HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 8/22/20
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 8/22/20. All exclusive HRD content is featured below the chart:
| CHART | CHART | ARTIST | SONG TITLE | RADIO |
| POSITION | POSITION | SPINS | ||
| THIS WEEK | LAST WEEK | |||
| 1 | 1 | SHINEDOWN | Atlas Falls | 1795 |
| 2 | 3 | METALLICA & THE S.F. SYMPHONY | All Within My Hands (S&M2) | 1733 |
| 3 | 2 | PRETTY RECKLESS | Death By Rock And Roll | 1652 |
| 4 | 6 | SEETHER | Dangerous | 1481 |
| 5 | 4 | FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH | A Little Bit Off | 1479 |
| 6 | 5 | THE HU (f. JACOBY SHADDIX) | Wolf Totem | 1426 |
| 7 | 8 | CHRIS CORNELL | Patience | 1303 |
| 8 | 9 | POP EVIL | Work | 1220 |
| 9 | 11 | COREY TAYLOR | Black Eyes Blue | 1129 |
| 10 | 12 | STARSET | Trials | 1015 |
| 11 | 7 | VOLBEAT | Leviathan | 869 |
| 12 | 13 | FROM ASHES TO NEW | Panic | 792 |
| 13 | 17 | BADFLOWER | 30 | 727 |
| 14 | 14 | THEORY OF A DEADMAN | World Keeps Spinning | 697 |
| 15 | 16 | BREAKING BENJAMIN (f. LACEY STURM) | Dear Agony | 625 |
| 16 | 18 | SEVENDUST | The Day I Tried To Live | 598 |
| 17 | 21 | I PREVAIL (f. DELANEY JANE) | Every Time You Leave | 531 |
| 18 | 20 | WEEZER | Hero | 527 |
| 19 | 22 | BRING ME THE HORIZON | Parasite Eve | 503 |
| 20 | 19 | THE BLACK MOODS | Sunshine | 494 |
| 21 | 26 | MARILYN MANSON | We Are Chaos | 421 |
| 22 | 24 | THREE DAYS GRACE | Somebody That I Used To Know | 403 |
| 23 | 23 | CROBOT | Gasoline | 394 |
| 24 | 27 | AYRON JONES | Take Me Away | 349 |
| 25 | 25 | 10 YEARS | The Shift | 326 |
| 26 | 28 | TRIVIUM | Bleed Into Me | 304 |
| 27 | 29 | BAD WOLVES | Learn To Walk Again | 303 |
| 28 | 32 | CLEOPATRICK | Hometown | 276 |
| 29 | 30 | AVATAR | Colossus | 268 |
| 30 | 33 | THE VIOLENT | Fly On The Wall | 242 |
| 31 | 31 | GREY DAZE | B12 | 238 |
| 32 | 36 | BAD OMENS | Limits | 223 |
| 33 | 35 | FAME ON FIRE | Headspace | 185 |
| 34 | 37 | IN THIS MOMENT | As Above, So Below | 131 |
| 35 | 68 | EVANESCENCE | Use My Voice | 110 |
| 36 | 0 | DEFTONES | Ohms | 103 |
| 37 | 39 | ANOTHER DAY DAWNS | Forget Me Not | 102 |
| 38 | 41 | STONE HORSES | The Day I Tried To Live | 98 |
| 39 | 38 | SONS OF SILVER | Read ’em Their Rights | 88 |
| 40 | 40 | KINGDOM COLLAPSE | Uprise | 87 |
| 41 | 44 | TETRARCH | I’m Not Right | 71 |
| 42 | 42 | HIGHLY SUSPECT | Canals | 62 |
| 43 | 76 | DAUGHTRY | World On Fire | 61 |
| 44 | 43 | ANY GIVEN SIN | Insidious | 55 |
| 45 | 61 | MASTODON | Fallen Torches | 46 |
| 46 | 46 | A KILLER’S CONFESSION | Last Chance | 46 |
| 47 | 45 | WHISKEY MYERS | Die Rockin | 46 |
| 48 | 69 | AVOID | Song About James | 45 |
| 49 | 62 | ROYAL BLISS (f. SHIM) | Medication | 41 |
| 50 | 49 | ECONOLINE CRUSH | Get Out Of The Way (Gold Heart) | 41 |
PUBLISHER’S PICK OF THE WEEK (By Adam Waldman)
SIXX:A.M. – “Maybe It’s Time”
In the mid-’80s, artists banded together for charity with Band Aid, U.S.A. for Africa, and the hardest rocking of them all, Hear N’ Aid. Each one was done for a worthy cause, and each was memorable in their own way. Fast forward to 2020, a year that by all measure is far more difficult on a global scale than the ’80s, and we have another group of rock stars banding together to help raise money for a worthy cause.
Sixx:A.M. didn’t write a new song to raise money for the Global Recovery Initiatives Foundation. Instead, they re- imagined “Maybe It’s Time” (a song off of their 2016 release, Prayers For The Blessed). The song seems even more relevant and poignant in the midst of a pandemic that has made an indelible impact on mankind.
Back in the ’80s, Nikki Sixx’s opioid addiction nearly led to his premature demise. He shared his experiences in 2007’s “The Heroin Diaries: A Year In The Life Of A Shattered Rock Star.” Even though Sixx was at the pinnacle of success, a rock star living the the epitome of sex, drugs and rock n’ roll lifestyle, his addictions went beyond partying in the decade of decadence. It was about filling a void in his life.
If a rock star on top of the world can feel the pain of a seemingly unfillable void, imagine what it’s like for someone struggling with dependence issues during a time of hopelessness and despair. During this pandemic, there has been endless, politically charged talk about battling this invisible enemy, but very little discussion about how people are dealing with dependency exacerbated by uncertainty and isolation.
Sixx:A.M. is to be commended for helping to bring awareness and funding to a problem that seems to be falling through the cracks during these trying times. Teaming up with fellow rockers Corey Taylor, Ivan Moody, Joe Elliott, Brantley Gilbert, Tommy Vext, and Slash, “Maybe It’s Time” is a beautiful, poignant song that features outstanding performances for an important cause.
“I am proud to bring together these artists to help raise funds for the Global Recovery Initiative Foundation. The opioid epidemic did not go away when the pandemic came along. Just the opposite…those in early recovery became even more at risk than before, so it’s more important now than ever to raise awareness and support them. I really believe that united we can make a difference and save lives,” stated Sixx (a GRI board member).
All artist royalties are being donated to the Global Recovery Initiatives Foundation to support those in early recovery, with a matching contribution from SIXX:A.M.’s label, Better Noise Music.
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…
SIXX:A.M. – “Maybe It’s Time”
NICKELBACK – “The Devil Went Down To Georgia”
ASHES OF SOMA – “Relevant”
JOYOUS WOLF – “Odyssey”
KIRRA – “Free”
THEM EVILS – “Where Ya Gonna Crash Tonight?”
ZERO THEOREM – “Swarm”
FAREWELL TO FEAR – “I Won’t Be Your Tragedy”
JAMIE FONTAINE & THE LEVEL – “Save Your Life”
W3APONS – “Bye Baby Gone”
FIT FOR A KING – “Locked”
ALL TIME LOW – “Monsters”
AS STRANGE AS ANGELS – “Never Broken”
HONEYMOON SUITE – “Find What You’re Looking For”
EGO KILL TALENT – “The Call”
AMITY AFFLICTION – “Forever”
BLACK HEART SAINTS – “Misery”
STATIC CYCLE – “Wolf”
THE MANY COLORED DEATH – “Drown”
THE LOYAL ORDER – “Hellfire”
GREATEST GAINERS…
COREY TAYLOR – “Black Eyes Blue” (+149 spins)
BADFLOWER – “30” (+147 spins)
SEETHER – “Dangerous” (+112 spins)
DEFTONES – “Ohms” (+103 spins)
MARILYN MANSON – “We Are Chaos” (+99 spins)
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