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  • Rock On The Charts: Mainstream & Modern Rock Charts Wk of 9/29

    Editor’s Note: Because the charts have been friggin’ boring lately, I’m gonna turn the Sunday morning Chart Chat column over every two weeks to Mikey so he can discuss the goings on on the rock charts. Take it away, Mikey! (exits stage left…see y’all next week when we can talk about bands (hopefully) other than Metallica and T.I…damn it, his album’s gonna be #1 next week. Oh, well…

    Axl Rose. Photo from Wikimedia Commons.
    Axl Rose. Photo from Wikimedia Commons.

    Mainstream Rock

    1. The Day That Never Comes/Metallica  (6 weeks on chart, Peak#1)
    2. Bad Girlfriend/Theory Of A Deadman (18 weeks on chart, Peak#1)
    3. Rock & Roll Train/AC/DC (5 weeks on chart, Peak#3)
    4. Use Me/Hinder (12 weeks on chart, Peak#3)
    5. Believe/Staind (14 weeks on chart, Peak#4)
    6. I Don’t Care/Apocalyptica Featuring Adam Gontier (14 weeks on chart, Peak#6)
    7. Too Drunk…/Buckcherry (11 weeks on chart, Peak#7)
    8. Psychosocial/Slipknot (14 weeks on chart, Peak#8)
    9. Addicted/Saving Abel (34 weeks on chart, Peak#2)
    10. Train/Three Doors Down (19 weeks on chart, Peak#10)

    Analysis: Not much to write about this week as no real movement on the chart.  Metallica regains the #1 spot, otherwise, there was nothing to get excited about…. I wasn’t joking last week about Tesla, their new song I Wanna Live is a rockin’ tune, and should hopefully see movement soon.  Now I’m not the biggest Tesla fan, but I have to give credit where credit is due….  It appears that Chinese Democracy, the much awaited Guns N Roses album, is finally going to come out in November as a Best Buy Exclusive.  Does anybody even care anymore?  It’s only Axl Rose and maybe some contributions from Izzy Stradlin, and should be noted as an Axl solo album.  I don’t expect much….  Speaking of retail exclusives, we already know that AC/DC’s Black Ice album can only be purchased at Wal-Mart, but now a Rock Band 2 track pack featuring AC/DC songs will be exclusive at Wal-Mart as well on November 20th.  Guess this means I’m going to have to suck it up and make a spend.  I wonder if I already have a Wii Guitar for Guitar Hero and a Mic from the American Idol game, can I just shell out $50 for the game, or do I need to buy the whole shebang for $200?…. The new Buckcherry song is catching on as an anthem, and I expect the song to rise up the charts soon…

    Modern Rock

    1. You’re Gonna Go So Far Kid/The Offspring (10 weeks on chart, Peak#1)
    2. Troublemaker/Weezer (12 weeks on chart, Peak#2)
    3. Believe/Staind (14 weeks on chart, Peak#1)
    4. Re-Education (Through Labor)/Rise Against (6 weeks on chart, Peak#4)
    5. The Day That Never Comes/Metallica  (6 weeks on chart, Peak#5)
    6. I Don’t Care/Apocalyptica Featuring Adam Gontier (13 weeks on chart, Peak#6)
    7. I’m Not Over/Carolina Liar (22 weeks on chart, Peak#3)
    8. Let It Die/Foo Fighters (26 weeks on chart, Peak#1)
    9. Viva La Vida/Coldplay (17 weeks on chart, Peak#1)
    10. Bad Girlfriend/Theory Of A Deadman (15 weeks on chart, Peak#10)

    Analysis:  Theory Of A Deadman can now claim the fact they are relevant on both mainstream and modern rock charts, as the song enters the Top 10 for the first time since being on the chart for 15 weeks…Weezer inches one step closer to the top spot with Troublemaker.  I’m not sold on this new Offspring song, and think Weezer is going to take the top spot pretty soon… Not much to discuss…

  • Rock On The Charts: Mainstream & Modern Rock Charts Wk of 9/22

    Mainstream Rock

    1. Bad Girlfriend/Theory Of A Deadman (17 weeks on chart, Peak#1)
    2. The Day That Never Comes/Metallica  (5 weeks on chart, Peak#1)
    3. Rock & Roll Train/AC/DC (4 weeks on chart, Peak#3)
    4. Use Me/Hinder (11 weeks on chart, Peak#3)
    5. Believe/Staind (13 weeks on chart, Peak#4)
    6. I Don’t Care/Apocalyptica Featuring Adam Gontier (13 weeks on chart, Peak#6)
    7. Too Drunk…/Buckcherry (10 weeks on chart, Peak#7)
    8. Psychosocial/Slipknot (13 weeks on chart, Peak#8)
    9. Addicted/Saving Abel (33 weeks on chart, Peak#2)
    10. Train/Three Doors Down (18 weeks on chart, Peak#10)

    Analysis:

    Theory Of A Deadman regains the #1 spot with their sentimental rocker about a relationship gone sour.  The song is beginning to grow on me….  AC/DC stays put at #3, I’m still waiting for them to hit the top spot which I think is going to happen in the next two weeks….  Use Me by Hinder might make my Top #5 singles of the year, the song really kicks ass…  Did anybody think Three Doors Down would be still be relevant in today’s music scene? almost ten years after their debut?  They enter the Top 10 with their second single (Train) from their self-titled new album… I’m curious to see if Tesla can make the Top 10 with their new single, I Wanna Live, which is getting a lot of local radio play.  They haven’t had a Top 10 Mainstream Rock hit since 1994’s Mama’s Fool which peaked at #5…  Not much else movement this week.


    Modern Rock

    1. You’re Gonna Go So Far Kid/The Offspring (9 weeks on chart, Peak#1)
    2. Believe/Staind (13 weeks on chart, Peak#1)
    3. Troublemaker/Weezer (11 weeks on chart, Peak#3)
    4. I’m Not Over/Carolina Liar (21 weeks on chart, Peak#3)
    5. Re-Education (Through Labor)/Rise Against (5 weeks on chart, Peak#5)
    6. The Day That Never Comes/Metallica  (6 weeks on chart, Peak#5)
    7. Let It Die/Foo Fighters (25 weeks on chart, Peak#1)
    8. I Don’t Care/Apocalyptica Featuring Adam Gontier (12 weeks on chart, Peak#8)
    9. Viva La Vida/Coldplay (16 weeks on chart, Peak#1)
    10. Into The Fire/Disturbed (26 weeks on chart, Peak#4)

    Analysis:

    The Offspring grab the #1 spot with their new single which is their third ever #1, and their first since Hit That topped the Modern Rock charts in 2004.  Personally, I think the song is pretty bland, and it hasn’t gotten much exposure on my local rock radio.  Maybe I’m listening at the wrong times…  Can Weezer get their new song to the top spot and make it two #1 Modern Rock singles from the new album?  Maybe, maybe not!…Rise Against was the biggest mover up three spots to #5 with their new single.  I have to do my homework on these guys as I’m not too aware of what they are all about.

  • MisenPOPic-The Resurgence of Hair Metal; Am I happy or still upset?

    At the 1991 American Music Awards, the nominees for best hard rock band were Alice In Chains, Nirvana, and Firehouse. And the winner was… Firehouse. This would be us hair metal fans’ last triumph until sixteen years later when we realized that the more things change, the more they stay the same. Because bands like Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, and Alice in Chains were soon building steam by bringing a new flavor to hard rock, while the beloved glam-metal bands were slowly but surely becoming extinct. Dial MTV which featured all these terrific bands went bye-bye so more exposure could be given to the up and coming grunge scene in th early 90’s. No more fist in the air, bang your head, make love to the nearest stripper music on the radio or the Billboard charts. We were supposed to think more when we listened to hard rock, wear flannel shirts to make us appear that we just didn’t give a shit and it should be about the music and not the appearance, and sing along to songs about how life sucked and how we needed to stand up to our government. I didn’t care about kids named Jeremy who wanted to kill their classmates because they didn’t fit in, I cared about Suzy and her all day sucker! I cared about nothing but a good time! I didn’t want to think when I listened to hard rock, I wanted to bang my head because metal health drove me mad!

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