HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 2/20/21
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 2/20/21. All exclusive HRD content is featured below the chart:
TOP 100 HARD ROCK SONGS OF 2020
| THIS | LAST | |||
| WEEK | WEEK | ARTIST | SONG TITLE | SPINS |
| 1 | 1 | ROYAL BLOOD | Trouble’s Coming | 1743 |
| 2 | 3 | MAMMOTH WVH | Distance | 1701 |
| 3 | 4 | PAPA ROACH | The Ending | 1622 |
| 4 | 2 | FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH | Living The Dream | 1598 |
| 5 | 5 | CLEOPATRICK | Hometown | 1497 |
| 6 | 6 | CHEVELLE | Self Destructor | 1448 |
| 7 | 8 | ASKING ALEXANDRIA | They Don’t Want What We Want… | 1213 |
| 8 | 9 | PRETTY RECKLESS | And So It Went | 1203 |
| 9 | 11 | POP EVIL | Breathe Again | 1108 |
| 10 | 15 | FOO FIGHTERS | Waiting On A War | 1021 |
| 11 | 12 | BRING ME THE HORIZON | Teardrops | 977 |
| 12 | 7 | GRETA VAN FLEET | My Way, Soon | 969 |
| 13 | 14 | AC/DC | Realize | 923 |
| 14 | 18 | ARCHITECTS | Animals | 851 |
| 15 | 17 | FROM ASHES TO NEW | Scars That I’m Hiding | 831 |
| 16 | 19 | COREY TAYLOR | Samantha’s Gone | 784 |
| 17 | 16 | AC/DC | Shot In The Dark | 760 |
| 18 | 13 | FOO FIGHTERS | Shame Shame | 739 |
| 19 | 20 | SEETHER | Bruised And Bloodied | 683 |
| 20 | 21 | ROB ZOMBIE | The Triumph Of King Freak… | 616 |
| 21 | 24 | BLACK STONE CHERRY | Again | 488 |
| 22 | 23 | THEORY OF A DEADMAN | Strangers | 486 |
| 23 | 22 | SEVENDUST | Dying To Live | 460 |
| 24 | 36 | AYRON JONES | Mercy | 398 |
| 25 | 26 | BLACK VEIL BRIDES | Scarlet Cross | 387 |
| 26 | 25 | DEFTONES | Ceremony | 387 |
| 27 | 28 | ZERO 9:36 | Adrenaline | 361 |
| 28 | 27 | THROUGH FIRE | Doubt | 342 |
| 29 | 31 | ESCAPE THE FATE (f. LINDSEY STIRLING) | Invincible | 320 |
| 30 | 29 | RA | Intercorrupted | 317 |
| 31 | 30 | A DAY TO REMEMBER | Everything We Need | 290 |
| 32 | 32 | DES ROCS | This Is Our Life | 288 |
| 33 | 33 | LOVE AND DEATH | Down | 266 |
| 34 | 35 | BLACK CROWES | Charming Mess | 188 |
| 35 | 37 | TWIZTID | Rose Petal | 175 |
| 36 | 38 | ALL TIME LOW (f. BLACKBEAR) | Monsters | 167 |
| 37 | 39 | MACHINE GUN KELLY | Bloody Valentine | 140 |
| 38 | 57 | GRETA VAN FLEET | Heat Above | 128 |
| 39 | 34 | BUSH | The Kingdom | 121 |
| 40 | 41 | KEITH WALLEN | Dream Away | 118 |
| 41 | 47 | TETRARCH | You Never Listen | 87 |
| 42 | 53 | SERJ TANKIAN | Elasticity | 80 |
| 43 | 46 | LIKE A STORM | Empire Of Ashes | 74 |
| 44 | 0 | 10 YEARS | The Unknown | 67 |
| 45 | 43 | CORE | Save Me | 63 |
| 46 | 58 | A KILLER’S CONFESSION | Remember | 61 |
| 47 | 44 | KINGS OF LEON | The Bandit | 60 |
| 48 | 48 | WEEZER | All My Favorite Things | 58 |
| 49 | 42 | FOO FIGHTERS | No Son Of Mine | 57 |
| 50 | 49 | CAPTIVES | Glass Heart | 50 |
PUBLISHER’S PICK OF THE WEEK (By Adam Waldman)
GEMINI SYNDROME – “IDK”
Even by today’s standards, where album cycles tend to be longer than the past, a five-year gap between albums is a long time. This is especially true for a newer band that has gained traction with their earlier work. If you are going to take this long between albums, there needs to be a good reason. In the case of Gemini Syndrome, there is.
Their upcoming album is the final installment of a three-part trilogy. They spent a good portion of the past few years writing the album. According to frontman Aaron Nordstrom, “our actual blood, sweat, and tears went into its creation.” You can certainly feel the energy and passion that was poured into creating “IDK.” The title itself seems a bit counterintuitive to the lyrics of the song, and Gemini Syndrome’s lyrics in general, which are always incredibly thought provoking. It’s almost ironic that the title is the shortcut used by many to say “I don’t know,” because the lyrics otherwise indicate that Nordstrom and company seem to know things that the rest of us are not privy to.
Beyond the deep meaning of the lyrics, the song itself feels what I imagine the mind of someone with bi-polar disorder to feel when they experience extreme highs and lows. It’s not uncommon to have a song that mixes angst-ridden screams with melodic clean vocals, but “IDK” pushes the spectrum to new limits, vacillating seamlessly between tortured screams of agony, and beautiful, emotive melodies.
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…
GEMINI SYNDROME – “IDK”
THE DEAD DAISIES – “Holy Ground”
AS STRANGE AS ANGELS – “The Curse”
THEM EVILS – “Coattails”
EMPTY TRAIL – “Somewhere”
VEER– “Red Tide”
THE LOYAL ORDER – “Fuck Or Fight”
OH! THE HORROR – “Tears Of Gold”
LOVE AND DEATH – “Down”
THE ODDEVEN – “Bleed For Something”
RIDING WITH KILLERS – “World Apart”
WOLVES AT THE GATE – “Counterfeit”
SAM COFFEY & THE IRON LUNGS – “Back With The Gang”
FOOLPROOF – “Violet”
TEENAGE WRIST – “Earth Is A Black Hole”
GREATEST GAINERS…
| ARTIST | SONG TITLE | SPIN INCREASE |
| AYRON JONES | Mercy | 236 |
| FOO FIGHTERS | Waiting On A War | 204 |
| CHEVELLE | Self destructor | 121 |
| PAPA ROACH | The Ending | 115 |
| CLEOPATRICK | Hometown | 115 |
| MAMMOTH WVH | Distance | 112 |
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