soundtracks to video games today have become as important as movie soundtracks were when Fleetwood Mac released the original in 1977.  It’s safe to say that a good portion of the people who discover this song on Gear 5 probably never heard the original (unless they listen to classic rock radio with their parents).  While the song is getting radio play, it is likely to gain more exposure within the confines of the video game because there is less competition and more senses are engaged.

 

 

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…

THROUGH FIRE – “Listen To Your Heart”

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”

ANOTHER DAY DAWNS – “Taste Of Heaven”

VEER UNION – “Nightmare”

SONS OF APOLLO – “Fall To Ascend”

 

 

GREATEST GAINERS…

GREEN DAY – “Oh Yeah!” (+226 spins)

FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH – “Inside Out” (+180 spins)

DISTURBED – “Hold On To Memories” (+138 spins)

THE HU (f. FATN) – “Yuve Yuve Yu” (+99 spins)

THEORY OF A DEADMAN – “History Of Violence” (+98 spins)