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corporate rock still sells

An Avalanche Of A-List Rock Debuts, Topped By The Freakin' Offspring

Many people find it hard to tell the great from the godawful when it comes to 21st-century mainstream rock. To help figure out which is which, here's "Corporate Rock Still Sells," where Al "GovernmentNames" Shipley examines what's good, bad, and ugly in the world of rock and roll. This time around, he observes a few shake-ups on the normally staid Modern Rock and Active Rock charts. More »

10:00 AM on Thu May 22 2008
By Al Shipley
1,394 views, 3 comments

corporate rock still sells

Pop-Punk Legends Drop A Stealth Hit On Rock Radio

Since many people find it hard to tell the great from the godawful when it comes to 21st-century mainstream rock, welcome to "Corporate Rock Still Sells," where Al Shipley (a.k.a. Idolator commenter GovernmentNames) examines what's good, bad, and ugly in the world of Billboard's rock charts. This time around he discovers a trio of modern rock heroes releasing a hit single under everyone's noses, finally hears a certain blog-buzz band thanks to their rock radio crossover, and tries to figure out what makes one brand of strident political mersh-punk different from another.

Over the last few weeks, Billboard's Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart has seen a new entry by one of modern rock's biggest mainstays, but it took me a while to figure that out, since said superstars are operating incognito.

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11:00 AM on Mon Mar 31 2008
By Al Shipley
2,054 views, 11 comments

Latest by f1sh3r: wow puddle of mudd is still around? more »

corporate rock still sells

Rock Radio Takes A Number One That Leaves A Puddle

Since many people find it hard to tell the great from the godawful when it comes to 21st-century mainstream rock, welcome to "Corporate Rock Still Sells," where Al Shipley (a.k.a. Idolator commenter GovernmentNames) examines what's good, bad, and ugly in the world of Billboard's rock charts. This time around he experiences some emo-related schadenfreude, ponders the question of crossover ballads, and takes a look at a band you probably know nothing about but that's topped the mainstream rock chart as many times as some Napster-hating metal heroes. More »

11:45 AM on Fri Mar 14 2008
By Al Shipley
1,074 views, 11 comments

Latest by rogerniner: @pantycrickets: You just defined absolutely everything that is wrong with mainstream rock music today. more »

corporate rock still sells

What Radio Rock Hopefuls Will Get To Say "Thanks For The Add"?

Since many people find it hard to tell the great from the godawful when it comes to 21st-century mainstream rock, welcome to "Corporate Rock Still Sells," where Al Shipley (a.k.a. Idolator commenter GovernmentNames) examines what's good, bad, and ugly in the world of Billboard's rock charts. This time around he grades six modern rock bands looking to get their new singles added to radio playlists, both on their chances for hitting big and the relative suckiness of the songs in question. More »

11:50 AM on Wed Feb 20 2008
By Al Shipley
771 views, 6 comments

Latest by Chris Molanphy: @jordan_s: The Panic song has been emerging remarkably slowly, as I noted in my column a couple of weeks ago. It only ranks 49th on iTunes right now, and on SoundScan's all-store digital-sales chart, it's down in the 70s as more »

corporate rock still sells

Is Rock Radio Slowly Going Post-Modern?

Since many people find it hard to tell the great from the godawful when it comes to 21st-century mainstream rock, welcome to "Corporate Rock Still Sells," where Al Shipley (a.k.a. Idolator commenter GovernmentNames) examines what's good, bad, and ugly in the world of Billboard's rock charts. This time around he examines a recent spate of alt-rock radio stations flipping formats and what it might mean for the future of the tenuously defined Alternative and Active Rock split: More »

2:15 PM on Mon Jan 28 2008
By Al Shipley
1,886 views, 20 comments

Latest by f1sh3r: i know this is old, but 99x got canned because the owners were chasing off all the talnet, which lead to lower ratings (?) and then that godawful bert show on q100 got popular, so they wanted to give it more »

corporate rock still sells

Rock Radio Playlists Remain Paralyzed In 2008

Since many people find it hard to tell the great from the godawful when it comes to 21st-century mainstream rock, welcome to "Corporate Rock Still Sells," where Al Shipley (a.k.a. Idolator commenter GovernmentNames) examines what's good, bad, and ugly in the world of Billboard's rock charts. This time around he gives Billboard's current rock radio charts a once-over: More »

11:00 AM on Thu Jan 10 2008
By Al Shipley
2,069 views, 13 comments

corporate rock still sells

Modern Rock Programmers Ponder What They've Done In 2007

Since many people find it hard to tell the great from the godawful when it comes to 21st-century mainstream rock, welcome to "Corporate Rock Still Sells," where Al Shipley (a.k.a. Idolator commenter GovernmentNames) examines what's good, bad, and ugly in the world of Billboard's rock charts. This time around he takes a look at Billboard's Top 40 Hot Modern Rock Songs Of 2007 to see just what "rock" meant to radio this year: More »

11:15 AM on Thu Dec 27 2007
By Al Shipley
1,784 views, 16 comments

corporate rock still sells

Do The Grammys Love The Foo Fighters, Or Just Really Hate Foo?

Since many people find it hard to tell the great from the godawful when it comes to 21st-century mainstream rock, welcome to "Corporate Rock Still Sells," where Al Shipley (a.k.a. Idolator commenter GovernmentNames) examines what's good, bad, and ugly in the world of Billboard's rock charts. This time around he takes a look at the year's most (supposedly) surprising Grammy nominees, alt-rock survivors the Foo Fighters: More »

11:00 AM on Thu Dec 13 2007
By Al Shipley
1,528 views, 19 comments

corporate rock still sells

Who Arbitrates Arbitron?

Since many people find it hard to tell the great from the godawful when it comes to 21st-century mainstream rock, welcome to "Corporate Rock Still Sells," where Al Shipley (a.k.a. Idolator commenter GovernmentNames) examines what's good, bad, and ugly in the world of Billboard's rock charts. This time around, he tries to find out just how Arbitron's new ratings systems are impacting the modern rock radio landscape: More »

11:05 AM on Fri Nov 30 2007
By Al Shipley
702 views, 4 comments

corporate rock still sells

The Decline And Fall Of West Coast Pop Punk

Since many people find it hard to tell the great from the godawful when it comes to 21st-century mainstream rock, welcome to "Corporate Rock Still Sells," where Al Shipley (a.k.a. Idolator commenter GovernmentNames) examines what's good, bad, and ugly in the world of Billboard's rock charts. This time around he drops science (and graphs) to figure out how pop-punk nostalgia might be impacting Modern Rock radio: More »

12:00 PM on Fri Nov 16 2007
By Al Shipley
1,477 views, 31 comments

corporate rock still sells

Just What Makes Modern Rock "Active"? (Or "Modern," For That Matter?)

Since many people find it hard to tell the great from the godawful when it comes to 21st-century mainstream rock, welcome to "Corporate Rock Still Sells," where Al Shipley (a.k.a. Idolator commenter GovernmentNames) examines what's good, bad, and ugly in the world of Billboard's rock charts. This time around he tries to distinguish just what separates one modern rock radio playlist from another if there's room for Evanescence on both: More »

12:15 PM on Thu Nov 1 2007
By Al Shipley
1,378 views, 24 comments