HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 10/24/20
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 10/24/20. All exclusive HRD content is featured below the chart:
| CHART | CHART | ARTIST | SONG TITLE | RADIO |
| POSITION | POSITION | SPINS | ||
| THIS WEEK | LAST WEEK | |||
| 1 | 2 | COREY TAYLOR | Black Eyes Blue | 1905 |
| 2 | 1 | SEETHER | Dangerous | 1778 |
| 3 | 3 | AC/DC | Shot In the Dark | 1746 |
| 4 | 5 | BADFLOWER | 30 | 1546 |
| 5 | 6 | DEFTONES | Ohms | 1402 |
| 6 | 8 | I PREVAIL (f. DELANEY JANE) | Every Time You Leave | 1276 |
| 7 | 4 | CHRIS CORNELL | Patience | 1244 |
| 8 | 7 | MARILYN MANSON | We Are Chaos | 1208 |
| 9 | 9 | THREE DAYS GRACE | Somebody That I Used To Know | 1021 |
| 10 | 10 | AYRON JONES | Take Me Away | 1017 |
| 11 | 14 | ROYAL BLOOD | Trouble’s Coming | 950 |
| 12 | 11 | SIXX:A.M. / ARTISTS FOR RECOVERY | Maybe It’s Time | 917 |
| 13 | 17 | GRETA VAN FLEET | My Way, Soon | 879 |
| 14 | 15 | BAD WOLVES | Learn To Walk Again | 853 |
| 15 | 12 | METALLICA & THE S.F. SYMPHONY | All Within My Hands (S&M2) | 737 |
| 16 | 16 | CLEOPATRICK | Hometown | 715 |
| 17 | 19 | EVANESCENCE | Use My Voice | 651 |
| 18 | 18 | BRING ME THE HORIZON | Parasite Eve | 634 |
| 19 | 13 | FROM ASHES TO NEW | Panic | 608 |
| 20 | 20 | ASKING ALEXANDRIA | They Don’t Want What We Want… | 593 |
| 21 | 22 | FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH | Living The Dream | 581 |
| 22 | 21 | AVATAR | Colossus | 544 |
| 23 | 26 | SMITH & MYERS | Not Mad Enough | 466 |
| 24 | 23 | BAD OMENS | Limits | 460 |
| 25 | 24 | 10 YEARS | The Shift | 447 |
| 26 | 29 | IN THIS MOMENT | As Above, So Below | 370 |
| 27 | 28 | DAUGHTRY | World On Fire | 370 |
| 28 | 30 | SAUL | King Of Misery | 363 |
| 29 | 27 | THE VIOLENT | Fly On The Wall | 360 |
| 30 | 31 | ROYAL BLISS (f. SHIM) | Medication | 295 |
| 31 | 25 | SEVENDUST | The Day I Tried To Live | 230 |
| 32 | 34 | TETRARCH | I’m Not Right | 214 |
| 33 | 32 | ANOTHER DAY DAWNS | Forget Me Not | 213 |
| 34 | 33 | MOTIONLESS IN WHITE | Somebody Told Me | 209 |
| 35 | 37 | ALTER BRIDGE | Native Son | 168 |
| 36 | 40 | THROUGH FIRE | Doubt | 153 |
| 37 | 36 | EGO KILL TALENT | The Call | 152 |
| 38 | 38 | SOUTH OF EDEN | The Talk | 147 |
| 39 | 41 | BLACK STONE CHERRY | Again | 125 |
| 40 | 42 | BIFFY CLYRO | Tiny Indoor Fireworks | 107 |
| 41 | 43 | THE BLUE STONES | Let It Ride | 96 |
| 42 | 47 | WEAPONS OF ANEW | Sick Boy | 90 |
| 43 | 39 | FIT FOR A KING | Locked (In My Head) | 87 |
| 44 | 45 | BLACKLITE DISTRICT | Falling | 85 |
| 45 | 44 | TWIZTID | Rose Petal | 82 |
| 46 | 53 | RISE AGAINST | Broken Dreams Inc | 69 |
| 47 | 51 | ALL TIME LOW (f. BLACKBEAR) | Monsters | 64 |
| 48 | 52 | SONS OF SILVER | Dep Division | 62 |
| 49 | 50 | FOUNDRY | Intoxicate | 58 |
| 50 | 48 | REZZ & GRABBITZ | Someone Else | 55 |
PUBLISHER’S PICK OF THE WEEK (By Adam Waldman)
RA – “Intercorrupted”
The seven-year wait for new music from Ra ended this week with the release of “Intercorrupted,” the title track off of their upcoming 2021 release. They could have come back with a song that was specifically geared for radio airplay, but they clearly had much more in mind based on the video which feels like a short film. “Intercorrputed” makes a thought-provoking statement that is unique in its perspective.
“With everyone releasing songs about the state of the world in 2020, we felt that there was an opportunity to say something about the state of the mind. Divisiveness does not exist in a vacuum. Your cause most certainly results in an effect, making it impossible to truly cast blame for the things currently that we are all up in arms against. Your personal beliefs require an adversary or contrary opinion in order to germinate in the current world of social media and sensational news coverage. We are part of the global synapses in this hivemind world. I believe there is little hope to evolve as a species if we don’t redefine and accept our own role in creating the very things that we abhor. We are intertwined. We are intercorrupted” said frontman Sahaj Ticotin.
It may sound cliche, but this whole concept falls under the category of “thinking man’s metal,” a term often used for progressive acts. But it makes sense, given that Ticotin is influenced by Queensryche. In fact, though he has kept busy with producing, the last song that I remember hearing during this extended hiatus was his brilliant acoustic cover of “The Mission.”
“Intercorrupted” has the sonic quality that you often hear on Active Rock Radio, albeit with more layers, impassioned vocals, and harmonies in a hook that lingers in your mind long after the song ends. The layoff between records was extremely long, but based on the title track, it certainly seems like the album will be worth the wait for Ra fans.
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…
RA – “Intercorrupted”
ELECTRIC MOB – “Devil You Know”
DEAD DAISIES – “Bustle And Flow”
BUSH – “The Kingdom”
HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD – “Heart Of A Champion”
NO RESOLVE – “Never Back Down”
ETCHED IN EMBERS – “Silence”
ARCHITECTS – “Animals”
THE JEREMY EDGE PROJECT – “Firedancer”
EVE TO ADAM – “Calling My Name”
WHEELBLOCKS – “Aces High”
SONS OF FIRE – “Faded”
SMASH INTO PIECES – “Big Bang”
W3APONS – “Bye Baby Gone”
AS STRANGE AS ANGELS – “Never Broken”
GREATEST GAINERS…
GRETA VAN FLEET– “My Way, Soon” (+238 spins)
AC/DC – “Shot In The Dark” (+226 spins)
ROYAL BLOOD – “Trouble’s Coming” (+127 spins)
FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH – “Living The Dream” (+109 spins)
I PREVAIL/DELANEY JANE – “Every Time You Leave” (+105 spins)
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