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HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 5/1/21

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May 9, 2021 • 5 years ago • 4 min read • 120 views

HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 5/1/21

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 5/1/21. All exclusive HRD content is featured below the chart:

THIS LAST WEEK WEEK ARTIST SONG TITLE SPINS 1 3 POP EVIL Breathe Again 1735 2 1 PRETTY RECKLESS And So It Went 1664 3 4 SEETHER Bruised And Bloodied 1646 4 5 OFFSPRING Let The Bad Times Roll 1621 5 2 FOO FIGHTERS Waiting On A War 1619 6 6 BRING ME THE HORIZON Teardrops 1374 7 9 AYRON JONES Mercy 1270 8 10 A DAY TO REMEMBER Everything We Need 1091 9 7 ARCHITECTS Animals 1083 10 11 GRETA VAN FLEET Heat Above 1027 11 8 CHEVELLE Self destructor 1008 12 12 RISE AGAINST Nowhere Generation 967 13 16 ZERO 9:36 Adrenaline 963 14 14 DEFTONES Ceremony 890 15 13 ESCAPE THE FATE Invincible 831 16 17 DIRTY HONEY California Dreamin’ 790 17 20 BADFLOWER F The World 743 18 19 BLACK VEIL BRIDES Scarlet Cross 696 19 22 MAMMOTH WVH Don’t Back Down 635 20 21 ROYAL BLOOD Typhoons 606 21 15 AC/DC Realize 548 22 23 ATREYU (f. TRAVIS BARKER) Warrior 543 23 24 EVANESCENCE Better Without You 469 24 28 ALL GOOD THINGS For The Glory 460 25 25 BEARTOOTH The Past Is Dead 415 26 30 DAUGHTRY Heavy Is The Crown 365 27 29 MYLES KENNEDY In Stride 343 28 26 10 YEARS The Unknown 339 29 27 ALL TIME LOW (f. BLACKBEAR) Monsters 337 30 18 COREY TAYLOR Samantha’s Gone 309 31 31 TETRARCH You Never Listen 269 32 35 BAD OMENS Never Know 220 33 36 PLUSH Hate 212 34 33 MACHINE GUN KELLY Bloody Valentine 198 35 34 KEITH WALLEN Dream Away 188 36 37 FOUNDRY Not This Time 170 37 38 A KILLER’S CONFESSION Remember 167 38 32 DES ROCS This Is Our Life 153 39 40 OH! THE HORROR Tears Of Gold 152 40 44 LIGHT THE TORCH Wilting In The Light 140 41 42 DEAD POET SOCIETY .CoDA. 124 42 41 CORE Save Me 119 43 46 ANY GIVEN SIN The Way I Say Goodbye 109 44 43 PSYCHOSEXUAL Devil From Hell 106 45 49 BLAME MY YOUTH Fantastic 81 46 48 WEEZER All My Favorite Songs 74 47 62 CHEVELLE Mars Simula 72 48 50 TEENAGE WRIST Earth Is A Black Hole 72 49 51 KINGS OF LEON The Bandit 64 50 70 GOJIRA Amazonia 63

PUBLISHER’S PICK OF THE WEEK (By Adam Waldman)

DROPKICK MURPHYS – “Queen Of Suffolk County”

Regardless of the subject matter, the state of the world, or the state of your mind, when you listen to Dropkick Murphys, you can’t help but smile as you feel your spirits soar. It is a gift that very few bands possess. Even during the isolating feel of 2020 that had most of us longing to return to shows and some semblance of normalcy, Dropkick Murphys provided moments of joy in otherwise daunting times. The first (for me) was when they played a virtual concert on St. Patrick’s Day at the beginning of the lockdown. The next was when they played another virtual concert at Fenway Park. Those two shows are technically the only ones that I’ve seen since before the pandemic stopped the world in its tracks.

Things are looking up now as there seems to be a light at the end of a seemingly endless tunnel. Just as they did when things were at their bleakest point, Dropkick Murphys have brought a sense of joy with their latest single, “Queen of Suffolk County.” The story in the lyrics takes you back to simpler times when the hair was big and our problems were small (relatively speaking). With the banjo and accordion taking center stage, this song feels like one big dopamine hit, even though the lyrics are about a woman whose actions leave a lot to be desired. The sarcasm in referring to her as a “queen” just adds to the charm of this feel-good song. I have no idea if Active Rock radio would actually spin the track, but if they’re going to play weak, crappy alternative songs, they should color outside the lines and spin a song that would truly make their playlists sound fresh and exciting!

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…

DROPKICK MURPHYS – “Queen Of Suffolk County”

A KILLER’S CONFESSION – “Trapped Inside”

THE OFFSPRING – “This Is Not Utopia”

SMITH/KOTZEN – “Running”

THE DAMN TRUTH – “This Is Who We Are Now”

TAKE THE DAY – “Burning Alive”

DANKO JONES – “I Want Out”

FOOLPROOF – “Violent”

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 157 ZERO 9:36 Adrenaline 141 MAMMOTH WVH Don’t Back Down 114 EVANESCENCE Better Without You 108 BADFLOWER F The World 102 AYRON JONES Mercy 101