HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 11/14/20
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 11/14/20. All exclusive HRD content is featured below the chart:
| CHART | CHART | ARTIST | SONG TITLE | RADIO |
| POSITION | POSITION | SPINS | ||
| THIS WEEK | LAST WEEK | |||
| 1 | 1 | AC/DC | Shot In the Dark | 1974 |
| 2 | 3 | BADFLOWER | 30 | 1624 |
| 3 | 5 | I PREVAIL (f. DELANEY JANE) | Every Time You Leave | 1559 |
| 4 | 4 | DEFTONES | Ohms | 1528 |
| 5 | 202 | FOO FIGHTERS | Shame Shame | 1527 |
| 6 | 2 | COREY TAYLOR | Black Eyes Blue | 1405 |
| 7 | 8 | GRETA VAN FLEET | My Way, Soon | 1278 |
| 8 | 7 | AYRON JONES | Take Me Away | 1275 |
| 9 | 10 | ROYAL BLOOD | Trouble’s Coming | 1212 |
| 10 | 9 | THREE DAYS GRACE | Somebody That I Used To Know | 1193 |
| 11 | 11 | BAD WOLVES | Learn To Walk Again | 1073 |
| 12 | 14 | FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH | Living The Dream | 962 |
| 13 | 12 | CHRIS CORNELL | Patience | 829 |
| 14 | 15 | CLEOPATRICK | Hometown | 801 |
| 15 | 18 | ASKING ALEXANDRIA | They Don’t Want What We Want… | 736 |
| 16 | 17 | EVANESCENCE | Use My Voice | 713 |
| 17 | 20 | SMITH & MYERS | Not Mad Enough | 662 |
| 18 | 19 | AVATAR | Colossus | 612 |
| 19 | 13 | SIXX:A.M. / ARTISTS FOR RECOVERY | Maybe It’s Time | 517 |
| 20 | 22 | BAD OMENS | Limits | 481 |
| 21 | 23 | DAUGHTRY | World On Fire | 460 |
| 22 | 24 | IN THIS MOMENT | As Above, So Below | 432 |
| 23 | 25 | SAUL | King Of Misery | 412 |
| 24 | 27 | ROYAL BLISS (f. SHIM) | Medication | 406 |
| 25 | 21 | METALLICA & THE S.F. SYMPHONY | All Within My Hands (S&M2) | 388 |
| 26 | 16 | MARILYN MANSON | We Are Chaos | 335 |
| 27 | 28 | TETRARCH | I’m Not Right | 300 |
| 28 | 32 | BUSH | The Kingdom | 283 |
| 29 | 37 | ARCHITECTS | Animals | 259 |
| 30 | 30 | ALTER BRIDGE | Native Son | 248 |
| 31 | 36 | BLACK STONE CHERRY | Again | 236 |
| 32 | 31 | ANOTHER DAY DAWNS | Forget Me Not | 235 |
| 33 | 43 | BRING ME THE HORIZON | Teardrops | 227 |
| 34 | 26 | BRING ME THE HORIZON | Parasite Eve | 214 |
| 35 | 34 | SEVENDUST | The Day I Tried To Live | 200 |
| 36 | 33 | MOTIONLESS IN WHITE | Somebody Told Me | 192 |
| 37 | 35 | EGO KILL TALENT | The Call | 191 |
| 38 | 50 | SYSTEM OF A DOWN | Protect The Land | 186 |
| 39 | 38 | THROUGH FIRE | Doubt | 180 |
| 40 | 41 | ROB ZOMBIE | The Triumph Of King Freak… | 179 |
| 41 | 48 | MARILYN MANSON | Don’t Chase the Dead | 169 |
| 42 | 57 | FROM ASHES TO NEW | Scars That I’m Hiding | 167 |
| 43 | 39 | SOUTH OF EDEN | The Talk | 163 |
| 44 | 40 | WEAPONS OF ANEW | Sick Boy | 162 |
| 45 | 42 | THE BLUE STONES | Let It Ride | 145 |
| 46 | 44 | ATREYU | Save Us | 130 |
| 47 | 60 | SYSTEM OF A DOWN | Genocidal Humanoidz | 114 |
| 48 | 45 | BIFFY CLYRO | Tiny Indoor Fireworks | 114 |
| 49 | 47 | FOUNDRY | Intoxicate | 105 |
| 50 | 46 | BLACKLITE DISTRICT | Falling | 102 |
PUBLISHER’S PICK OF THE WEEK (By Adam Waldman)
MAMMOTH WVH – “Distance”
Generally speaking, 2020 will be forever remembered as a year of loss. More specifically, 2020 will be remembered as the year that we lost one of the greatest guitarists in music history when Eddie Van Halen succumbed to cancer. In a year that was already a sea of despair for many, this loss felt like the equivalent of a crushing tsunami for so many. It’s a loss that has lingered for a longer time than most because Van Halen was such a beloved icon.
As much as the loss was painful for the fans, it pales in comparison to the loss felt by his son, Wolfgang. Having been through the tragic loss of my father at around the same age as Wolfgang, I can empathize with the tremendous void that is left behind. The passage of time helps dull the pain, but the emptiness never really goes away, especially when the bond is strong. There is no doubt that, as great of a guitarist as Eddie Van Halen was, he may have been an even better father. I don’t think that most people realized it until watching the heartbreaking video for Wolfgang’s tribute song, “Distance.”
It’s no surprise that the song went viral in a way that few others ever have. The inner strength that it took to write, record, and release this song so soon after his father’s passing is something to behold. As good as the song is, it’s the home video that shows how loving Eddie Van Halen was from the moment that Wolfgang was born up until his dying day. I’ve yet to read anyone talking about the video without at least getting choked up, if not outright bawling.
It’s never easy to let a loved one go, much less one who was such an influential part of your life. The distance can seem infinite at times, but the part of the loved one that remains inside your heart and acts as a guiding force as time marches on, is something that can never be extinguished. Wolfgang did an amazing job of conveying that message in a song that shows that he is far more talented that he is given credit for.
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”
POP EVIL – “Breathe Again”
PAPA ROACH – “The Ending”
BRKN LOVE – “Crush”
TOMMY GIBBONS – “Tonight”
DEAD DAISIES – “Bustle And Flow”
HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD – “Heart Of A Champion”
NO RESOLVE – “Never Back Down”
ETCHED IN EMBERS – “Silence”
THE JEREMY EDGE PROJECT – “Firedancer”
SONS OF FIRE – “Faded”
AS STRANGE AS ANGELS – “Never Broken”
GREATEST GAINERS…
FOO FIGHTERS – “Shame Shame” (+1525 spins)
FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH – “Living The Dream” (+155 spins)
SYSTEM OF A DOWN – “Protect The Land” (+117 spins)
FROM ASHES TO NEW – “Scars That I’m Hiding” (+110 spins)
GRETA VAN FLEET– “My Way, Soon” (+108 spins)
BRING ME THE HORIZON – “Teardrops” (+104 spins)
I PREVAIL/DELANEY JANE – “Every Time You Leave” (+101 spins)
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