HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 4/25/20
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 4/25/20. All exclusive HRD content is featured below the chart:
| CHART | CHART | ARTIST | SONG TITLE | RADIO |
| POSITION | POSITION | SPINS | ||
| THIS WEEK | LAST WEEK | |||
| 1 | 2 | FALLING IN REVERSE | Popular Monster | 1655 |
| 2 | 1 | BREAKING BENJAMIN (f. SCOOTER WARD) | Far Away | 1618 |
| 3 | 4 | GREY DAZE | Sickness | 1404 |
| 4 | 3 | GREEN DAY | Oh Yeah! | 1290 |
| 5 | 8 | GODSMACK | Unforgettable | 1282 |
| 6 | 6 | PEARL JAM | Superblood Wolfmoon | 1216 |
| 7 | 7 | THE BLUE STONES | Shakin’ Off The Rust | 1199 |
| 8 | 11 | BAD WOLVES | Sober | 1109 |
| 9 | 9 | OZZY OSBOURNE (f. ELTON JOHN) | Ordinary Man | 1075 |
| 10 | 5 | DISTURBED | Hold On To Memories | 1018 |
| 11 | 12 | KORN | Can You Hear Me | 935 |
| 12 | 13 | TOOL | Pneuma | 762 |
| 13 | 15 | ASKING ALEXANDRIA | Antisocialist | 758 |
| 14 | 14 | RIVAL SONS | Shooting Stars | 738 |
| 15 | 16 | CORY MARKS | Outlaws & Outsiders | 736 |
| 16 | 17 | HIGHLY SUSPECT | These Days | 671 |
| 17 | 19 | A DAY TO REMEMBER | Resentment | 577 |
| 18 | 18 | THE GLORIOUS SONS | Closer To The Sky | 552 |
| 19 | 20 | MOTIONLESS IN WHITE | Another Life | 518 |
| 20 | 21 | IN THIS MOMENT | The In-Between | 457 |
| 21 | 23 | KILLSWITCH ENGAGE | I Can’t Be The Only One | 373 |
| 22 | 22 | BLACK KEYS | Shine A Little Light | 361 |
| 23 | 26 | SHINEDOWN | Atlas Falls | 359 |
| 24 | 25 | BUSH | Flowers On A Grave | 342 |
| 25 | 34 | THEORY OF A DEADMAN | World Keeps Spinning | 284 |
| 26 | 29 | SAINT ASONIA | Blind | 275 |
| 27 | 24 | ALTER BRIDGE | Godspeed | 268 |
| 28 | 30 | STARSET | Trails | 251 |
| 29 | 27 | KALEO | Break My Baby | 251 |
| 30 | 28 | DED | A Mannequin Idol (Lullaby) | 249 |
| 31 | 39 | THE HU (f. JACOBY SHADDIX) | Wolf Totem | 246 |
| 32 | 32 | SKILLET | Save Me | 236 |
| 33 | 31 | THROUGH FIRE | Listen To Your Heart | 221 |
| 34 | 33 | DINOSAUR PILE-UP | Round The Bend | 208 |
| 35 | 35 | THE USED | Paradise Lost, A Poem | 191 |
| 36 | 0 | VOLBEAT | Leviathan | 181 |
| 37 | 36 | BIFFY CLYRO | Instant History | 165 |
| 38 | 37 | SCOTT STAPP | Survivor | 164 |
| 39 | 38 | RED | The War We Made | 139 |
| 40 | 41 | ANOTHER DAY DAWNS | Taste Of Heaven | 115 |
| 41 | 40 | AMITY AFFLICTION | Soak Me In Bleach | 108 |
| 42 | 45 | FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH | A Little Bit Off | 99 |
| 43 | 42 | KILLERS | Caution | 97 |
| 44 | 98 | THE BLACK MOODS | Sunshine | 79 |
| 45 | 44 | TOM KEIFER | Hype | 69 |
| 46 | 48 | FIT FOR A KING | Breaking The Mirror | 65 |
| 47 | 49 | OTHERWISE | Crossfire | 59 |
| 48 | 50 | JJ WILDE | The Rush | 53 |
| 49 | 43 | IN THIS MOMENT | We Will Rock You | 52 |
| 50 | 47 | MACHINE HEAD | Circle The Drain | 51 |
PUBLISHER’S PICK OF THE WEEK (By Adam Waldman)
MAJA SHINING – “Familiar Taste Of Poison”
For my money, Lzzy Hale is the female rock vocalist against which all others are measured. It’s the combination of her incredible voice, charismatic style, songwriting ability, and old school rock and roll bravado that separates her from the rest. There is a reason that she has done duets with many of the top male vocalists in rock today. Hale embraces everything that you love about rock and roll singers. Her covers with Halestorm are always as memorable as their original work.
Forever Still singer Maja Shining turns the tables on Hale with her new YouTube channel by covering Halestorm’s “Familiar Taste Of Poison” using nothing more than her beautiful, powerful voice and sparse keyboards. The simple video features the Danish powerhouse singing in a room that looks very much like the setting for performances that have become all too familiar since the world went on lockdown in recent times. That’s all that was necessary to showcase a voice that, by all rights, should make her a household name in rock today. The haunting beauty of Shining’s vocals takes this already emotive song to an entirely different level. It may seem like sacrilege to say that this cover is as good as the original, but it absolutely is. Personally speaking, I can’t wait to see what else Shining does with her new YouTube channel.
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…
MAJA SHINING – “Familiar Taste Of Poison”
DROPKICK MURPHYS – “Mick Jones Nicked My Pudding”
ATREYU (f. M SHADOWS) – “Super Hero”
FROM ASHES TO NEW – “Panic”
DEAD DAISIES – “Unspoken”
KIRRA – “Caving In”
DEAD GIRLS ACADEMY – “This Is War”
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”
GREATEST GAINERS…
GODSMACK – “Unforgettable” (+185 spins)
BAD WOLVES – “Sober” (+165 spins)
THE HU (f. JACOBY SHADDIX) – “Wolf Totem” (+141 spins)
VOLBEAT – “Leviathan” (+133 spins)
FALLING IN REVERSE – “Popular Monster” (+130 spins)
GREY DAZE – “Sickness” (+102 spins)
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