HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 10/31/20
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 10/31/20. All exclusive HRD content is featured below the chart:
| CHART | CHART | ARTIST | SONG TITLE | RADIO |
| POSITION | POSITION | SPINS | ||
| THIS WEEK | LAST WEEK | |||
| 1 | 1 | COREY TAYLOR | Black Eyes Blue | 1830 |
| 2 | 3 | AC/DC | Shot In the Dark | 1818 |
| 3 | 2 | SEETHER | Dangerous | 1549 |
| 4 | 4 | BADFLOWER | 30 | 1540 |
| 5 | 5 | DEFTONES | Ohms | 1404 |
| 6 | 6 | I PREVAIL (f. DELANEY JANE) | Every Time You Leave | 1301 |
| 7 | 8 | MARILYN MANSON | We Are Chaos | 1105 |
| 8 | 9 | THREE DAYS GRACE | Somebody That I Used To Know | 1079 |
| 9 | 7 | CHRIS CORNELL | Patience | 1071 |
| 10 | 10 | AYRON JONES | Take Me Away | 1061 |
| 11 | 11 | ROYAL BLOOD | Trouble’s Coming | 1008 |
| 12 | 13 | GRETA VAN FLEET | My Way, Soon | 1004 |
| 13 | 12 | SIXX:A.M. / ARTISTS FOR RECOVERY | Maybe It’s Time | 938 |
| 14 | 14 | BAD WOLVES | Learn To Walk Again | 891 |
| 15 | 16 | CLEOPATRICK | Hometown | 704 |
| 16 | 21 | FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH | Living The Dream | 696 |
| 17 | 17 | EVANESCENCE | Use My Voice | 678 |
| 18 | 20 | ASKING ALEXANDRIA | They Don’t Want What We Want… | 647 |
| 19 | 15 | METALLICA & THE S.F. SYMPHONY | All Within My Hands (S&M2) | 637 |
| 20 | 18 | BRING ME THE HORIZON | Parasite Eve | 586 |
| 21 | 22 | AVATAR | Colossus | 543 |
| 22 | 23 | SMITH & MYERS | Not Mad Enough | 536 |
| 23 | 24 | BAD OMENS | Limits | 440 |
| 24 | 27 | DAUGHTRY | World On Fire | 398 |
| 25 | 26 | IN THIS MOMENT | As Above, So Below | 393 |
| 26 | 25 | 10 YEARS | The Shift | 368 |
| 27 | 28 | SAUL | King Of Misery | 367 |
| 28 | 30 | ROYAL BLISS (f. SHIM) | Medication | 320 |
| 29 | 29 | THE VIOLENT | Fly On The Wall | 315 |
| 30 | 32 | TETRARCH | I’m Not Right | 227 |
| 31 | 33 | ANOTHER DAY DAWNS | Forget Me Not | 204 |
| 32 | 35 | ALTER BRIDGE | Native Son | 194 |
| 33 | 34 | MOTIONLESS IN WHITE | Somebody Told Me | 184 |
| 34 | 37 | EGO KILL TALENT | The Call | 162 |
| 35 | 31 | SEVENDUST | The Day I Tried To Live | 162 |
| 36 | 39 | BLACK STONE CHERRY | Again | 159 |
| 37 | 36 | THROUGH FIRE | Doubt | 156 |
| 38 | 38 | SOUTH OF EDEN | The Talk | 148 |
| 39 | 40 | BIFFY CLYRO | Tiny Indoor Fireworks | 127 |
| 40 | 42 | WEAPONS OF ANEW | Sick Boy | 113 |
| 41 | 41 | THE BLUE STONES | Let It Ride | 111 |
| 42 | 53 | SEVENDUST | Dying To Live | 109 |
| 43 | 56 | ARCHITECTS | Animals | 89 |
| 44 | 54 | BUSH | The Kingdom | 84 |
| 45 | 44 | BLACKLITE DISTRICT | Falling | 81 |
| 46 | 51 | ATREYU | Save Us | 68 |
| 47 | 0 | ROB ZOMBIE | The Triumph Of King Freak… | 67 |
| 48 | 48 | SONS OF SILVER | Dep Division | 66 |
| 49 | 47 | ALL TIME LOW (f. BLACKBEAR) | Monsters | 65 |
| 50 | 46 | RISE AGAINST | Broken Dreams Inc | 64 |
PUBLISHER’S PICK OF THE WEEK (By Adam Waldman)
DAUGHTRY – “World On Fire”
American Idol isn’t exactly a path to rock stardom. Those that have managed to enjoy a career as a performer are predominantly in other genres. Aside from Adam Lambert fronting Queen, rock artists have not had much success. Chris Daughtry is the exception to the rule. His band Daughtry has spent most of their career signed to a major record label, but they are currently an independent band. It may seem like a step backwards to no longer be on a label, but in actuality, it may be a step forward (at least musically).
No longer is there pressure to write songs geared specifically towards garnering radio airplay. In an interview with Atwood Magazine, Daughtry shared his thoughts about writing music as an independent artist…
“I have full creative control right now, and I’m making the record that I’ve wanted to make for years,” Daughtry beams. “I’m not really thinking about, “Is this gonna make it on the radio?” Or, “Is this gonna be a cross-over?” I don’t give a shit anymore.”
Not giving a shit about radio and writing from the heart, combined with experiencing life in apocalyptic feeling climate of 2020, has brought out an energetic sound in the band that feels bigger than their previous work. Still dripping with infectious melody, “World On Fire” tackles meaningful subject matter in a heavier way than the past. What still remains is the distinct, impassioned sound of Daughtry’s vocals. Interestingly, not caring about radio play has not stopped the song from getting added to active rock playlists.
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”
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” (+125 spins)
FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH – “Living The Dream” (+115 spins)
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