HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 5/2/20
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 5/2/20. All exclusive HRD content is featured below the chart:
| CHART | CHART | ARTIST | SONG TITLE | RADIO |
| POSITION | POSITION | SPINS | ||
| THIS WEEK | LAST WEEK | |||
| 1 | 1 | FALLING IN REVERSE | Popular Monster | 1639 |
| 2 | 5 | GODSMACK | Unforgettable | 1455 |
| 3 | 3 | GREY DAZE | Sickness | 1455 |
| 4 | 2 | BREAKING BENJAMIN (f. SCOOTER WARD) | Far Away | 1408 |
| 5 | 6 | PEARL JAM | Superblood Wolfmoon | 1299 |
| 6 | 7 | THE BLUE STONES | Shakin’ Off The Rust | 1252 |
| 7 | 8 | BAD WOLVES | Sober | 1220 |
| 8 | 9 | OZZY OSBOURNE (f. ELTON JOHN) | Ordinary Man | 1158 |
| 9 | 4 | GREEN DAY | Oh Yeah! | 1035 |
| 10 | 11 | KORN | Can You Hear Me | 991 |
| 11 | 13 | ASKING ALEXANDRIA | Antisocialist | 882 |
| 12 | 15 | CORY MARKS | Outlaws & Outsiders | 813 |
| 13 | 16 | HIGHLY SUSPECT | These Days | 696 |
| 14 | 17 | A DAY TO REMEMBER | Resentment | 634 |
| 15 | 10 | DISTURBED | Hold On To Memories | 614 |
| 16 | 19 | MOTIONLESS IN WHITE | Another Life | 568 |
| 17 | 12 | TOOL | Pneuma | 563 |
| 18 | 18 | THE GLORIOUS SONS | Closer To The Sky | 524 |
| 19 | 20 | IN THIS MOMENT | The In-Between | 507 |
| 20 | 23 | SHINEDOWN | Atlas Falls | 429 |
| 21 | 21 | KILLSWITCH ENGAGE | I Can’t Be The Only One | 416 |
| 22 | 36 | VOLBEAT | Leviathan | 397 |
| 23 | 24 | BUSH | Flowers On A Grave | 395 |
| 24 | 31 | THE HU (f. JACOBY SHADDIX) | Wolf Totem | 374 |
| 25 | 25 | THEORY OF A DEADMAN | World Keeps Spinning | 367 |
| 26 | 28 | STARSET | Trails | 355 |
| 27 | 26 | SAINT ASONIA | Blind | 332 |
| 28 | 42 | FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH | A Little Bit Off | 294 |
| 29 | 22 | BLACK KEYS | Shine A Little Light | 291 |
| 30 | 30 | DED | A Mannequin Idol (Lullaby) | 269 |
| 31 | 32 | SKILLET | Save Me | 267 |
| 32 | 29 | KALEO | Break My Baby | 262 |
| 33 | 33 | THROUGH FIRE | Listen To Your Heart | 228 |
| 34 | 38 | SCOTT STAPP | Survivor | 206 |
| 35 | 27 | ALTER BRIDGE | Godspeed | 205 |
| 36 | 37 | BIFFY CLYRO | Instant History | 198 |
| 37 | 34 | DINOSAUR PILE-UP | Round The Bend | 190 |
| 38 | 44 | THE BLACK MOODS | Sunshine | 172 |
| 39 | 39 | RED | The War We Made | 156 |
| 40 | 0 | POP EVIL | Work | 149 |
| 41 | 41 | AMITY AFFLICTION | Soak Me In Bleach | 123 |
| 42 | 43 | KILLERS | Caution | 112 |
| 43 | 54 | ROLLING STONES | Living In A Ghost Town | 108 |
| 44 | 75 | TRIVIUM | Bleed Into Me | 95 |
| 45 | 46 | FIT FOR A KING | Breaking The Mirror | 86 |
| 46 | 45 | TOM KEIFER | Hype | 63 |
| 47 | 47 | OTHERWISE | Crossfire | 60 |
| 48 | 49 | IN THIS MOMENT | We Will Rock You | 56 |
| 49 | 52 | STITCHED UP HEART | Warrior | 53 |
| 50 | 48 | JJ WILDE | The Rush | 53 |
PUBLISHER’S PICK OF THE WEEK (By Adam Waldman)
GODSMACK – “Unforgettable”
Having 400 school kids contributing backing vocals on a song of one of the upper echelon bands in rock today is something to behold. The notion of having those same kids appear in the video for that same song a few years later seems implausible at this point in time, especially because it was released in April of 2020 when the entire country was on lockdown. It’s easy to see why the video would be inspiring (regardless of the timing) because it shows the humility of a band at the top of the food chain. You can tell how heartfelt Sully Erna’s words are as he talks about the power of music. And those were delivered pre-pandemic. Now more than ever, music has become a saving grace for so many of us who are struggling to deal with the great unknown. Because of the timing, this video is somewhat bittersweet, as it gives us a glimpse into what life was like just a few short months ago. Who knows when we’ll have this kind of congregating again? Certainly not in the near future based on the predictions of experts. It goes to show that we take so many of the little things in life for granted.
Listening to “Unforgettable” in a pre-pandemic world would feel like a rock and roll TED Talk, but given the current state of the world, it feels eerily prophetic. A message of self-reliance and empowerment amidst a sea of changes has never felt so on-target before. Godsmack has always had a way of stirring a mixture of emotions and making you feel with their music, but the chorus of children’s voices makes the song even more impactful than usual. Aside from Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick In The Wall,” it’s hard to think of another song that has captured the boundless spirit of singing children. All of the children in this video have had their world disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic, but at least they will have this incredible experience to look back upon in years to come.
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”
FROM ASHES TO NEW – “Panic”
DEAD DAISIES – “Unspoken”
THE WILD! – “King Of This Town”
KIRRA – “Caving In”
DROPKICK MURPHYS – “Mick Jones Nicked My Pudding”
MAJA SHINING – “Familiar Taste Of Poison”
DEAD GIRLS ACADEMY – “This Is War”
ROYAL TUSK – “Die Knowing”
SILVERSTEIN – “Infinite”
FAME ON FIRE – “Her Eyes”
SLAVES – “Talk To A Friend”
DISCREPANCIES – “Undertow”
BEARTOOTH – “Afterall”
ARMORED DAWN – “Zombie Viking”
SLEEP SIGNALS – “Fireproof”
STATIC CYCLES – “Boxes”
BLACK HEART SAINTS – “Lines”
THE OUTFIT – “Come Alive”
GREATEST GAINERS…
VOLBEAT – “Leviathan” (+216 spins)
FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH – “A Little Bit Off” (+195 spins)
GODSMACK – “Unforgettable” (+173 spins)
POP EVIL – “Work” (+149 spins)
THE HU (f. JACOBY SHADDIX) – “Wolf Totem” (+128 spins)
ASKING ALEXANDRIA – “Antisocialist” (+124 spins)
BAD WOLVES – “Sober” (+111 spins)
STARSET – “Trials” (+104 spins)
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