HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 4/24/21

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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