HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 4/4/20
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 4/4/20. All exclusive HRD content is featured below the chart:
| CHART | CHART | ARTIST | SONG TITLE | RADIO |
| POSITION | POSITION | SPINS | ||
| THIS WEEK | LAST WEEK | |||
| 1 | 1 | GREEN DAY | Oh Yeah! | 1649 |
| 2 | 2 | BREAKING BENJAMIN (f. SCOOTER WARD) | Far Away | 1621 |
| 3 | 3 | I PREVAIL | Hurricane | 1311 |
| 4 | 5 | DIRTY HONEY | Rolling 7’s | 1301 |
| 5 | 7 | FALLING IN REVERSE | Popular Monster | 1267 |
| 6 | 6 | DISTURBED | Hold On To Memories | 1263 |
| 7 | 4 | FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH | Inside Out | 1263 |
| 8 | 8 | GREY DAZE | Sickness | 1206 |
| 9 | 10 | PEARL JAM | Superblood Wolfmoon | 1034 |
| 10 | 11 | THE BLUE STONES | Shakin’ Off The Rust | 943 |
| 11 | 12 | GODSMACK | Unforgettable | 820 |
| 12 | 15 | KORN | Can You Hear Me | 813 |
| 13 | 17 | BAD WOLVES | Sober | 777 |
| 14 | 14 | TOOL | Pneuma | 773 |
| 15 | 13 | RIVAL SONS | Shooting Stars | 766 |
| 16 | 16 | OZZY OSBOURNE (f. ELTON JOHN) | Ordinary Man | 724 |
| 17 | 18 | THE GLORIOUS SONS | Closer To The Sky | 557 |
| 18 | 21 | ASKING ALEXANDRIA | Antisocialist | 518 |
| 19 | 20 | CORY MARKS | Outlaws & Outsiders | 513 |
| 20 | 22 | HIGHLY SUSPECT | These Days | 509 |
| 21 | 23 | MOTIONLESS IN WHITE | Another Life | 457 |
| 22 | 19 | ROYAL BLISS | Paranoid | 447 |
| 23 | 26 | A DAY TO REMEMBER | Resentment | 437 |
| 24 | 25 | ALTER BRIDGE | Godspeed | 383 |
| 25 | 24 | IN THIS MOMENT | The In-Between | 377 |
| 26 | 27 | BLACK KEYS | Shine A Little Light | 362 |
| 27 | 30 | KILLSWITCH ENGAGE | I Can’t Be The Only One | 256 |
| 28 | 31 | BUSH | Flowers On A Grave | 238 |
| 29 | 29 | KALEO | Break My Baby | 234 |
| 30 | 28 | THE USED | Paradise Lost, A Poem | 228 |
| 31 | 32 | DINOSAUR PILE-UP | Round The Bend | 213 |
| 32 | 34 | THROUGH FIRE | Listen To Your Heart | 182 |
| 33 | 38 | SAINT ASONIA | Blind | 165 |
| 34 | 33 | DED | A Mannequin Idol (Lullaby) | 165 |
| 35 | 37 | SKILLET | Save Me | 145 |
| 36 | 43 | BIFFY CLYRO | Instant History | 116 |
| 37 | 35 | OZZY OSBOURNE | Straight To Hell | 116 |
| 38 | 0 | SHINEDOWN | Atlas Falls | 115 |
| 39 | 57 | SCOTT STAPP | Survivor | 98 |
| 40 | 40 | AMITY AFFLICTION | Soak Me In Bleach | 88 |
| 41 | 69 | STARSET | Trails | 85 |
| 42 | 44 | MACHINE HEAD | Circle The Drain | 82 |
| 43 | 42 | WHITE REAPER | Might Be Right | 79 |
| 44 | 46 | RED | The War We Made | 78 |
| 45 | 45 | ANOTHER DAY DAWNS | Taste Of Heaven | 76 |
| 46 | 48 | TRIVIUM | Catastrophist | 61 |
| 47 | 65 | FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH | A Little Bit Off | 55 |
| 48 | 49 | TOM KEIFER | Hype | 54 |
| 49 | 47 | JJ WILDE | The Rush | 50 |
| 50 | 54 | BRING ME THE HORIZON | Ludens | 48 |
PUBLISHER’S PICK OF THE WEEK (By Adam Waldman)
ATREYU (f. M SHADOWS/AARON GILLESPIE) – “Super Hero”
“Super Hero” was written about what it’s like to be a parent and the vast amount of time, effort, energy, and hard work it takes to be a real-life superhero for your children. But it’s meaning has broadened in recent times as the entire world battles the invisible enemy that is the coronavirus. According to the band…“there are many superheroes out there who appear in many forms, namely the first responders, medical personnel and healthcare workers who are putting others first as they work to fight COVID-19 and to save lives. We dedicate this song to them.”
Musically, “Super Hero” is an intriguing blend of bittersweet dark and light. The metallic guitar harmonies and aggressive pacing are subdued by an underlying softness of heavy keyboards that gives the song prog rock sensibilities. Continuing with a bit of the unexpected, Aaron Gillespie’s vocals take you back in time to the heyday of ’80s hard rock. M Shadows vocals, on the other hand, provide a healthy dose of emotive soul tinged with sadness. Brandon Saller’s vocals offer a heartfelt feeling of hope. The darkness of the song comes in the form of angst-ridden growls by Alex Varkatzas. Intentional or not, to me, his growls represent the agony of the actual loss of life that so many have faced, and the frustration of the loss of the life that we all had before this insidious virus stopped the world in its tracks.
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…
ATREYU (f. M SHADOWS) – “Super Hero”
FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH – “Brighter Side Of Grey”
BLACKTOP MOJO – “It Won’t Last”
NEW MESSIAH – “Dream On”
ARANDA – “Invisible”
14 NORTH – “Break”
SOLENCE – “Animal In Me”
ROYAL TUSK – “Die Knowing”
SILVERSTEIN – “Infinite”
BLACK HEART SAINTS – “Lines”
KIRRA – “Caving In”
NEVERWAKE – “Call Out My Name”
AGE OF DAYS – “Dying On The Inside”
PARALANDRA – “Love Will Win”
FIT FOR A KING – “Breaking The Mirror”
COLD KINGDOM – “A New Disaster”
OTHERWISE – “Crossfire”
SLAVES – “Talk To A Friend”
FAME ON FIRE – “Her Eyes”
GREATEST GAINERS…
BAD WOLVES – “Sober” (+231 spins)
FALLING IN REVERSE – “Popular Monster” (+127 spins)
BREAKING BENJAMIN – “Far Away” (+126 spins)
SHINEDOWN – “Atlas Falls” (+115 spins)
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