HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 9/26/20
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 9/26/20. All exclusive HRD content is featured below the chart:
| CHART | CHART | ARTIST | SONG TITLE | RADIO |
| POSITION | POSITION | SPINS | ||
| THIS WEEK | LAST WEEK | |||
| 1 | 2 | CHRIS CORNELL | Patience | 1838 |
| 2 | 1 | METALLICA & THE S.F. SYMPHONY | All Within My Hands (S&M2) | 1751 |
| 3 | 3 | SEETHER | Dangerous | 1699 |
| 4 | 4 | COREY TAYLOR | Black Eyes Blue | 1585 |
| 5 | 8 | BADFLOWER | 30 | 1160 |
| 6 | 5 | PRETTY RECKLESS | Death By Rock And Roll | 1138 |
| 7 | 10 | DEFTONES | Ohms | 1077 |
| 8 | 9 | STARSET | Trials | 990 |
| 9 | 6 | THE HU (f. JACOBY SHADDIX) | Wolf Totem | 980 |
| 10 | 7 | SHINEDOWN | Atlas Falls | 969 |
| 11 | 12 | I PREVAIL (f. DELANEY JANE) | Every Time You Leave | 903 |
| 12 | 11 | FROM ASHES TO NEW | Panic | 892 |
| 13 | 13 | MARILYN MANSON | We Are Chaos | 862 |
| 14 | 17 | SIXX:A.M. / ARTISTS FOR RECOVERY | Maybe It’s Time | ]724 |
| 15 | 15 | THREE DAYS GRACE | Somebody That I Used To Know | 696 |
| 16 | 16 | SEVENDUST | The Day I Tried To Live | 679 |
| 17 | 18 | AYRON JONES | Take Me Away | 667 |
| 18 | 14 | BREAKING BENJAMIN (f. LACEY STURM) | Dear Agony | 666 |
| 19 | 20 | BAD WOLVES | Learn To Walk Again | 603 |
| 20 | 19 | BRING ME THE HORIZON | Parasite Eve | 585 |
| 21 | 22 | CLEOPATRICK | Hometown | 564 |
| 22 | 23 | EVANESCENCE | Use My Voice | 449 |
| 23 | 24 | 10 YEARS | The Shift | 404 |
| 24 | 21 | WEEZER | Hero | 392 |
| 25 | 25 | AVATAR | Colossus | 371 |
| 26 | 26 | BAD OMENS | Limits | 366 |
| 27 | 27 | THE VIOLENT | Fly On The Wall | 319 |
| 28 | 28 | GREY DAZE | B12 | 286 |
| 29 | 35 | ASKING ALEXANDRIA | They Don’t Want What We Want… | 285 |
| 30 | 30 | IN THIS MOMENT | As Above, So Below | 267 |
| 31 | 29 | SAUL | King Of Misery | 252 |
| 32 | 37 | DAUGHTRY | World On Fire | 203 |
| 33 | 31 | MOTIONLESS IN WHITE | Somebody Told Me | 180 |
| 34 | 33 | ROYAL BLISS (f. SHIM) | Medication | 178 |
| 35 | 32 | ANOTHER DAY DAWNS | Forget Me Not | 172 |
| 36 | 36 | TETRARCH | I’m Not Right | 163 |
| 37 | 42 | SMITH & MYERS | Not Mad Enough | 136 |
| 38 | 38 | STONE HORSES | Good Ol’ Days | 120 |
| 39 | 41 | EGO KILL TALENT | The Call | 111 |
| 40 | 34 | CROBOT | Gasoline | 106 |
| 41 | 0 | ROYAL BLOOD | Trouble’s Coming | 82 |
| 42 | 40 | ANY GIVEN SIN | Insidious | 82 |
| 43 | 39 | FIT FOR A KING | Locked (In My Head) | 80 |
| 44 | 51 | BIFFY CLYRO | Tiny Indoor Fireworks | 78 |
| 45 | 46 | SOUTH OF EDEN | The Talk | 67 |
| 46 | 43 | A KILLER’S CONFESSION | Last Chance | 67 |
| 47 | 44 | BRING ME THE HORIZON/YUNGBLUD | Obey | 61 |
| 48 | 122 | ALTER BRIDGE | Native Son | 55 |
| 49 | 45 | WHISKEY MYERS | Die Rockin | 46 |
| 50 | 50 | COREY TAYLOR | HWY 666 | 40 |
PUBLISHER’S PICK OF THE WEEK (By Adam Waldman)
SOUTH OF EDEN – “The Talk”
In a sea of uniformity, it’s always refreshing to hear a band that rides their own wave. This is not to say that South Of Eden is some sort of experimental band trying to reinvent the wheel, just that they are taking their influences from different places and blending them in an interesting way. At their core, these Columbus, OH rockers are firmly rooted in classic rock, but they have an element of surprise that catches you right away.
“The Talk” begins with a big, Zeppelin-esque groove, but where others may soar into a high-energy vibe like “Immigrant Song,” South Of Eden dials it back to a softer, picking guitar that takes you back in time to “Goldilox” from King’s X’s debut album, Out Of The Silent Planet. That reference may be lost on many, which is understandable. King’s X may very well be the most underrated band in rock and roll history. They have their fair share of hardcore fans, but radio play often times eluded them.
South Of Eden is a young band with classic rock soul coursing through their veins. Their music pays homage to the legends that came before them, but they do so in a modern way that makes it feel fresh and new.
It’s too soon to say what kind of radio success South Of Eden will have, but “The Talk” is already gaining traction, so it’s a good bet that they will not remain below the radar for very long.
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…
BLACK STONE CHERRY – “Again”
NICKELBACK – “The Devil Went Down To Georgia”
ELECTRIC MOB – “Devil You Know”
LARKIN POE – “Holy Ghost Fire”
FOUNDRY – “Intoxicate”
SMASH INTO PIECES – “Big Bang”
KIRRA – “Free”
THE ODDEVEN – “Again”
ASHES OF SOMA – “Relevant”
LIGHTWORKER – “Cholera”
W3APONS – “Bye Baby Gone”
AS STRANGE AS ANGELS – “Never Broken”
HONEYMOON SUITE – “Find What You’re Looking For”
THE LOYAL ORDER – “Hellfire”
GREATEST GAINERS…
ASKING ALEXANDRIA – “They Don’t Want What We Want…” (+130 spins)
DEFTONES – “Ohms” (+120 spins)
BADFLOWER – “30” (+112 spins)
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