HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 5/9/20
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 5/9/20. 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 | 1640 |
| 2 | 2 | GODSMACK | Unforgettable | 1613 |
| 3 | 3 | GREY DAZE | Sickness | 1538 |
| 4 | 7 | BAD WOLVES | Sober | 1345 |
| 5 | 5 | PEARL JAM | Superblood Wolfmoon | 1335 |
| 6 | 6 | THE BLUE STONES | Shakin’ Off The Rust | 1267 |
| 7 | 4 | BREAKING BENJAMIN (f. SCOOTER WARD) | Far Away | 1228 |
| 8 | 8 | OZZY OSBOURNE (f. ELTON JOHN) | Ordinary Man | 1226 |
| 9 | 10 | KORN | Can You Hear Me | 1079 |
| 10 | 11 | ASKING ALEXANDRIA | Antisocialist | 942 |
| 11 | 12 | CORY MARKS | Outlaws & Outsiders | 899 |
| 12 | 13 | HIGHLY SUSPECT | These Days | 800 |
| 13 | 9 | GREEN DAY | Oh Yeah! | 728 |
| 14 | 14 | A DAY TO REMEMBER | Resentment | 675 |
| 15 | 16 | MOTIONLESS IN WHITE | Another Life | 608 |
| 16 | 28 | FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH | A Little Bit Off | 584 |
| 17 | 22 | VOLBEAT | Leviathan | 566 |
| 18 | 19 | IN THIS MOMENT | The In-Between | 549 |
| 19 | 20 | SHINEDOWN | Atlas Falls | 490 |
| 20 | 24 | THE HU (f. JACOBY SHADDIX) | Wolf Totem | 464 |
| 21 | 23 | BUSH | Flowers On A Grave | 458 |
| 22 | 21 | KILLSWITCH ENGAGE | I Can’t Be The Only One | 439 |
| 23 | 25 | THEORY OF A DEADMAN | World Keeps Spinning | 415 |
| 24 | 27 | SAINT ASONIA | Blind | 375 |
| 25 | 18 | THE GLORIOUS SONS | Closer To The Sky | 371 |
| 26 | 26 | STARSET | Trails | 361 |
| 27 | 17 | TOOL | Pneuma | 355 |
| 28 | 15 | DISTURBED | Hold On To Memories | 338 |
| 29 | 31 | SKILLET | Save Me | 302 |
| 30 | 30 | DED | A Mannequin Idol (Lullaby) | 291 |
| 31 | 40 | POP EVIL | Work | 290 |
| 32 | 32 | KALEO | Break My Baby | 271 |
| 33 | 34 | SCOTT STAPP | Survivor | 249 |
| 34 | 33 | THROUGH FIRE | Listen To Your Heart | 238 |
| 35 | 36 | BIFFY CLYRO | Instant History | 235 |
| 36 | 38 | THE BLACK MOODS | Sunshine | 228 |
| 37 | 29 | BLACK KEYS | Shine A Little Light | 185 |
| 38 | 39 | RED | The War We Made | 171 |
| 39 | 37 | DINOSAUR PILE-UP | Round The Bend | 164 |
| 40 | 44 | TRIVIUM | Bleed Into Me | 158 |
| 41 | 42 | KILLERS | Caution | 155 |
| 42 | 41 | AMITY AFFLICTION | Soak Me In Bleach | 126 |
| 43 | 43 | ROLLING STONES | Living In A Ghost Town | 103 |
| 44 | 45 | FIT FOR A KING | Breaking The Mirror | 100 |
| 45 | 49 | STITCHED UP HEART | Warrior | 76 |
| 46 | 51 | SLEEP SIGNALS | Fireproof | 73 |
| 47 | 50 | JJ WILDE | The Rush | 65 |
| 48 | 47 | OTHERWISE | Crossfire | 61 |
| 49 | 54 | FROM ASHES TO NEW | Panic | 49 |
| 50 | 53 | MACHINE HEAD | Ciricle Of Death | 47 |
PUBLISHER’S PICK OF THE WEEK (By Adam Waldman)
ASKING ALEXANDRIA – “House On Fire”
We’re living in a whole new world today due in large part to a pandemic that has spread around the globe. No one knows what the new normal will be when we get on the other side of this global crisis (particularly in the music business). But not all changes are due to Covid-19. Some significant changes had already been in full effect in the music industry before this crisis hit, mostly due to technology and the short attention span of a society overwhelmed with constant stimuli. One of those changes was in the approach that rock artists are taking to release singles.
Not long ago, singles had little to no overlap with each other. In fact, sometimes singles had such a long shelf life on radio that it made you start to grow weary of hearing a particular song at all. That approach seems to be on its way out. Case in point…Asking Alexandria released “House On Fire” four days before the album dropped. On its own, that wouldn’t be newsworthy, but when you take into account that it was the fifth single released before the street date, it makes you take notice. This may be an extreme case, but the trend of overlapping singles has become increasingly more commonplace, and looks like it’s here to stay.
Asking Alexandria’s latest album – Like A House On Fire – was released today. While it may seem that they have already exhausted a lot of the potential with five singles released so far, the album has 15 tracks total, so there is still plenty of room to run. Since album cycles tend to be two to three years these days, it’s quite likely that there will be a number of other singles on the horizon in the next few years.
This is frontman Danny Worsnop’s second album since returning after a brief departure in 2015. According to guitarist Ben Bruce…“Our last record was a lot of reconnecting, re-bonding, and relearning from each other. On this new record, we were 100% comfortable again. We were totally on the same page. This is the first album that we’ve done sober. We pride ourselves on the fact that we grow and change and explore new roads while staying true to ourselves with every record.”
You can feel the comfort that the band has together on “House On Fire.” It starts off with a bit of raw, high energy edge before transitioning to a cool, moody vibe. Drenched with infectious melody throughout, this is Asking Alexandria at their best (in my eyes). Worsnop has always had one of the best melodic voices around, and doesn’t need screaming to shine. To prove that the band is as in sync as they have ever been, you need look no further than the video for “House On Fire.” If you didn’t know any better, you would think that they were all in the same room performing, but they’re not. Each of the band members is actually performing in their own home. An ingenious use of black and white film with colored graphics stitched in gives the impression of a seamless video. Like the song itself, the video is one that is definitely worth checking out.
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”
CROBOT – “Gasoline”
DEAD DAISIES – “Unspoken”
THE WILD! – “King Of This Town”
KIRRA – “Caving In”
DROPKICK MURPHYS – “Mick Jones Nicked My Pudding”
DEAD GIRLS ACADEMY – “This Is War”
ROYAL TUSK – “Die Knowing”
SILVERSTEIN – “Infinite”
SLAVES – “Talk To A Friend”
DISCREPANCIES – “Undertow”
ARMORED DAWN – “Zombie Viking”
THE OUTFIT – “Come Alive”
PARALANDRA – “Love Will Win”
WITHIN TEMPTATION – “Entertain You”
GREATEST GAINERS…
FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH – “A Little Bit Off” (+290 spins)
VOLBEAT – “Leviathan” (+169 spins)
GODSMACK – “Unforgettable” (+158 spins)
POP EVIL – “Work” (+141 spins)
BAD WOLVES – “Sober” (+125 spins)
HIGHLY SUSPECT – “These Days” (+104 spins)
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