HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 4/18/20
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 4/18/20. All exclusive HRD content is featured below the chart:
CHART | CHART | ARTIST | SONG TITLE | RADIO |
POSITION | POSITION | SPINS | ||
THIS WEEK | LAST WEEK | |||
1 | 1 | BREAKING BENJAMIN (f. SCOOTER WARD) | Far Away | 1712 |
2 | 3 | FALLING IN REVERSE | Popular Monster | 1525 |
3 | 2 | GREEN DAY | Oh Yeah! | 1488 |
4 | 5 | GREY DAZE | Sickness | 1302 |
5 | 4 | DISTURBED | Hold On To Memories | 1267 |
6 | 8 | PEARL JAM | Superblood Wolfmoon | 1142 |
7 | 9 | THE BLUE STONES | Shakin’ Off The Rust | 1141 |
8 | 12 | GODSMACK | Unforgettable | 1097 |
9 | 11 | OZZY OSBOURNE (f. ELTON JOHN) | Ordinary Man | 1010 |
10 | 7 | FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH | Inside Out | 956 |
11 | 13 | BAD WOLVES | Sober | 944 |
12 | 14 | KORN | Can You Hear Me | 900 |
13 | 15 | TOOL | Pneuma | 812 |
14 | 16 | RIVAL SONS | Shooting Stars | 773 |
15 | 17 | ASKING ALEXANDRIA | Antisocialist | 698 |
16 | 18 | CORY MARKS | Outlaws & Outsiders | 670 |
17 | 19 | HIGHLY SUSPECT | These Days | 623 |
18 | 20 | THE GLORIOUS SONS | Closer To The Sky | 540 |
19 | 22 | A DAY TO REMEMBER | Resentment | 510 |
20 | 21 | MOTIONLESS IN WHITE | Another Life | 495 |
21 | 24 | IN THIS MOMENT | The In-Between | 411 |
22 | 26 | BLACK KEYS | Shine A Little Light | 360 |
23 | 27 | KILLSWITCH ENGAGE | I Can’t Be The Only One | 329 |
24 | 25 | ALTER BRIDGE | Godspeed | 329 |
25 | 28 | BUSH | Flowers On A Grave | 323 |
26 | 29 | SHINEDOWN | Atlas Falls | 303 |
27 | 30 | KALEO | Break My Baby | 247 |
28 | 31 | DED | A Mannequin Idol (Lullaby) | 229 |
29 | 33 | SAINT ASONIA | Blind | 227 |
30 | 37 | STARSET | Trails | 223 |
31 | 36 | THROUGH FIRE | Listen To Your Heart | 218 |
32 | 35 | SKILLET | Save Me | 213 |
33 | 34 | DINOSAUR PILE-UP | Round The Bend | 211 |
34 | 42 | THEORY OF A DEADMAN | World Keeps Spinning | 192 |
35 | 32 | THE USED | Paradise Lost, A Poem | 187 |
36 | 39 | BIFFY CLYRO | Instant History | 151 |
37 | 38 | SCOTT STAPP | Survivor | 145 |
38 | 41 | RED | The War We Made | 112 |
39 | 65 | THE HU (f. JACOBY SHADDIX) | Wolf Totem | 105 |
40 | 40 | AMITY AFFLICTION | Soak Me In Bleach | 99 |
41 | 43 | ANOTHER DAY DAWNS | Taste Of Heaven | 98 |
42 | 50 | KILLERS | Caution | 77 |
43 | 52 | IN THIS MOMENT | We Will Rock You | 73 |
44 | 46 | TOM KEIFER | Hype | 72 |
45 | 49 | FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH | A Little Bit Off | 69 |
46 | 45 | WHITE REAPER | Might Be Right | 61 |
47 | 44 | MACHINE HEAD | Circle The Drain | 59 |
48 | 48 | FIT FOR A KING | Breaking The Mirror | 58 |
49 | 57 | OTHERWISE | Crossfire | 55 |
50 | 51 | JJ WILDE | The Rush | 53 |
PUBLISHER’S PICK OF THE WEEK (By Adam Waldman)
THE AMITY AFFLICTION – “Soak Me In Bleach”
“Soak Me In Bleach” may seem like a song that was written after being ripped from the headlines of the day, but the cleansing that The Amity Affliction is referring to has nothing to do with the new normal caused by the coronavirus pandemic. It’s something much more personal than that. It’s about living under the weight of mental illness in the public eye and having to deal with commentary from keyboard warriors sharing their thoughts about someone’s personal struggle. On its own, the concept would be sad, but what makes this tortured (albeit melodic) anthem even more poignant is the capitulation of a creative mind giving in to the whims of the anonymous public (most of whom do not represent the majority).
“When the dreamer dies, so dies the dream…”
Not in the literal sense, but in the metaphorical sense. Dreamers are idealists by nature. In this case, the dream was simply to touch people with music, but the cynicism of others takes its toll, thereby killing both the dreamer and the dream simultaneously. “Soak Me In Bleach” gives power to the critics and invites them to cleanse the creator to fit their standards. It is also about being cleansed of the emotions of overwhelm and despair that feel like an actual weight needing to be lifted to breathe when waves of depression come crashing down. I normally tend to shy away from guttural growls, but the infectious melody of the hook of “Soak Me In Bleach” pulled me in. The growls in the song are well-placed, and convey a genuine emotion of angst.
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…
DROPKICK MURPHYS – “Mick Jones Nicked My Pudding”
ATREYU (f. M SHADOWS) – “Super Hero”
SOLENCE – “Animal In Me”
ROYAL TUSK – “Die Knowing”
SILVERSTEIN – “Infinite”
FAME ON FIRE – “Her Eyes”
SLAVES – “Talk To A Friend”
STITCHED UP HEART – “Warrior”
BEARTOOTH – “Afterall”
ARMORED DAWN – “Zombie Viking”
SLEEP SIGNALS – “Fireproof”
STATIC CYCLES – “Boxes”
BLACK HEART SAINTS – “Lines”
KIRRA – “Caving In”
DISCREPANCIES – “Undertow”
NEVERWAKE – “Calling Out My Name”
GREATEST GAINERS…
GODSMACK – “Unforgettable” (+202 spins)
FALLING IN REVERSE – “Popular Monster” (+141 spins)
THEORY OF A DEADMAN – “World Keeps Spinning” (+108 spins)
OZZY OSBOURNE (f. ELTON JOHN) – “Ordinary Man” (+100 spins)
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