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Ryan J. Downey

Longtime journalist and manager, as seen and/or read: Billboard, MTV News, The Hollywood Reporter, MSNBC, Loudwire, and more.

CONQUER DIVIDE Cracks Active Rock Top 40

CONQUER DIVIDE is No. 40 on the Active Rock chart this week with "Paralyzed," featuring Attack Attack!. The song appears on the band's second studio album, Slow Burn, released on Mascot Label Group last year.  Sick Puppies are also in the Top 40 with "GOING PLACES" at No. 36.  This week's Active Rock Top 10, according to Mediabase:  Linkin Park “The Emptiness Machine” (Warner)  Bring Me The Horizon “Top 10 Statues…” (Columbia)  The Funeral Portrait “Suffocate City” ft. Spencer Charnas (Better Noise)  Halestorm & I Prevail “can u see me in the dark?” (Atlantic)  Dorothy “MUD” (Roc Nation)  Tim Montana

October 8th, 2024|News Updates, Rock|

Week of October 07, 2024

Happy birthday wishes to Tom Taaffe (Wasserman Music) (October 8); Nate Newton (Converge) (October 9); Mark Claassen (WME Entertainment), Russ Cogdell (Zao) (October 10); Tyson Paoletti (Tooth & Nail Records), Gloria Cavalera (Oasis Management), Matt Andersen (Sound Talent Group) (October 11); BJ Papas (photographer) (October 12); Stephen Reeder (5B Artist Management), and Michael Alago (ex-Elektra Records) (October 13). 

October 8th, 2024|Birthdays, Rock|

Big Loud Rock Adds Zach Siegal-Eisman

Zach Siegal-Eisman has joined Big Loud Rock as the Big Loud Records' alt/rock imprint's new VP of Digital and Viral Marketing. He will report to Big Loud Rock President Greg Thompson and SVP Lloyd Norman.    Siegal-Eisman worked as a junior manager for Dirty Heads and Sublime With Rome at Artist Network Management and Five Music Inc., the company's joint-venture label with the Orchard. In 2019, he took a job with social media agency Crowd Surf. He launched his own Amplify Legacy consulting firm earlier this year.    "I'm thrilled to join the Big Loud Rock team, where the passion, dedication,

October 7th, 2024|News Updates, Rock|

Las Vegas Stations Ban GREEN DAY

KOMP 92.3 is among the Las Vegas, Nevada stations to fire back at Billie Joe Armstrong by pulling Green Day's music. In a Facebook post, KOMP morning host Brandon “Gooch” Hahn called Armstrong, 52, “old and bitter.” He went on to insult the Bay Area, California group's "four or five" most recent albums.  The handful of bans came in response to Armstrong's comments regarding the Oakland A's move to Las Vegas during a recent San Francisco performance.  “I f------ hate Las Vegas," he reportedly said. "It’s the worst s---hole in America.” Beasley Media’s Alternative KXTE (X1075 Xtreme Radio) also pulled

October 1st, 2024|News Updates, Rock|

The GOAT Chews Up Hornell

The Goat expands into Hornell, New York.  97.1 WZHD Canaseraga/Hornell flipped from a simulcast of Classic Hits “My Cool Radio” 98.7 WPHD Corning/Elmira to Classic Rock. The Goat  is now simulcasting 1380 WOEN/96.3 W242CT Olean and 98.3 WQRS Salamanca/98.7 W254BQ Limstone. Compass Media Networks’ Dave & Mahoney are on The Goat in the mornings. Jimmy The Mick hosts middays, PD Casey Smith anchors afternoons, and Ultimate Classic Rock with Matt Wardlaw plays at night. 

October 1st, 2024|News Updates, Rock|

LINKIN PARK Top Active Rock Chart

This week's Active Rock Top 40, according to Mediabase:  Linkin Park “The Emptiness Machine” (Warner)  Halestorm & I Prevail “can u see me in the dark?” (Atlantic)  Bring Me The Horizon “Top 10 Statues…” (Columbia)  A Day To Remember “Feedback” (FBR/Elektra/Atlantic)  Seether “Judas Mind” (Fantasy/Concord)  The Funeral Portrait “Suffocate City” ft. Spencer Charnas (Better Noise)  Tim Montana “Savage” (Music Knox/BMG)  Dorothy “MUD” (Roc Nation)  Badflower “Detroit” (Big Machine Rock)  Jelly Roll “Liar” (BMG/Republic/Stoney Creek)  HARDY “PSYCHO” (Big Loud Rock)  NOTHING MORE “Angel Song” ft. David Draiman (Better Noise)  Black Veil Brides “Bleeders” (Spinefarm)  Jerry Cantrell “Villified” (Jerry Cantrell)  Pop Evil

October 1st, 2024|News Updates, Rock|

Week of September 30, 2024

Happy birthday wishes to Colin Feeney (Gold Theory), Joe Carducci (ex-Gretsch Guitars), Raymond Harkins (iHeart Media), Bob Bradley (Bradley PR) (October 1); Alan Robert (Life Of Agony), Heather West (Western Publicity) (October 2); Arthur Green (Living Sacrifice), Felice Ecker (Girlie Action), and John Joseph (Cro-Mags) (October 3). 

September 30th, 2024|Birthdays, Rock|

HALESTORM & I PREVAIL Top Active Rock Chart

HALESTORM and I PREVAIL's collaborative "can u see me in the dark?" is No. 1 at Active Rock this week.  Interestingly, in light of the recent layoffs, the song was released by Atlantic Records. (A Day To Remember's "Feedback," No. 5 this week, arrived via Fueled By Ramen / Elektra / Atlantic.)  Here's how the rest of the Top 10 looks:  Halestorm & I Prevail “can u see me in the dark?” (Atlantic)  Linkin Park “The Emptiness Machine” (Warner)  Seether “Judas Mind” (Fantasy/Concord)  Bring Me The Horizon “Top 10 Statues…” (Columbia)  A Day To Remember “Feedback” (FBR/Elektra/Atlantic)  The Funeral Portrait

September 24th, 2024|News Updates, Rock|

New LINKIN PARK Single & Additional Shows

LINKIN PARK — Mike Shinoda, Brad Delson, Dave "Phoenix" Farrell, Joe Hahn, Emily Armstrong, and Colin Brittain — released another new single, "Heavy is the Crown."  The song is the 2024 League Of Legends World Championship anthem.   They announced three additional stadium shows for 2024 in Paris, Dallas, and São Paulo.  The band's first album without the late Chester Bennington, From Zero, arrives November 15.  From Zero World Tour 2024: Sep. 24 - The O2 - London, UK Sep. 28 - INSPIRE Arena - Seoul, South Korea Nov. 3 - La Defense Arena - Paris, France Nov. 8 -

September 24th, 2024|News Updates, Rock|

LINKIN PARK Dominates Billboard Hard Rock Songs Chart

Linkin Park’s “The Emptiness Machine” is No. 1 for a second week on Billboard’s Hot Hard Rock Songs chart, which measures airplay, streaming, and sales activity. Several of the reconstituted band’s songs continue to dominate the chart.    Falling In Reverse is all over the chart, too. (2019’s “Popular Monster” was the chart’s first-ever No. 1 when Billboard debuted it in 2020).)    Skillet’s “All That Matters” is the only new entry this week at No. 19.    Spiritbox’s “Circle With Me” reenters the chart at No. 25.  Linkin Park “The Emptiness Machine”  Linkin Park “Numb”  Linkin Park “In the End” 

September 24th, 2024|News Updates, Rock|

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