HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 9/12/20
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 9/12/20. All exclusive HRD content is featured below the chart:
| CHART | CHART | ARTIST | SONG TITLE | RADIO |
| POSITION | POSITION | SPINS | ||
| THIS WEEK | LAST WEEK | |||
| 1 | 1 | METALLICA & THE S.F. SYMPHONY | All Within My Hands (S&M2) | 1838 |
| 2 | 3 | CHRIS CORNELL | Patience | 1666 |
| 3 | 2 | SEETHER | Dangerous | 1616 |
| 4 | 7 | COREY TAYLOR | Black Eyes Blue | 1410 |
| 5 | 5 | THE HU (f. JACOBY SHADDIX) | Wolf Totem | 1382 |
| 6 | 6 | PRETTY RECKLESS | Death By Rock And Roll | 1347 |
| 7 | 4 | SHINEDOWN | Atlas Falls | 1297 |
| 8 | 8 | POP EVIL | Work | 1117 |
| 9 | 10 | STARSET | Trials | 1016 |
| 10 | 11 | BADFLOWER | 30 | 1008 |
| 11 | 9 | FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH | A Little Bit Off | 962 |
| 12 | 12 | FROM ASHES TO NEW | Panic | 873 |
| 13 | 13 | I PREVAIL (f. DELANEY JANE) | Every Time You Leave | 785 |
| 14 | 16 | DEFTONES | Ohms | 781 |
| 15 | 15 | MARILYN MANSON | We Are Chaos | 781 |
| 16 | 14 | BREAKING BENJAMIN (f. LACEY STURM) | Dear Agony | 736 |
| 17 | 17 | SEVENDUST | The Day I Tried To Live | 665 |
| 18 | 20 | THREE DAYS GRACE | Somebody That I Used To Know | 553 |
| 19 | 19 | BRING ME THE HORIZON | Parasite Eve | 551 |
| 20 | 18 | WEEZER | Hero | 545 |
| 21 | 21 | AYRON JONES | Take Me Away | 523 |
| 22 | 23 | SIXX:A.M. / ARTISTS FOR RECOVERY | Maybe It’s Time | 493 |
| 23 | 22 | BAD WOLVES | Learn To Walk Again | 462 |
| 24 | 24 | CLEOPATRICK | Hometown | 383 |
| 25 | 25 | 10 YEARS | The Shift | 357 |
| 26 | 27 | EVANESCENCE | Use My Voice | 348 |
| 27 | 28 | AVATAR | Colossus | 324 |
| 28 | 30 | GREY DAZE | B12 | 283 |
| 29 | 31 | BAD OMENS | Limits | 280 |
| 30 | 29 | THE VIOLENT | Fly On The Wall | 275 |
| 31 | 26 | CROBOT | Gasoline | 239 |
| 32 | 27 | SAUL | King Of Misery | 207 |
| 33 | 32 | IN THIS MOMENT | As Above, So Below | 204 |
| 34 | 36 | ANOTHER DAY DAWNS | Forget Me Not | 158 |
| 35 | 40 | DAUGHTRY | World On Fire | 155 |
| 36 | 39 | ROYAL BLISS (f. SHIM) | Medication | 142 |
| 37 | 33 | TRIVIUM | Bleed Into Me | 140 |
| 38 | 38 | STONE HORSES | Good Ol’ Days | 123 |
| 39 | 41 | TETRARCH | I’m Not Right | 111 |
| 40 | 35 | FAME ON FIRE | Headspace | 104 |
| 41 | 43 | FIT FOR A KING | Locked (In My Head) | 96 |
| 42 | 44 | ANY GIVEN SIN | Insidious | 74 |
| 43 | 42 | EGO KILL TALENT | The Call | 63 |
| 44 | 45 | A KILLER’S CONFESSION | Last Chance | 61 |
| 45 | 51 | MASTODON | Falling Torches | 53 |
| 46 | 46 | WHISKEY MYERS | Die Rockin | 44 |
| 47 | 64 | SMITH & MYERS | Not Mad Enough | 39 |
| 48 | 49 | ECONOLINE CRUSH | Get Out Of The Way (Gold Heart) | 38 |
| 49 | 52 | NICK PERRY/UNDERGROUND THIEVES | Feeling Good | 34 |
| 50 | 48 | AVOID | Song About James | 34 |
PUBLISHER’S PICK OF THE WEEK (By Adam Waldman)
SMITH & MYERS – “Not Mad Enough”
One of the reasons that Shinedown has had as many hits as they have is because the messages in their songs connect with people on a deep level. During this particularly trying year, with the pandemic and everything else going on in the world, Shinedown fans are turning to the band’s songs to cling to the hope in their inspirational lyrics. But sometimes, they also deliver a message of rage with songs like “Bully” and “Devour.”
Due to the pandemic, Shinedown’s Deep Dive tour was postponed indefinitely, but that doesn’t mean that there is no activity from Brent Smith and company. Earlier this year, the band released their most recent #1 song (“Atlas Falls”), and donated the proceeds to Direct Relief to help get protective gear and critical care medications to as many health workers as possible. As bad as the fallout from the pandemic has been, things got much worse after the brutal killing of George Floyd. If anyone had any doubts that racial inequality was a major problem in the United States, the video of Floyd’s death made it abundantly clear. Still, many were quick to blame the victim, which speaks to a much deeper problem going on in this country.
If you watched any of the video of Floyd gasping for air as a policeman knelt on his neck, and didn’t get angry, then Smith & Myer’s latest single “Not Mad Enough” is for you. This isn’t about the left or the right, blue or red; this is about humanity and respect for life.
“Brent and I had never discussed some of this subject matter before, and we dug so deep while also touching on a world that’s rapidly changing around us the last eight months. We felt it would be disingenuous not to touch on social issues we face as humans,” stated Zach Myers.
“Not Mad Enough” may be on the softer side musically because it’s an acoustic piece, but the lyrics are every bit as intense as the aforementioned songs of rage. Though this song was specifically inspired by Floyd’s killing, I submit that it holds true for a lot of the ills that are plaguing society today. In many ways, the world is crumbling around us, and far too many people are “not mad enough.” Sadly, many of them are embracing the chaos spurned by a “leader” who does more to inflame most situations than to try and bring unity (no Shinedown pun intended).
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…
ALTER BRIDGE – “Native Son”
DISTURBED – “If I Ever Lose My Faith In You”
EVE TO ADAM – “Calling My Name”
SOUTH OF EDEN – “The Talk”
NICKELBACK – “The Devil Went Down To Georgia”
KIRRA – “Free”
THE ODDEVEN – “Again”
ASHES OF SOMA – “Relevant”
THEM EVILS – “Where Ya Gonna Crash Tonight?”
THE AMITY AFFLICTION – “Forever”
ZERO THEOREM – “Swarm”
LIGHTWORKER – “Cholera”
JAMIE FONTAINE & THE LEVEL – “Save Your Life”
W3APONS – “Bye Baby Gone”
ALL TIME LOW – “Monsters”
AS STRANGE AS ANGELS – “Never Broken”
HONEYMOON SUITE – “Find What You’re Looking For”
THE MANY COLORED DEATH – “Drown”
THE LOYAL ORDER – “Hellfire”
GREATEST GAINERS…
BADFLOWER – “30” (+108 spins)
CHRIS CORNELL – “Patience” (+96 spins)
DEFTONES – “Ohms” (+96 spins)
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