HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 4/24/21
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 4/24/21. All exclusive HRD content is featured below the chart:
| THIS | LAST | |||
| WEEK | WEEK | ARTIST | SONG TITLE | SPINS |
| 1 | 1 | PRETTY RECKLESS | And So It Went | 1874 |
| 2 | 2 | FOO FIGHTERS | Waiting On A War | 1783 |
| 3 | 3 | POP EVIL | Breathe Again | 1656 |
| 4 | 4 | SEETHER | Bruised And Bloodied | 1552 |
| 5 | 6 | OFFSPING | Let The Bad Times Roll | 1525 |
| 6 | 7 | BRING ME THE HORIZON | Teardrops | 1347 |
| 7 | 8 | ARCHITECTS | Animals | 1213 |
| 8 | 5 | CHEVELLE | Self Destructor | 1196 |
| 9 | 10 | AYRON JONES | Mercy | 1169 |
| 10 | 12 | A DAY TO REMEMBER | Everything We Need | 1033 |
| 11 | 13 | GRETA VAN FLEET | Heat Above | 930 |
| 12 | 16 | RISE AGAINST | Nowhere Generation | 891 |
| 13 | 14 | ESCAPE THE FATE (f. LINDSEY STIRLING) | Invincible | 886 |
| 14 | 15 | DEFTONES | Ceremony | 869 |
| 15 | 9 | AC/DC | Realize | 852 |
| 16 | 17 | ZERO 9:36 | Adrenaline | 822 |
| 17 | 20 | DIRTY HONEY | California Dreamin’ | 712 |
| 18 | 11 | COREY TAYLOR | Samantha’s Gone | 698 |
| 19 | 19 | BLACK VEIL BRIDES | Scarlet Cross | 672 |
| 20 | 21 | BADFLOWER | F The World | 641 |
| 21 | 22 | ROYAL BLOOD | Typhoons | 523 |
| 22 | 25 | MAMMOTH WVH | Don’t Back Down | 521 |
| 23 | 23 | ATREYU (f. TRAVIS BARKER) | Warrior | 485 |
| 24 | 27 | EVANESCENCE | Better Without You | 361 |
| 25 | 30 | BEARTOOTH | The Past Is Dead | 343 |
| 26 | 26 | 10 YEARS | The Unknown | 330 |
| 27 | 29 | ALL TIME LOW (f. BLACKBEAR) | Monsters | 319 |
| 28 | 43 | ALL GOOD THINGS | For The Glory | 303 |
| 29 | 28 | MYLES KENNEDY | In Stride | 296 |
| 30 | 34 | DAUGHTRY | Heavy Is The Crown | 288 |
| 31 | 32 | TETRARCH | You Never Listen | 258 |
| 32 | 24 | DES ROCS | This Is Our Life | 234 |
| 33 | 35 | MACHINE GUN KELLY | Bloody Valentine | 199 |
| 34 | 33 | KEITH WALLEN | Dream Away | 191 |
| 35 | 37 | BAD OMENS | Never Know | 185 |
| 36 | 38 | PLUSH | Hate | 173 |
| 37 | 39 | FOUNDRY | Not This Time | 166 |
| 38 | 36 | A KILLER’S CONFESSION | Remember | 165 |
| 39 | 31 | LOVE AND DEATH | Down | 137 |
| 40 | 42 | OH! THE HORROR | Tears Of Gold | 136 |
| 41 | 40 | CORE | Save Me | 118 |
| 42 | 46 | DEAD POET SOCIETY | .CoDA. | 94 |
| 43 | 48 | PSYCHOSEXUAL | Devil From Hell | 92 |
| 44 | 53 | LIGHT THE TORCH | Wilting In The Light | 89 |
| 45 | 41 | 3 DOORS DOWN | The Better Life (2021) | 89 |
| 46 | 49 | ANY GIVEN SIN | The Way I Say Goodbye | 86 |
| 47 | 47 | OF MICE & MEN | Anchor | 81 |
| 48 | 44 | WEEZER | All My Favorite Songs | 80 |
| 49 | 51 | BLAME MY YOUTH | Fantastic | 74 |
| 50 | 45 | TEENAGE WRIST | Earth Is A Black Hole | 68 |
PUBLISHER’S PICK OF THE WEEK (By Adam Waldman)
SMITH/KOTZEN – “Running”
When it comes to Iron Maiden, much of the glory goes to Bruce Dickinson. By design, frontmen are the ones who draw the most attention. You would think that the legendary dual guitars of Adrian Smith and Dave Murray would draw similar attention, but the focus tends to go towards the iconic bass playing of Steve Harris, who is really the captain of the ship (so to speak).
Like Smith, Richie Kotzen doesn’t draw the lion’s share of attention in his work with bands, most notably, The Winery Dogs. A brilliant singer, guitar player, and songwriter, Kotzen tends to yield the spotlight during live performances to his virtuoso rhythm section of Mike Portnoy and Billy Sheehan. Kotzen shines with emotive vocals that conjure up memories of Chris Cornell, but your eye tends to be drawn towards his gregarious bandmates.
When I first saw that Smith and Kotzen had teamed up for a side project, it seemed like an unusual pairing, but this duo has commonalities that don’t jump right out at you, which results in an undeniable chemistry between them.
“Running” has the soulful groove that you would expect from a Kotzen song, but the groove is unlike the galloping riffs that Smith is known for with Maiden. In some ways, this song shows more range for Smith because the sound is divergent from his more well-known work of the past four decades. Kotzen’s sound is so distinct that it tends to shine through no matter what project he is working on.
Interestingly, “Running” is in the same wheelhouse as a legendary dual-guitar metal band, but it’s the other heavy hitter in Judas Priest, not Iron Maiden. Although it has a more modern sound that goes with the times, the vibe of “Running” is similar to the upbeat groove of “Desert Plains” (off of Priest’s 1981 album, Point Of Entry).
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…
SMITH/KOTZEN – “Running”
THE DAMN TRUTH – “This Is Who We Are Now”
TAKE THE DAY – “Burning Alive”
DANKO JONES – “I Want Out”
FOOLPROOF – “Violent”
DANNY WORSNOP – “Love You More”
THEM EVILS – “Coattails”
I FIGHT FAIL – “Here”
SILENT THEORY – “Shaking Cages”
SORAIA – “Tight-Lipped”
SMASH INTO PIECES – “Real One”
PAUL BARTOLOME/KELLIN QUINN – “Set Fire To The Rain”
THE RELENTLESS – “Disarm”
GREATEST GAINERS…
| SPIN | ||
| ARTIST | SONG TITLE | INCREASE |
| ALL GOOD THINGS | For The Glory | 203 |
| MAMMOTH WVH | Don’t Back Down | 161 |
| OFFSPING | Let The Bad Times Roll | 149 |
| DIRTY HONEY | California Dreamin’ | 106 |
| ROYAL BLOOD | Typhoons | 103 |
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