HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 3/6/20

  HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 3/6/20

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 3/6/20. All exclusive HRD content is featured below the chart:

CHART	CHART	ARTIST	SONG TITLE	RADIO
POSITION	POSITION			SPINS
THIS WEEK	LAST WEEK
1	2	VOLBEAT (f. NEIL FALLON)	Die To Live	1736
2	3	I PREVAIL	Hurricane	1624
3	1	FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH	Inside Out	1577
4	5	THE HU (f. FATN)	Yuve Yuve Yu	1326
5	7	GREEN DAY	Oh Yeah!	1297
6	6	FIRE FROM THE GODS	Right Now	1275
7	8	BREAKING BENJAMIN (f. SCOOTER WARD)	Far Away	1166
8	9	DIRTY HONEY	Rolling 7’s	1158
9	4	THEORY OF A DEADMAN	History Of Violence	1086
10	11	DISTURBED	Hold On To Memories	1030
11	13	FALLING IN REVERSE	Popular Monster	906
12	10	OZZY OSBOURNE	Under The Graveyard	897
13	12	CROBOT	Low Life	865
14	18	PEARL JAM	Superblood Wolfmoon	828
15	16	GREY DAZE	Sickness	803
16	14	THE BLUE STONES	Shakin’ Off The Rust	760
17	15	RIVAL SONS	Shooting Stars	717
18	17	TOOL	Pneuma	675
19	19	GODSMACK	Unforgettable	618
20	20	KORN	Can You Hear Me	566
21	23	THE GLORIOUS SONS	Closer To The Sky	428
22	25	OZZY OSBOURNE (f. ELTON JOHN)	Ordinary Man	413
23	24	ROYAL BLISS	Paranoid	400
24	22	BRING ME THE HORIZON	Ludens	358
25	26	BLACK KEYS	Shine A Little Light	331
26	28	MOTIONLESS IN WHITE	Another Life	323
27	30	ALTER BRIDGE	Godspeed	299
28	31	IN THIS MOMENT	The In-Between	293
29	40	CORY MARKS	Outlaws & Outsiders	260
30	39	HIGHLY SUSPECT	These Days	245
31	32	THE USED	Paradise Lost, A Poem	218
32	34	KALEO	Break My Baby	211
33	33	A DAY TO REMEMBER	Resentment	205
34	27	OZZY OSBOURNE	Straight To Hell	193
35	38	VEIO	Flare Of Defiance	180
36	35	THE BLACK MOODS	Whatcha Got	158
37	36	OTHERWISE	Lifted	150
38	44	KILLSWITCH ENGAGE	I Can’t Be The Only One	148
39	52	DINOSAUR PILE-UP	Round The Bend	140
40	29	PEARL JAM	Dance Of The Clairvoyants	140
41	37	EVANESCENCE	The Chain (From Gears 5)	131
42	43	THROUGH FIRE	Listen To Your Heart	121
43	41	WHITE REAPER	Might Be Right	109
44	42	PALAYE ROYALE	Hang On To Yourself	108
45	68	BAD WOLVES	Sober	92
46	46	BRITISH LION	Lightning	90
47	45	SKILLET	Save Me	89
48	50	MACHINE HEAD	Circle The Drain	85
49	49	INCUBUS	Our Love	72
50	47	AMITY AFFLICTION	Soak Me In Bleach	70

 

 

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

FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH – “Brighter Side Of Grey”

Music is often a great escape, but every once in a while, a song comes into your life at such a perfect time, it’s as if it was sent from the heavens above.  Five Finger Death Punch’s “Brighter Side Of Grey” could not have come along at a more opportune time for me.

The song is written from the perspective of a loved one who passed away…a note from the great beyond if you will.  It’s poignant for anyone who has suffered the loss of a loved one, but even more so when that loss is being felt like an open wound.

It’s hard to say that a wound that was inflicted nearly two decades ago is fresh, but in some ways, it is.  The passage of time has a way of eroding the sharp edges of a loss, but it does not take away the void that is left behind.

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve wanted to pick up the phone and call my dad over the past two decades.  The man who taught me everything that I know about being a dad never got the chance to meet my children.  The conversations that I have with him are always one-way, with the rare exceptions where he appears in my dreams.  Even then, there always seems to be some underlying uneasiness, as if I know that the moment will be fleeting.

What I would give to have a letter from my dad that conveys the message contained within the lyrics of “Brighter Side Of Grey.”

Ivan Moody delivers raw emotion and rage like no one else, but there is also a deeper side to him, a more heartfelt emotional side.  To me, “Brighter Side Of Grey” is the best song to show that side of Moody in Five Finger Death Punch’s illustrious career.  To have a new song hit home so hard and become an instant favorite for a band like FFDP, it has to be pretty special.  “Brighter Side Of Grey” is likely to be a song that becomes a fan favorite and a staple for the band going forward.

Today is another in a long line of birthdays that my dad has celebrated in heaven.  Perhaps I’m biased because “Brighter Side Of Grey” hit home in such a personal way (with serendipitous timing) but I think that others will feel the same way when they listen to it.  I’d be surprised if this song isn’t #1 on the charts sooner rather than later.

 

 

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…

FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH – “Brighter Side Of Grey”

BLACKTOP MOJO – “It Won’t Last”

ARANDA – “Invisible”

14 NORTH – “Break” 

ASKING ALEXANDRIA – “They Don’t Want What We Want”

BAD OMENS – “Limits”

ROYAL TUSK – “Die Knowing”

SAVAGE HANDS – “Blue”

STITCHED UP HEART – “Warrior”

ANOTHER DAY DAWNS – “Taste Of Heaven”

POINT NORTH – “Into The Dark”

VEER UNION – “Nightmare”

STATIC CYCLE – “Boxes”

THE CHAMPAGNE – “Fantasy”

SILVERSTEIN – “Infinite”

PSYCHO HILL – “June”

SONS OF APOLLO – “Fall To Ascend”

 

 

GREATEST GAINERS…

PEARL JAM – “Superblood Wolfmoon” (+203 spins)

GREY DAZE – “Sickness” (+135 spins)

VOLBEAT (f. NEIL FALLON) – “Die To Live” (+128 spins)

CORY MARKS – “Outlaws & Outsiders” (+117 spins)

FALLING IN REVERSE – “Popular Monster” (+116 spins)

GREEN DAY – “Oh Yeah!” (+111 spins)

KORN – “Can You Hear Me” (+101 spins)

 

 

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