Alt vs Active Rock Charts

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I thought it would be fun to compare the alt and active rock top 10 this week.....

Alt rock Top 10:

1. Foo Fighters - Pretender
spins 2405 last week 2444 move -39

2. Linkin Park - Bleed It Out
spins 1952 last week 2081 move -129

3. Three Days Grace - Never Too Late
spins 1934 last week 1954 move -20

4. Finger Eleven - Paralyzer
spins 1830 last week 1903 move -73

5. Paramore - Misery Business
spins 1674 last week 1637 move 37

6. Jimmy Eat World - Big Casino
spins 1435 last week 1340 move 95

7. Flyleaf - All Around Me
spins 1389 last week 1388 move 1

8. Seether - Fake It
spins 1385 last week 1242 move 143

9. Linkin Park - What I’ve Done
spins 1268 last week 1299 move -31

10. White Stripes - Icky Thump
spins 1218 last week 1301 move -83

Active Rock Top 10: 

1. Foo Fighters - The Pretender
spins 1718 last week 1608 move 110

2. Linkin Park - Bleed It Out
spins 1698 last week 1647 move 51

3. Kid Rock - So Hott
spins 1551 last week 1552 move -1

4. Chevelle - I Get It
spins 1470 last week 1504 move -34

5. Seether - Fake It
spins 1431 last week 1298 move 133

6.  Puddle of Mudd - Famous
spins 1337 last week 1546 move -209

7. Three Days Grace - Never Too Late
spins 1298 last week 1435 move -137

8. Hellyeah - Alcohaulin’ Ass
spins 1169 last week 1086 move 83

9. Sixx A.M. - Life Is Beautiful
spins 1059 last week 922 move 137

10. Alter Bridge - Rise Today
spins 1057 last week 945 move 112

Alrighty then. So check out the intersects. #1 and #2 are the same on both charts. They also share Seether (#5 on active and #8 on alt) and Three Days Grace (#3 on alt and #7 on active). That leaves us with 6 on either side. Of the 6 on the alt rock side, Finger Eleven shows up on the active rock chart at #12. Linkin Park “What I’ve Done” and White Stripes “Icky Thump” are on recurrents on the active rock charts. Which leaves us with Paramore (chick rawk), Jimmy at World (pussy emo - I say that with love) and Flyleaf (also a chick on lead vocals). Not surprising to me. On the active rock side, Kid Rock is on the alt charts at #11, Chevelle at #17, Puddle of Mudd #28, and Alter Bridge at 49. That leaves us with Sixx A.M. (yes, Nikki Sixx’s project that is entwined with his book “Heroin Diaries") and Hellyeah (the metal supagroup.) I also wanted to throw in three songs I’ve been watching on both sides of the chart - Against Me! “Thrash Unreal” is 16 on the alt charts and broke into the top 50 of the active charts at #49. Atreyu has been kicking ass on the active chart (#11) and is getting some airplay on the alt charts (25). And then there’s Avenged Sevenfold, with #38 on the alt charts and #21 on active. The point of all this is that there is a lot of similarity in playlists between active and alt rock stations. Which kinda explains the whole rivalry in SD between KIOZ, XTRA and KBZT. Same songs, same listeners, who tweaks their station enough to win the prize of the best ratings and the ad revenue? (Because it always comes down to money, you’re kidding yourself if you think otherwise.) So, yeah, I am hoping that things will get interesting around the radio world by the time I have my one month stand at home and can actually really listen. In the meantime, I will have to amuse myself with these geeky comparisons every week.