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Rock's no longerin a hard place

The fact that OzzyOsbourne is currently thehottest celebrity on theplanet is as good abarometer as any ofrock's currency in 2002.Adam Howorth looks athow a vibrant collectionof new bands-first fromthe US and now fromEurope-has re-estab-lished rock as a majormusical force.

Tile'90s gave us grunge. Ten

years later nu -metal pickedup the baton, and now actssuch as The Hives (Poptones/Burning Heart), Strokes

(Rough Trade/BMG) and Virgin'sBlack Rebel Motorcycle Club(BRMC) have given the hoarybeast a more credible if still slight-ly retro sheen.

Inspired by such terminally hipluminaries as the Stones,Ramones, and Stooges, thesegarage acts are spearheading anew wave of punk rock upstartsnot a million miles from the origi-nal New Wave, albeit with a betterhaircut and a self -referential winkin its eye.

What appeared as an alterna-tive movement simply happens tobe a major trend shaping the soundof the beginning of this century.

Last year also saw the surge ofUS nu -metal acts in Europe, with

Monsters of Rock: (clockwise from top left): Linkin Park, TheHives, Rage Against The Machine, Ozzy Osbourne, Nickelback.

Hellacopters are really drawingfrom the '60s and '70s and tappinginto the culture of '70s rock. A lot ofpeople who buy these recordsweren't around so it's new, freshand exciting [for them]. They'remaking it exciting for a new gener-ation."

Julie Borchard, senior VP mar -

"This is an exciting time forrock artists and rock music ofall types again in Europe."

Julie Borchard, senior VP marketing,

Sony Music Europe

bands such as Linkin Park (WarnerBros.), P.O.D. (Atlantic), System OfA Down (American/ Columbia),Puddle of Mudd (Geffen), PapaRoach (Dreamworks) and Staind(Flip/ Elektra) making inroads inthe European charts.

Exciting resurgence"Rock's going through a massiveresurgence-it's definitely excitinga lot of very young kids who arenow buying these records from dayone," says Dante Bonutto, whoworks as a rock consultant forUniversal Music International inLondon. "The Strokes, Hives and

keting at Sony Music Europe,agrees: "This is an exciting time forrock artists and rock music of alltypes again in Europe. The scene isas vibrant as ever, with a widespectrum of rock artists enjoyingrecord company-and now andagain-media support."

Radio and record company exec-utives interviewed by Music &Media view this resurgence as acyclical trend. Rock had nevertotally disappeared-it's only thatit did not have the exposure andthe proper talent to make it blos-som again into the mainstream."The music never went away, but

the media didn't support youngdeveloping bands as willingly aswe are seeing now," says Borchard.

Lucy Avery, international mar-keting director at Virgin Records,is another executive to feel rock'stime has come once more."Absolutely," she quips, "we'veexperienced it with the US reper-toire-BRMC and Vex Red to adegree, and At The Drive In andAmen were leading the rock chargefrom America before that. The pen-dulum has swung back-it's cycli-cal-and people want to get sweatyand dirty again."

New generationThe feeling is shared by radio pro-grammers, whose role has beencrucial in exposing the new gener-ation of acts. Alex Jones-Donelly,editor of music policy at BBCpublic CHR station Radio 1 in theUK, reiterates Avery's point. "It'scyclical and a case of each genera-tion finding its own form of expres-sion and music makers looking atwhat's around and thinking 'howcan we be different?' It's not neces-sarily a plan, it's when music mak-ers hear bands that have turnedthem on."

Paul Jackson, programmedirector of rock formatted radiostation Virgin Radio in the UK

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UPFRONTby Emmanuel Legrand,

Music & Media editor -in -chief

Welcome to Music &Media's first specialissue of the year-anissue that should rockyour socks off.

Guitars are back-and they're heavy!New bands take onthe charts-and theyhave an attitude!

Almost a year agoM&M monitored the rise and rise of nu -metal and wondered if Europe wasready for this US -based genre and if thewave of raw, loud and uncompromisingmusic coming from the other side of theAtlantic could also storm Europe.

One year down the road, nu -metalhas made strong inroads in both salescharts and, more surprisingly, at radio.These bands are part of Europe's musicenvironment-although the unlikely win-ner of the pack turns out to be Canadianband Nickelback (whose first Europeantour at the beginning of the year wasendorsed by Music & Media).

If nu -metal takes its roots in thegrunge movement and is not everyone'scup of tea (M&M's music editor AdamHoworth calls them the "Kiss/ TwistedSister/Ozzy for a new generation"), whatwe have also witnessed over the pastyear or so is the return to a more tradi-tional rock leaning with the Strokes, theHives and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club.

These new bands are the heirs oflggy, the Ramones and the Stones (circa1965-69). They bring back a sense ofurgency, simplicity and credibility to agenre that many thought was as dead asKurt Cobain or Sid Vicious.

In this bumper issue (which alsoincludes a CD full of tracks that arebound to become radio hits for the sum-mer), Adam Howorth looks at the resur-gence of rock as a mainstream genre,coming after years of pop and R&B dom-ination. We have also asked someEuropean broadcasters how they viewthe evolution of the genre and how it fitswith their playlists.

M&M's correspondents throughoutEurope report on the state of the rockscene in their respective countries andprofile some of the hot local new actsrocking the boat.

Our man in New York, Frank Saxe,gives us a broad overview of the state ofrock radio in the USA and we analysethe differences between the top tracksplayed by radio on both sides of theocean in 2001. (Our regular news cover-age and charts appear at the back ofthe magazine).

Overall, what this issue pictures is avibrant scene and an increasing accep-tance for the genre. It is a very healthysituation because these acts can com-mand audience fidelity and bring backthe excitement that has eluded theindustry since manufactured popbecame so dominant.

Rock is back-and it's cool.

Music & Media values its readers' opinionsYou can e-mail the editor -in -chief at

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continued from page 5believes the current movement hasbeen growing for some time. "I thinkthis has been building more so inmainland Europe for a few years," hesays. "And it has really found an iden-tity as rock becomes less alternativeand grows into the mainstream. I seebands like the Hives, Strokes, TheVines, as all being very refreshingand different from anything else inthe past few years-they have anenergy and pace that makes them

interesting," says Uren. "The whole ofthe world is throwing up rock bandsof good quality-this is not a region-alised phenomenon. What comes outof America and international will bedifferent-yet they all have the poten-tial to sell."

One slightly dissenting voicecomes from Marcus Ehresman, seniorEuropean marketing manager atBMG, who does not agree with thenotion of a new rock wave. "Is there afad? Certainly not a worldwide one,

"These bands are glorifying in drink,drugs and sex and I don't think thatwill ever go out of fashion."

Dante Bonutto, rock consultant

really jump out of the radio. I'm posi-tive it will last and know there will bemore bands breaking this year thatcan really 'do it' live and make songsthat are exciting."

Two anglesInterviewees agree that the currentrock wave is going in two differentdirections-one is the post grunge nu -metal genre, a huge radio favourite inthe US, and the other is what could beclassified as more alternative rock.

Another factor is the geographicalorigin of the acts. Jon Uren, seniordirector of marketing and promotions,at Warner Music Europe,home to Linkin Park,Staind and P.O.D., three ofthe best-selling acts in thegenre, sees two distinctstrands developing from theUS and the rest of theworld.

"A lot of the rush for nu -metal was American reper-toire -based but the alterna-tive new wave is coming outof Europe which is very

it's just a scene for really good music,"he says. "We [industry executives andmusic journalists] have a referencepoint, because it's our job to know thehistory but it's fresh and new to kids,as they have no relationship with thesources of the bands' inspiration." Thequestion for the labels is how to trans-late this enthusiasm among youngmusicians for all things rock intosales and airplay.

"Generally speaking, rock bandsthat show up in Europe consistentlyand repeatedly stand the greatestchance of breaking through on a mas-sive level," believes Borchard, whose

current priorities at Sony include theforthcoming Korn and Oasis albums,as well as Creed, System of A Down,Incubus, Lostprophets, and HundredReasons. "As the record company, wedirect our resources to the traditionalavenues-video, press, radio, retail-hoping to create a favourable environ-ment for our artists. Whenwe do our jobs right, rockbands are more likely toinvest their time and ener-gy in touring Europe."

The road is longBorchard adds, "Most

artists like to tour andmeet their fans and feelgood about working whenthey see fan reaction. Andof course now the Internetplays an incredibly impor-tant role in spreading band news andluring new fans. All of this helps sellrecords and creates excitement in themarket for the music."

Kevin Brown, international direc-tor for Capitol UK, believes press,radio and TV are all slowly adaptingto accommodate a rock audience. "Themedia seems more receptive to rock,"he says. "Nu -metal has softened themedia to a harder sound, which hasgot to be a good thing. I'm optimisticfor the future of getting toughersounds on radio across Europe."WME's Uren adds: "Rock's still notregularly getting on mainstreamradio but it's got a better chance than

we had two years ago."

example. "We all get stuck in fash-ion-it's always about 'the latestthing' and, in that, we are missing thepoint, which is the music. But kidsare smarter than we think."

LongevityThen the question is-how long is this

trend going to last? The last

The Strokes

BMG's Ehresmanstresses that if toughermusic does get played onEurope's airwaves it willbe down to the quality ofthe record, rather than itsinclusion in the latesttrend. "In comeNickleback, the world'smost unfashionable band,and explode in Europe!"he says by way of an

major rock wave-grunge-survived from the early '90sto the middle of the decade."If you ask me in a year'stime, 'will it still bethere?'-I don't know," saysRadio l's Jones-Donellywhen asked about therobustness of rock's latestincarnation. "I think we'llneed to move on. To last,the rock bands will need tomake great second

records."Universal's Bonutto is certain the

genre will stick around and couldeven become the new mainstream."It's got the potential to crossoverbecause the music is intrinsicallycommercial and subversive-which isperennially popular and it does upsetpeople," he says. Importantly for thelabels, it sells too, according to Uren."We seem to be able to turn profileinto album sales with rock acts easierthan other genres," he reveals.

"I think it's going to grow," contin-ues Uren. "We're coming out of a long-term pop and dance phase and goingslightly towards a rock edge and rockmusic is becoming mainstream." Thereason, according to Bonutto, isunderlined by an old cliché. "Thesebands are glorying in drink, drugsand sex and I don't think that willever go out of fashion," he says.

"Classic rock isn't in or out of fash-ion. But technology samples are goingto date. This is the best time we'vehad in 20 years for this kind ofmusic."

Additional reporting bySint Stavenes Dove.

Do the broadcasters wanna get rocked?"Rock's always been there, it's nevergone away but it was very difficult toget rock on the airwaves before. Forexample, MTV had to cater for alldifferent types of musicbut there are new out-lets-such as MTV2 andXfm [London -based alter-native rock station] forsomething that wasalways there and bubblingaway under the surface.MTV2 was the first alter-native channel, followedby Kerrang TV-and thesehave helped gain a newyounger audience.

"Rock was always thought of asolder but now the pre -teens are get-ting into it and this is what's new.Yesterday's alternative rock is nowtoday's mainstream rock, thanks tothis new exposure. And there are ofcourse countries which have alwaysbeen rock-oriented-particularly ineastern Europe where R&B and hip -

hop have not achieved the same mar-ket penetration. Another reason forthe increase in rock's popularity is it'sa natural rebound from over -expo-

sure to the boy and girlbands-the tide had toturn. It's important to bethere and see it comingand I think MTV all overEurope saw it coming withshows like Brand New.

"Of the new acts, Ithink those from Europeare more interestingbecause their influencesare more varied. TheAmerican bands are still

classic rock -influenced with the excep-tion of The Strokes and White Stripes,whereas the Europeans are moreinfluenced by UK rock from the '60sand '70s-the European scene is amix of indie, punk and heavy metal."

Hans Hagman,VP music programming,

MTV Networks Europe

"Music trends work in cyclesand now is again the right timeto be releasing alternative rock.The Strokes and the WhiteStripes along with theHives are leading thistrend. Essentially theyall produce catchygarage rock, whichcompared with every-thing else last year,proved to be very excit-ing and new. Thesebands are easy to playon air because of thestrong hooks.

"Listeners in generalare not shy of guitar music at themoment because nu -metal is alsovery prominent in the charts. Allthree bands I've mentionedcould have a long-term future,particularly the White Stripeswho are more diverse. Look outfor these great bands to follow:Von Bondies, (International)

Noise Conspiracy, Yeah YeahYeahs."

Ian Greaves, rock manager,Music Choice (European subscrip-

tion audio service)

"This is why we exist-it'swhat we do. At Xfm we areas excited about thesebands as anyone. Amongquality bands andunsigned bands alike thehunger and drive is back. Ihad the privilege of listen-ing to music from somenew signings to one of the

major American companies recentlyand the influence of British musicand the maturity of the songwritingis outstanding. I have every beliefthat in the next three to four yearswe will see bands come through thathelp us replace our dependency onREM and U2-and these guys are

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continued from page 6only 16 and 17 years old, and theirinfluences range from Led Zeppelinand Pink Floyd to acts like REM andU2.

"What frustrates me about theindustry is that they wait for two orthree of these acts to come throughbefore they get recognition. And Ithink the industry needs this rightnow-it shows we don't need to docovers and can be creative.If you were to offer any ofthe majors the chance tosign a band with thepotential to sell like REMand U2 they'd take it."

Andrew Phillips,programme controller,

Xfm (London -basedalternative rock station)

"Oui FM adopted astrictly rock formatabout five years agoand we've really seen thingscatching on [in the last] twoyears, both musically and froman audience perspective-thereis something happening. Whatwe have seen, at least at Frenchradio, is that hip hop and R&Bare starting to reach their limitand that pop is not performingas well as two years ago. Rockwas never really out of the pic-ture, but to us, it seems that it ismore at the forefront of the audi-

ence's expectations. You see thatkids are forming bands and play-ing in garages and in clubs, andthe audience is there, listening,craving for the experience. Thesound is rough, it kicks asses andthat's what kids want to listen to.

"Compared to five years ago,we've seen our format-and ourprogramming-evolve from thepoppy side of rock-the

Coldplays andTravises-to an edgiersound-the Nickelbacksand Puddle of Mudds-without alienating ourcore audience, on thecontrary. Our researchshows that there is anappetite for this music.That said, I might notprogramme Limp Bizkitat any time of the day,but it has become muchmore widely accepted

by the audience."What is happening here is

not too dissimilar to what wewitnessed in the US. We weretaking a close look at US stationslike KROQ in Los Angeles and wenoticed that they were becomingedgier and tougher. Oui FM is nolonger in a ghetto. There areother stations copying our for-mat and even CHR stations likeEurope 2 embracing rock.

"In terms of talent, it's great to

see that, whilst the heart of themovement and the bulk of theacts are American, it can comefrom anywhere like the Hives.And I'm sure that in France, we'llsee a brand new generation ofacts coming up."

Jean -Patrick Laurent,programme director, Oui FM(Paris -based rock formatted

station)

"I definitely think that the main-stream has become more 'rocky' inthe past year. There is a lot of move-ment, a lot happening at themoment, in Germany as well, butmostly in the US and Canada.Examples would be Nickelback orSum 41 from Canada and in the USAwith the whole Nu Metal stuff. Thesetrends are spilling over to Germanyas well. What is happening or comingfrom the US definitely does have agreat influence on the German musicmarket-German bands show morecharacter now, more independenceand variety, such as Re -Invented.Interestingly, Manowar are in theTop 10 again in Germany, so thetrend is steering away from commer-cial techno and techno-pop towardsmusic with more character-and rockis definitely part of that.

"When I look at the response weget to our station, it becomes appar-ent that the community of fans isgrowing as people are looking for an

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"There is more rock played atradio now, especially at the AC sta-tions. This is very good for us as itgenerates and reflects a generalincreasing interest in rock and peo-ple will turn to us as a specialist sta-tion to find out more about it."

Guy Fraenkel, music editor,Rockantenne (rock -formatted

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Europe rocks to local talentM&M correspondentsacross Europe offer areview of the state of rockin their respective coun-tries and look at the hottestlocal acts in the genre.

BELGIUM At Flemish alternative public stationStuBru, programmers were quick tosupport the new wave of rock acts."This is part of our station's mission:to highlight new trends. We includedWhite Stripes' Yorba in our high rota-tion chart (three plays per day)," saysGerritt Kerremans, producer atStuBru. StuBru also features a specif-ic metal show De Bom on Thursday'sbetween 21.00 and 23.00.

"The difficult thing is to get theheavy rock stuff to mainstream sta-tions," says Judith Goukenleuque,product manager at V2 Records, "butthe two major alternative stations,StuBru [Flemish] and Radio 21[French language] do support bandslike White Stripes. The band have soldover 5,000 copies of their album,thanks to a combination of airplay andtheir steaming live gig at the BrusselsAncienne Belgique last year."

Millionaire (PIAS)Millionaire made their mark withtheir acclaimed debut album, OutsideThe Simian Flock-a combination ofexcellent songwriting and, like PIASlabel manager Hans Van Rompaeysays, "more eclectic material than therecent 'cool rock'n'roll'-more sexyand intimate with a distinct sound".

Things speeded up after its releaselast October when the band wereinvited to open for Muse in the UK insuch venues as London's Docklands

Arena. Millionaire recently performedat Holland's Pinkpop Monday bill andare confirmed for Belgium's RockWerchter festival (June 29-30).

Marc Maes

DENMARK The strictly formatted Danish radioscene is not rock friendly with theexception of public broadcaster DRwhich leans heavily toward domesticacts. Commercial stations shy awayfrom harder contemporary rock; CHRbroadcasters tend to fill the airwaveswith Kylie, Jennifer, Anastacia,Shakira, Britney and sellers of sin-gles; and AC formats generally aim fora thirtysomething female audience.

Warner Music Denmark's radio andclub promoter Mikkel Kjaergaardsays, "It's easier now to get rock playedon radio than it was a half year ago,when it was virtually impossible. P3 isthe main outlet. AC and CHR stationsgenerally won't touch it and smallerlocal stations will put it on night play."

Linkin Park, PO.D. and Staindhave seen some of their softer tracksget aired. "But they're not so receptive

to Staind's new single For You-toomuch guitar, and I'm having a toughtime with A's Nothing," he adds.

D -A -D (EMI)With therelease of theireighth studioalbum SoftDogs, D -A -Dcemented theirposition as thebiggest rockband in Denmark. "They play kick -ass rock 'n'roll sparkling with humourthat does not compromise the music,"says EMI director of internationalexploitation Ole Mortensen. "D -A -Dhas extreme impact power andintegrity as a live band, a rarity,"adds public broadcaster DR(CHR/AC) editor of music program-ming Eik Frederiksen.

Charles Ferro

FRANCE Over the years, the French local rockscene has evolved from creating clonesof UK and US acts to developing gen-uine original talent, which has some-how been overshadowed international-ly by the success of electronica acts.Artists like Noir Desir, signed toUniversal's label Barclay, or LouiseAttaque on indie label Atmospheriqueshave built popular following outside ofmainstream routes.

However, aside from specialisedshows, alternative stations or tightlyformatted stations like Om FM inParis, airplay has so far remainedlimited. "The French radio scene isvery tight-it's taken over by hip -hop,

FINLAND For years Finnish rock wasdeemed too harsh for radio butlast year groups such as SubUrbanTribe (EMI), Flaming Sideburns(Bad Afro) and all girl group TheeUltrabimboos (Stupido) got plentyof airtime especially on publicnational CHR station Radiomafia.The latter two represent theearthy garage -influenced rockscene and SubUrban Tribe is agrungier act. The next step ismetal, a field of expertise forFinns, currently weMrepresentedby Children of Bodonpinefarm).

"Rock has enjoyed steady suc-cess in Finland during, the dancemusic era. Now it is surfacing else-where it boosts the Fi*nish rockscene too," says Spinefa* manag-ing director Riku Pafikkil

"Finland has always enjoyedrock, but it hasn't been this promi-nent for a while," commentsHeikki Tikkanen, head of music atSBS-owned, Helsinki -based localcommercial rock station RadioCity, who has recently playedNickelback, Hardcore Superstarsand Flaming Sideburns.

Flaming Sideburns (Bad Afro)After touring throughout the '90s, Helsinki -based FlamingSideburns finally went top 20 last year. This had much to do withfinally releasing their debut album Hallelujah Roek'n'Rollah,which they previously hadn't felt like doing. The Sideburns start-ed by playing covers, but gradually began increasing the amountof their own material. "They have a sound that is hard to place-you can't tell where they're from and that's a good characteristicof this band," says Heikki Tikkanen, head of music at Helsinki -based commercial rock station Radio City. Flaming Sideburnshave helped Swedish soulmates Soundtrack Of Our Lives andHellacopters develop a firm fanbase in Finland with joint tours.

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R&B and pop," says Epic France A&Rmanager Laurent Clery. As a result,Clery believes that "it gives rockmusic respectability-makes itstronger and more credible."

In addition, French audienceshave always been open to anglo-amer-ican rock acts. Nu metal, until recent-ly, was still considered undergroundin France but bands like Limp Bizkitare becoming popular and receivinggrowing airplay, especially on Europe2, formerly an AC national networkwhich recently changed format toCHR with a rock edge.

"There's obviously a rebound ofrock, especially with younger audi-ences," says Michael Gentile, manag-ing director of Paris -based rock -for-matted station Oui FM.

Pleymo (Epic)

With already over 30,000 copies oftheir second album Episose 2:Medicine Cake sold since its release inFrance in January, Pleymo has becomewhat Mathieu Beauval, director of pro-grammes and information at Toulouse -based public alternative broadcasterLe Mouv' calls "the ambassadors of thenew French rock scene". "With a tracklike New Wave, they deliver the sameas an American or British group, interms of production and energy," addsBeauval. An English language albumis being put together, and Sony MusicFrance international product managerAnnick Geisler says she would like torelease the record in every territorywhere this music is successful, notingthat there has been a good reactionfrom affiliates and that Japan hasalready released the French version.The band are playing the SummerSonic Festival in Tokyo in front of35,000, as well as major European fes-tivals in Amsterdam, Belgium andSwitzerland.

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GREECE Rock fans are a minority in Greeceand are split into heavy metal follow-ers and devotees of new alternativerock-particularly among the 16-28set. Rock FM is the only station cater-ing to fans in the wider Athens area(population 4.5 million), and everyyear the three-day Rockwave Festivalin July puts on such acts as Placebo,The Charlatans and Judas Priest.

"Right now, there's a turn towardslocally -produced rock with Englishlyrics," says Thanassis Minas, whowrites for alternative rock music mag-azine Fractal Press and is a producerat Rock FM. He points to RockingBones, Closure, Earthbound and

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Raining Pleasure as the "best thingsto come out of Greece in a while".

Raining Pleasure (Chrysalis/EMI)

Hailing from the port city of Patras innorth-west Greece are RainingPleasure. Singing in English, theband's current album Flood wasreleased through Chrysalis/EMI lastDecember and has sold 3,000 copies todate. With a strong '70s flavour, thealbum's crossover quality has won itplenty of airplay on a diverse range ofstations, "mainly because it's notmerely rock," says frontmanVassilikos. "All of us listen to differentthings so you can detect anythingfrom hints of the Smiths andStereolab to traces of the Beatles andclassic jazz. It really works on all lev-els." The album is slated for interna-tional release during the summer.

Maria Paravantes

GERMANY "It's kind of an American invasion inGermany now, like the one we had inthe '80s with the likes of Skid Rowand Motley Crue," says WolfgangFunk, managing director of BMG sub-sidiary Gun Records. But while rocksells, few of the big acts are German.

"We have to find something inbetween because the quality of the USacts is so high-you have to be differ-ent from what is coming out ofAmerica," adds Funk.

"The Strokes are the most success-ful, it's them the hype is about," saysStephan Laack, head of music at CHRstation Eins Live in Cologne. "But theyare only on the evening show here.Personally, I feel the whole retro thingis for the readers of the magazines thathype The Strokes-I'm not sure ouraverage listener is interested."

But Laack considers that there issome German rock on Eins Live:"Sportfreunde Stiller is a good rockband with a minimalist sound andsophisticated lyrics. They are very suc-cessful on student radio." But he adds,"The main thing here is dance music."

Concurs Funk: "There's a goodworking rock club scene in Germany.Apart from that, there is only a tinypercentage of rock radio. For rock actsit's all about touring, touring, touring."

Donots (Gun Records)

"Our strategy is to have a small num-ber of acts, but to do it right," saysWolfgang Funk, managing director ofGun Records, who signed Munsterpunk band Donots to the BMG sub-

THE NETHERLANDS Within Temptation

A recent look at the Moordlijst, an alternative chart madeup of the favourite acts of Dutch music critics, shows AndYou Will Know Us by The Trail Of Dead and Black RebelMotorcycle Club in the top 5. For these acts to reach awider audience they either need their videos played onThe Box, or to win the patronage of the taste -makers atpublic national CHR station Radio 3FM.

Patrick Kicken, the station's assistant music directorsays, "Hate To Say I Told You So by The Hives was ourMegahit [record of the week] half a year ago because DJRob Stenders reacted to the record by wildly jumpingaround the studio. Most of these records are pretty uptern-po and have got a positive vibe so they are not too difficultto programme."

Rob Gruschke is the general manager of BeggarsBanquet Benelux which distributes The White Stripes inThe Netherlands. "We've sold 8,000 copies of the last albumand the first two are also selling in its slipstream. I thinktime is just right."

Within Temptation (DFSA/Zomba)Last year the gothic influenced Within Temptation brokethe top 5 with their second single Ice Queen, establishingSharon den Adel as a style icon. Taken from their sopho-more album Mother Earth (DFSA/Zomba), the track waspicked up by The Box and Radio 3FM which made it aMegahit. The album has now gone gold (40,000 units) andtheir management are considering options from majorlabels for a pan-European release

Menno Visser

sidiary. "We started working withthem two years ago when their firstalbum was only promoted inGermany to establish a fanbase."Their second album, Pocketrock-released last year-made it to 31 inGermany and has so far sold 50,000copies. "We expect a top 10 with thenext album Amplify The Good Times,due out on June 13," says Funk.Before that a single, SaccharineSmile, was released in Germany onMay 13. In terms of breaking rockbands domestically, labels have fewtools to use, according to Funk.Donots are currently on tour withSwedish rockers Millencolin, who aresigned to The Hives' label BurningHeart which licenses Donots for therest of Europe ex -GSA.

Siri Stavenes Dove

ITALY "Alternative rock is definitely catch-ing on in Italy and we've had quite alot of success in breaking acts likeLinkin Park, Staind and P.O.D., butI'd say that the video channels, suchas MTV and VIVA, have been moreimportant than radio," says MassimoGiuliano, president and CEO ofWarner Music Italy.

This view is partially shared byMax Brigante, who recently becameartistic director of new satellite sta-tion, Rock TV. "The American alterna-tive acts have given a lot of impetus tothe rock scene here," he says. "Themainstream radio networks may havebeen lukewarm, but rock stations likeLupo Solitario and Rock FM havegiven them a lot of support, as has themusic press."

"Every time a metal act has a newalbum out in Italy, there's a sizeablehard core of fans who will go and buyit the next day," says Marco Garavelli,head of music at Rock FM in Milan. "Idon't really see Blink 182, for example,

as marking a breakthrough for rock inItaly. True, it's traditionally been hardto find this sort of music on the com-mercial networks, but I see Blink 182'ssuccess as being more of a consequenceof acts like Green Day and Offspring."

Garavelli believes Italian radio isgiving more space to rock, "butwhether this reflects the times orincreased pressure from record labelsis hard to say."

Verdena (Universal Music Italy)Verdena are athree-piecefrom Bergamowhose secondalbum, SoloUn GrandeSasso was co -produced byAfter Hours'ManuelAgnelli.

Their A&R man at Universal,Davide Benetti, says, "Their firstalbum, Verdena (released inSeptember 1999) did 40,000 units,which was exceptional," while Solo UnGrande Sasso, which had the misfor-tune to be released in mid -September2001, "has done about 25,000, whichisn't at all bad. Their concerts, on theother hand, are always a sell-out."

In terms of promotion, Benettisays: "The video channels wereimportant, as was the press-not onlythe music mags, but also the dailies,who really like the band. As for radio,the rock stations were receptive, buttrying to get this sort of music playedon the mainstream Italian networksis still a struggle."

Max Brigante, artistic director ofsatellite channel Rock TV considersVerdena,, "most similar to theAmerican bands, both in terms of ageand music, as opposed to older actslike Marlene Kuntz and After Hours."

Mark Worden

NORWAY Labels with rock artists on their ros-ters rely on just a handful of stationsfor airplay: student stations inBergen, Trondheim, and Tromso, andpublic national CHR/alternative rockstation NRK Petre. There is alsoRadio Nova in Oslo, which playlistsartists like Royksopp and The Hivesand occasionally arranges concerts-most recently with bands such asWhite Stripes and Amulet.

"I don't think radio stations' audi-ences would be any less if they startedto play more rock," says Radio Novastation manager Bjorn Ludvigsen.

Espen Slapgard, product managerat Music Network Records Group,says: "At any rock concert, you can seekids who are into pop and hip hop, butstill like rock which is harder thanLinkin Park, Blink 182, Nickelback orother bands whose videos rotate athousand times on MTV."

Amulet (Bitzcore)

Nine years, two CDs, and two vinylsingles into their career, Amulet aresuccessfully gaining new ground astheir punk rock is being embraced byradio stations and record buyers inother genre camps. "People can standmore than radio stations tend tobelieve," argues Amulet's vocalistTorgny Amdam. "Music has developeda lot since 1990, and there's absolutelyroom for more energetic and bombasticsongs on radio these days." The band'ssecond album, Freedom Fighters was

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released domestically last October.Adds Amdam: "Our initial thoughtwas 'let's mail the CD to P3 and hopefor Spins', but it actually gained air-play on stations which you wouldn'tbelieve cared about our music."

Kai R. Lofthus

SPAIN "Spanish rock is popular but sellspoorly, and non -Spanish rock fareseven worse", says Carlos Pina of indiealternative rock public network Radio3, of RNE, shortly after a sell-outStrokes concert in mid -March in a2,000 -plus capacity Madrid venue."Bands like The Strokes can fill con-cert halls, but they don't sell."

Cristobal Mendez, label manager atrock importer Locomotive Music,believes that in Spain, "bands that cre-ate some interest include The Strokes,White Stripes, Black Rebel MotorcycleClub, and the Hives, but very few oth-ers. There is a different sensitivityhere, where political radicalism is aninherent part of credible rock music."

National radio networks that playrock include Radio 3, and the moremainstream Cadena 100 and evenCHR Los 40 Principales on a specialistrock programme broadcast on Sundaysfrom midnight to 2am. A couple of 24 -hour TV music channels play rockvideos, including digital platform ViaDigital's Sol MUsica, and MTV Espana.

Boikot (Locomotive Music)Locomotive Music, which has offices inCologne, Philadelphia, and will soon

open near LosAngeles, has justseen its newsigning Boikotenter the salescharts for thefirst time in ninealbums with DeEspaldas AlMundo. "Boikot

[whose previous albums were recordedon their own label, Bkt] have a big fanbase, one of the first and most visitedwebsites in their genre, and a lot ofinterest was created around this newalbum as it is their first studio offeringfor three years," says CristobalMendez, label manager at LocomotiveMusic. Boikot's fast and furious rockharnesses socially aware lyrics of rageand feeling, covering topics such aspolice brutality, social exclusion, andother forms of injustice. Unlike manysmall fringe rock bands, Boikot has cutits teeth in territories that are far fromsoft-several visits to Italy wereshared with separate tours ofArgentina, Mexico and Cuba.

Howell Llewellyn

U.K. Alternative rock is currently thehottest ticket in the UK. Britpopshowed there was a market for guitarbands but its demise left little in theway of cool rock music to choose from.If nu -metal whetted the appetite, thearrival of The Strokes and BlackRebel Motorcycle Club, aided andabetted by the Nordic invasion

(Hives, Soundtrack Of Our Lives,Flaming Sideburns) have providedboth the mass media and consumerswith a hip alternative.

"It's cyclical, and a case of each gen-eration finding its own form of expres-sion and music makers looking atwhat's around and thinking 'how canwe be different?' believes public nation-al CHR station BBC Radio l's editor ofmusic policy, Alex Jones-Donelly. "Themost dynamic statement is sinceJanuary we started a new show late onMonday/early Tuesday called TheLock-up-the best in skate punk, alter-native, hip -hop, metal. There's a sec-tion of our audience demanding thisand we've had great feedback."

This view is shared by PaulJackson, programmer at UK rock sta-tion Virgin Radio. "It's all cyclical-we've seen R&B and dance grow anddiversify in the past few years and inthis fast changing world, we'realways looking for the next big thing."

Lostprophets (Visible Noise)

Given the saturation of US acts in theUK media and charts, it's no surprisea number of decent young domesticbands are starting to break throughand carry the fight back across theAtlantic. Hundred Reasons and TheCooper Temple Clause are drawingfavourable reviews, but Welsh actLostprophets are one rung further upthe commercial ladder. "We're excitedabout them and 100 Reasons and TheStrokes are really good for us," saysRadio l's Alex Jones Donelly. Signedto UK indie Visible Noise,Lostprophets are licensed for the restof the world to S.I.N.E. (Sony MusicIndependent Network Europe). "Wehave released and started working thealbum, The Fake Sound Of Progress,in most of the world-all of Europe,the US, Canada, Japan and through-out Asia, [and] Australia has sched-uled the album release for July," saysS.I.N.E.'s London -based VP market-ing, lbrsten Luth. "As this is a rockband, marketing planning stronglyemphasises and revolves around tour-ing. This is supported by upfrontstreet marketing. Brilliant live showswere the basis of their success in theUK and it is a pattern that followsthem wherever they go." In the US,Columbia has already seen early suc-cess with Lostprophets, says Luth."Only one single (Shinobi Vs DragonNinja) has gone to radio in the US sofar, but sales are picking up encourag-ingly. Ship [for the album] is current-ly beyond 110,000 units with morethan 55,000 scanned, resulting in *afirst dip into the Billboard 200." Luthsays this is down to "good response atand to radio, the shows and, increas-ingly, word of mouth. Again, their con-stant touring is a key factor. They areon their second tour at the moment-sponsored by MTV2-and will play allthe US Ozzfest dates later this year."

Adam Howorth

INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead (Interscope)Few bands come with a live reputation as fearsome as And You Will Know UsBy The Trail of Dead (pictured below). The Texan four -piece made their namewith an incendiary tour of the US that saw them barred from a number ofvenues for demolishing anything theycould lay their hands on after destroyingtheir equipment. Inspired by rock actsfrom The Who to Black Flag, the bandreleased their third album Source TagsAnd Codes (Interscope) earlier this year."And You Will Know Us By The Trail ofDead have something of a 'cult' following,built up over the past several yearsthrough continuous touring throughoutthe US and Europe," says Marina Baker, London -based international productmanager at Universal Music International. "The new album has been critical-ly acclaimed-especially in the UK and Germany, where the reviews have beenamazing. So they are strongest in the traditionally strong rock markets, but arenow selling out shows all over Europe. More recently we are seeing some realexcitement from Italy, where MTV are showing massive support for this band.The current single Another Morning Stoner is on MTV rotation, and MTV arefilming the show in Milan. There will be a follow-up single from the album-Relative Ways-which will be released in the UK initially. Ultimately, the Trailof Dead live show is the best way to experience exactly what this band are allabout. Their shows are now legendary-they manage to create a spontaneousperfect rock moment on a regular basis and, somehow, it isn't contrived,although a lot of duct tape is apparently required to splint things back togeth-er after a show. As Jason from the band says, The music is definitely whatcomes first for us and we want to make good songs...and when we play them weget rowdy'."

Hellacopters (Polar/Polydor)"Hellacopters just release vinyl," explains UMI's Dante Bonutto of the label'sSwedish act. "They wanted to work with us because they've 'bought' all thecredibility you can on an indie and wanted to 'up' their profile. Most of thesebands have been around for some time. Backyard Babies, who are on BMG now,and Hellacopters have a long tradition of this kind of music. Sweden's becomethe 'new Seattle'. Sweden is very tapped into American culture-it's been abooming scene there and some of the bands are now rising to the surface."

Idlewild (Parlophone)"We're setting up the Idlewild album The Remote Part across Europe," saysCapitol's international director Kevin Brown. "We established the band in the

UK first, as the previous single went Top10, which gives you the ammunition to gointo Europe and bang on doors. I'm opti-mistic the media will be more receptivenow to a band like Idlewild-rock withhooks that appeals to a pop audience. Themarket has caught up with them." The sin-gle American English is released on July 1followed by the album on July 15. Brownadds, "One of the strengths of Capitol's UK

roster is it doesn't follow any particular trend. Among all the majors, Capitolseems the least sheep -like." Another key act for Capitol this year, according toBrown, is "Hell Is For Heroes, who tend towards the nu -metal end of rock-thealbum's just been mixed and has strong hooks and good crossover potential."

The Music (Hut/Virgin)"The Music are a Hut -signed act who are produced by Johnny Marr. Their debutalbum is out on September 2," explains Virgin's international marketing directorLucy Avery. Their first two singles were EP and The People which got most supportfrom Xfin (alternative), Radio 1 and MTV. In the rest of Europe it's early days butthe live element is crucial-the singer is mesmerising. They've already toured inFrance, Holland, Belgium, Italy and Germany in January and February. This acthas had the most enthusiastic response from the affiliates worldwide. We're gettingspecialty shows in Europe-The Move in France and Studio 21 in Brussels, Radio3 in Spain. In Germany you rarely get mainstream radio support so, being a keyrock market, you can't rely on it being supportive." Another key act for Virgin areHaven. Avery says their debut album Between The Senses "has nearly gone silverin the UK 'They're doing a tour in mid -May in Germany with promotion for Vivaand MTV and support from Eins Live-they've got to number 77 in the airplaychart in Germany with their first international single Say Something. They'redoing the festivals in the summer and a club tour of Europe in September."

The Strokes (Rough Trade/BMG)The undisputed faces of the new alternative rock scene are New York's TheStrokes (front page artists in M&M last July). Signed to Rough Trade in theUK and released through BMG in Europe, the band are steeped in the garagerock scene of their home city. "In 20 years' time, they'll say about a new band`they sound just like the Strokes!'" points out BMG Senior EuropeanMarketing manager Marcus Ehresman. In addition to The Strokes, who haveso far sold 750,000 albums in Europe, BMG rock acts include The CooperTemple Clause, The Calling, Electric Soft Parade and Spiritualized.

Adam Howorth

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Rock radio: the great dividebut the sound of the music thatcauses people to tune in on both

sides of the Atlantic could not be fur-ther apart.

There is no better illustration of thedifferences between European and USradio than to look at what gets playedat rock radio. Actually, it's at that par-ticular point where the differencesbegin, since there isn't much specialistrock radio at all in Europe. Most rocktracks tend to get aired in Europe onCHR, Alternative or AC stations.

Nowhere in Europe has the rockformat reached the same levels ofsophistication that it has in the US.Every week, M&M's sister publicationin the US, Rock Airplay Monitor, listsspecific sub -format charts for ModernRock, Active Rock, Heritage Rock,

AIRPIAY ANALYSISTriple -A and Mainstream Rock.

For this article, we asked NielsenBDS, the company which electronical-ly monitors airplay data in the US, tosupply us with the most -played rocktracks in 2001 by Modern Rock sta-tions. In parallel, BDS's counterpartin Europe, Music Control, has sup-plied the most -played rock tracks atEuropean radio in general in 2001.

In the US, the formats of the tracksare defined by the stations that areplaying them, but for this Europeanchart which covers the output of alltypes of music radio stations, it hasbeen necessary to define what consti-tutes a rock track. Hence there aretracks such as Travis' Sing, which topsthe European rock chart, and songs by

The Top 50 most playedtracks on US Modern

Rock radio in 20011 Drive/Incubus (Immortal/Epic)2 It's Been A While/Staind Flip/Elektra/EEG3 Hanging By A Moment/Lifehouse (DreamWorks)4 Schism/Tool (Tool Dissectional/Volcano)5 Crawling/Linkin Park (Warner Bros)6 Hash Pipe/Weezer (Geffen/Interscope)7 Fat Lip/Sum 41 (Island/IDJMG)8 Smooth CriminallAlient Ant Farm (New Noize/DreamWorks)9 Hemorrhage (In My Hands)/Fuel 550 (Music/Epic)10 South SidelMoby Feat. Gwen Stefani (V2)11 Butterfly/Crazy Town (Columbia)12 One Step Closer/Linkin Park (Warner Bros)13 How You Remind Me/Nickelback (Roadrunner)14 The Rock Show/Blink-182 (MCA)15 Outside/Aaron Lewis/Fred Durst (Flawless/Geffen/Interscope)16 Control/Puddle Of Mudd (Flawless/Geffen/rnterscope)17 Breakdown/Tantric (Maverick)18 Yellow/Coldplay (Capitol)19 My Way/Limp Bizkit (Flip/Interscope)20 Wish You Were Here/Incubus (Immortal/Epic)21 Clint EastwoodlGorillaz (Virgin)22 Down With The Sickness/Disturbed (Giant/Reprise)23 Flavor Of The Weak/American Hi-Fi (Island/IDJMG)24 Your Disease/Saliva (Island/IDJMG)25 Renegades Of Funk/Rage Against The Machine (Epic)26 Awake/Godsmack (Republic/Universal)27 Duck And Run/3 Doors Down (Republic/Universal)28 Drops Of Jupiter (Tell Me)/Train (Columbia)29 Short Skirt/Long Jacket/Cake (Columbia)30 Warning/Green Day (Reprise)31 Innocent/Fuel (Epic)32 The Space Between/Dave Matthews Band (RCA)33 Loser/3 Doors Down (Republic/Universal)34 Fade/Staind (Flip/Elektra/EEG)35 In The End/Linkin Park (Warner Bros)36 Alive/P.O.D. (Atlantic)37 Outside/Staind (Flip/Elektra/EEG)38 You Wouldn't BelieveI311 (Volcano)39 Giving In/Adema (Arista)40 Rollin'/Limp Bizkit (Flip/Interscope)41 I Did It/Dave Matthews Band (RCA)42 Chop Suey/System Of A Down (American/Columbia)43 Island In The SunlWeezer (Geffen/Interscope)44 Voices/Disturbed (Giant/Reprise)45 Dream On/Depeche Mode (Mute/Reprise)46 Bad Day/Fuel (Epic)47 Elevation/U2 (Island/Interscope)48 Days Of The Week/Stone Temple Pilots (Atlantic)49 Man Overboard/Blink-182 (MCA)50 Beautiful Day/U2 (Island/Interscope)

Source: BDS

acts such as Mark Knopfler, BryanAdams or Bon Jovi which would nothave qualified for the US ModernRock chart printed here.

As has already been noted in ourRock Issue, US radio tends to rockmuch harder than European broad-casters. At Modern Rock radio inAmerica, the riff -heavy sounds ofTool, Godsmack, Tantric, Incubus

(topping the chart with Drive butnowhere to be seen in the Europeanlisting), System of a Down and PuddleOf Mudd set the pace.

A few acts Overlap, such as Creed,Staind (pictured), Lifehouse and LimpBizkit. Veteran Irish rockers U2 alsoscore on both sides of the Atlantic, asdo Canadian newcomers Nickelback.

Another difference is that US rockradio tends to play first and foremostNorth American acts, whereasEuropean stations tend to draw onartists from a wider geographical origin.

The same comparison will be inter-esting to make at the end of 2002, tosee if the recent opening of Europeanairwaves to harder sounds will beconfirmed. For the moment, it is stillat an embryonic stage.

Emmanuel Legrand

The Top 50 most playedrock tracks on European

radio in 20011 Sing/Travis (Independiente/Sony)2 Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of/U2 (Island/Universal)3 Drops Of Jupiter (Tell Me)/Train (Columbia/Sony)4 Teenage Dirtbag/Wheatus (Columbia/Sony)5 Elevation/U2 (Island/Universal)6 Jaded/Aerosmith (Columbia/Sony)7 Beautiful DayIU2 (Island/Universal)8 Heaven Is A Halfpipe/OPM (Atlantic/Warner)9 Again/Lenny Kravitz (Virgin/EMI)10 Smooth Criminall Alient Ant Farm (Dreamworks/Universal)11 Dig In/Lenny Kravitz (Virgin/EMI)12 It's My LifelBon Jovi (Mercury/Universal)13 So Why So Sad/Manic Street Preachers (Epic/Sony)14 Yellow/Coldplay (Parlophone/EMI)15 It's Been A While/Staind (Elektra/Warner)16 Hanging By A Moment/Lifehouse (Dreamworks/Universal)17 Road Trippin'/Red Hot Chili Peppers (Warner Bros/Warner)18 With Arms Wide Open/Creed (Epic/Sony)19 In The End/Linkin Park (Warner Bros/Warner)20 If You're Gone/Matchbox Twenty (Lava/Atlantic/Warner)21 Revolving Door/Crazy Town (Columbia/Sony)22 Shining LightlAsh (Infectious)23 What It Is/Mark Knopfler (Mercury/Universal)24 God Gave Me EverythinglMick Jagger (Virgin/EMI)25 How You Remind Me/Nickelback (Roadrunner)26 Up On The Downside/Ocean Colour Scene (Island/Universal)27 Ocean Spray/Manic Street Preachers (Epic/Sony)28 Maria Maria/Santana (Arista/BMG)29 Pretending/Him (Terrier/BMG)30 Fly Away From Here/Aerosmith (Columbia/Sony)31 I Don't Want To Miss A Thing/Aerosmith (Columbia/Sony)32 Californication/Red Hot Chili Peppers (Warner Bros/Warner)33 Warning/Green Day (Reprise/Warner)34 Original PranksterlThe Offspring (Columbia/Sony)35 Change/Phats & Small (Multiply)36 The Space Between/Dave Matthews Band (RCA/BMG)37 Bitter Sweet SymphonylThe Verve (Hut/Virgin/EMI)38 Candy/Ash (Infectious)39 Drive/Incubus (Epic/Sony)40 When You're GonelBryan Adams (A&M/Universal)41 Sailing To PhiladelphialMark Knopfler (Mercury/Universal)42 My Way/Limp Bizkit (Interscope/Universal)43 Special IC/Placebo (Hut/Virgin/EMI)44 Rollin'ILimp Bizkit (Interscope/Universal)45 Burn Baby BurnlAsh (Infectious)46 Next Year/Foo Fighters (RCA/BMG)47 Sweetest Thing/U2 (Island/Universal)48 Fat Lip/Sum 41 (Island/Universal)49 In Joy And Sorrow/Him (Terrier/BMG)50 Don't Get Me Wrong/The Pretenders (Warner Bros/Warner)

Source: Music Control

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US radio is rocking (again)Not since the grunge waveof the early '90s has rockbeen so popular at USradio-not only spe-cialised rock radio, butalso Top 40 formatted sta-tions. Frank Saxe reportsfrom New York where theairwaves are filled with thelikes of P.O.D., Limp Bizkit,Creed and many more.

R.O.C.K. in the USA (clockwisefrom top right): Korn, Incubus,Linkin Park, Jeff Pollack, FredJacobs.

on the radio in Americatoday and you'll hear the growl-ing guitar of Creed, Limp Bizkitand Nickelback-and that's onthe Top 40 station. As the pop

sounds that have dominatedAmerican radio over the past severalyears quickly fade, rock music is surg-ing, and with it so too is rock radio.

"It's a really exciting time that isvery much unprecedented over thepast 25 years of the format," says con-sultant Fred Jacobs, explaining thatrock format has become mass appeal."It's selling and is therefore crossingover and spreading. I just haven'tseen a period like [the one] we're see-

ing now." The Record IndustryAssociation of America says in 2001,rock records accounted for 24% ofsales-twice that of pop and hip -hop.

End of pop cycle"We've been waiting for the pop cycleto go away," says Jim McGuinn, pro-gramme director of modern rockWPLY, Philadelphia. He's not alone.Talk to just about any programmer inthe States, and they are dancing onthe grave of top 40 radio.

"The audience is getting over theirhangover of Backstreet Boys andBritney," jokes Neil Mersky, PD ofActive Rock KQRS in Kansas City.

While there may be truth to that,consultant Jeff Pollack says it is halfof a two-part equation: "First, the

quality of the rock music is high, andsecond, the quality of pop music islow."

Darker soundsThe shift toward rock radio comes ata time when a number of harder,darker sounds fill the charts. Notwhat you would expect to find cross-ing over to top 40. Phil Costello, SVPof promotions at Reprise Recordsagrees that pop acts are fading, butsays a lot of what is happening is aresult of radio's youngest demos. "Askids get older, say 11 to 14 years old-and males in particular-they gothrough a transition where they go

from pop to rock radio and areimpacted by that culture of rockradio," he says.

Others point to the college cam-puses, the Internet, MTV, and livetours as ways in which music isspreading, only making it to radioonce a base has been established.Costello says that only helps in anincreasingly bottom line -focusedradio world. "When radio shows upthere is that comfort zone for pro-grammers because they are gettingpositive feedback from the listener,"he says.

A key influence in getting thingsmoving for rock radio was the fusionof rap and rock, from bands such asLinkin Park and Rage Against theMachine.

Seattle's KFNK was launched inthe summer of 1999 as FunkyMonkey 104.9, built on the hybridsound of hip -hop meets rock. "Our lis-teners grew up on hip -hop," saysPD/owner Bob Case. "Their influencesare just as much hip -hop as rock."

Across the country in Hartford,Connecticut, WCCC programmedirector Michael Picozzi saw a similartrend. "A whole generation grew upwith rock and hip -hop, listening andwatching both, and their music endedup combining those two genres."

The combination can also be cred-ited with helping revive a format seenas stodgy and out of touch with con-temporary 15 -year -olds. "Rock needsa surge of new energy and ideas, andunless it has that, it's just not veryexciting," says Pollack. To youngerdemographics, bands like P.O.D. fitthe bill. "It is a recognition that youngpeople have very diverse taste," addsPollack. "This hybrid takes intoaccount people love different types ofmusic, from Jay Z to SmashingPumpkins."

Yet consultants' research and pro-grammers' first hand experiencesaround the country found the newmusic sent the upper demographicsscrambling for the off button. But notto worry. As the cycles spin, the rock -rap sound has started its long declineas the hip-hop/rock hybrid hasreached saturation. Rock radio ismoving toward harder, darkersounds, while at the same time it isbeginning to embrace the low-fi/emosounds of bands like White Stripes,The Hives, and The Strokes.

Melting pot"It's a very interesting melting pot,"says Keith Hastings, programmedirector at WLZR in Milwaukee. "Itgets trickier to determine what holdsup. It's very healthy, but it makes myjob tougher to determine that blend.Three years ago, bands like Korn andLimp Bizkit seemed to be harder thantoday-but stuff is harder now."

The mix of genres helped bringmore people to the format as well."There is a greater accessibility tothis music. It has mass appeal," saysJacobs. He credits crossover hits likeCreed's Arms Wide Open and LinkinPark's In the End to waking Top 40 upto what was happening on rock radio.

As rock has made a comeback, Top40 programmers have increasinglylooked to rock radio for new hitrecords, and to a lesser degree, newartists. Hip -hop sounds bleedingthrough rock tracks only made thesound even more accessible to R&B-laden Top 40 radio.

One label executive points to LosAngeles, where powerhouse ModernRock KROQ has ranked number onefor the past two ratings periods. Thathas led Top 40 KIIS and Hot AC KSYRto jump quicker on his rock acts.

Costello has seen the same thinghappen. "Top 40 is playing rockrecords in a more aggressive fashion.

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If they have a story at rock radio orare selling, it ends up impacting partof the pop audience."

McGuinn says it is to be expected,since Top 40 is experiencing the samephenomena that Modern Rock sta-tions did last year-when hardersounds became more palatable."Familiarity softens the hard edges. Ifyou hear it enough, it sounds a loteasier on the ears."

That brings rock radio back to asituation it seemingly can't getenough of-deciding whether to drophit records because they've beenpoached by the Top 40 station.

Ratings and revenues"I'd be shooting myself in the foot if Idropped hit records," says John Ross,PD of WJBX/WRXK Fort Myers inFlorida. While he knows that his pri-mary listeners (Pis) will burn out ona track, he says it will give his sec-ondary (P2s and P3s) more reason tolisten. "Which means ratings and rev-enues," he adds.

"The whole paradigm is you breaka band, play the big song, and whenTop 40 adds it, it's time to drop it,"says Jacobs. The consultant admitshe has had to ease the concerns ofnervous programmers as they watchthe burn scores on their music rise."When Top 40 moves on to the nextbig thing, if rock develops artist andthe format, it is going to have newbands for a format that really needsnew songs," he tells them.

That doesn't mean the welcomemat is still out for all artists. Merskysays once AC stations began playingtracks from Matchbox 20 and the GooGoo Dolls, both acts were off his sta-tion. Of course, it is unlikely P.O.D.will turn up on an AC playlist any-time soon.

Although they have mixed emo-tions about Top 40 stations borrowingrock acts, most rock programmers feelit is more a problem for Top 40 thanrock. "They have to use pop songs asglue to hold it all together," says Case."So when they get out on the fringeswith rock, they're in trouble."

The cyclical nature of music andradio formats means today's hot prop-erty is tomorrow's forgotten format.The last time rock radio was surgingin America was a decade ago, whenthe Seattle grunge scene took over theairwaves. Today, acts like Nirvanaand Pearl Jam provide rock radiowith gold tracks.

No revolutionFor WPLY's Jim McGuinn, the cur-rent rock resurgence has left himwith an empty feeling, compared tothe grunge movement. "That felt likea revolution. I don't think this is arevolution." He believes the rise ofgrunge was a culmination of a build-ing movement in rock, which began inthe mid -1980s with bands likeHusker Du.

At grunge's ground zero, Seattle'sBob Case agrees, "Grunge was a totalsensation. It was just everywhere youturned. My mom knows who KurtCobain was." He feels today's move-ment is simply not as significant. Theproblem is that the fractured sound of

rock radio today is without a single,galvanising personality. "For thingsto get that big, there has to be abreak-out personality," says Case.

That is not to say what is happen-ing on rock radio today is all bad."The crossover potential is muchhigher," says Hastings. The health ofthe Classic Rock format proves thatbaby boomers are still rocking, saysHastings, pointing to the fact thatfathers and sons are sharing musiclike never before. "It's harder for rockto be polarising because music's gen-eration walls have been broken downover the past few years."

Adds Jacobs, "These new bands,while they may not have the histori-cal significance of grunge, they havethe commercial success." He com-pares the current trend to the "corpo-rate rock" sound of the '70s, when

senior director of promotions forRoadrunner Records. "A lot of PDs arefocusing on instant reaction records. Idon't see them taking time to developartists and songs. A lot of radio islooking for an instant hit. They'reweaning away from songs and artiststhat need time to develop."

Artist supportGuilty as charged, says Ross. "Themoment a record wobbles, it getspulled. You jump off it immediatelybecause there is something waiting inthe wings. The baby bands getsquashed."

Yet Picozzi believes the blame lieswith the labels, who are unwilling togive artists long-term support."Bands are coming and going. Thewhole pace of the industry is faster.So we're back to songs again, instead

thing stops. That was absolutely notthe case at the end of 2001."

Yet McGuinn, who entered the for-mat during the heyday of grunge, isless optimistic. "I see trouble ahead.It is really fractured and it's hard toget the momentum growing."

Perhaps the future lies somewherein between. Reprise's Costello saysmusic flows in cycles, and whatbrought about rock's current upturnwill circle round to be its downfall."When a cycle comes to an end, it'sbecause of over -saturation of a partic-ular genre." Rock radio is tappingseveral musical variations at themoment, so Costello feels its healthystate may last longer, even thoughTop 40 radio is burning out rockradio's hits.

Pollack, who consults a number ofstations across Europe, says in

R.O.C.K. in the USA (clockwise from top left): Jim McGuinn, The Strokes, Nirvana's Kurt Cobain, Creed,System Of A Down, Keith Hastings, Limp Bizkit, Neal Mersky, Michael Picozzi.

rock acts like Journey and Foreignerhelped solidify the format's record -selling viability.

The in -box in the programmingoffice has become increasingly full oftoo many possible power adds, andmany music and programme directorsfreely admit they no longer give arecord as long as they once did tomake it.

Says Jacobs, "So much of rock isartist based, but this success is aboutsongs. That has been a shift in para-digm for rock stations."

For record labels hoping to buildan artist, it is a familiar source of irri-tation. "The window is getting small-er and smaller," says Elias Chios,

of bands," he says.One music director adds that when

a record doesn't immediately take offand the CDs are stacking up, "it putspressure on. We try to give it amonth."

Rock radio's last boost lastedroughly five years, when boy bandscame along to offer an alternative tothe dark sounds of grunge. Pollackbelieves rock radio is about half waythrough its current high. "The surgehas another 18 months to post," hepredicts. "It's a very healthy energy."

Consider last autumn, saysJacobs, who noted the number offourth quarter releases. "Normally inrock radio, in mid -November every -

America there is definitely anappetite for angrier music. "It isoften quite a different thing becausemusic is harder in the US.Ultimately, there is a much largerfollowing in pop and dance than rockin Europe, to a lesser degree in theUK and Germany."

Angry is better"Loud is better," agrees Ross. "Angryis better right now. We've got anangry generation that likes it hard."

"Maybe listeners are getting moreadventurous," adds Mersky. "A lot ofit is darker and harder, but the worldis darker and harder, especially sinceSeptember 11."

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EisenherzLei, Witt - Epic (Not Listed)

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All I Want Is You CH.UKIRL.NL97 65 2 Bellefire - Virgin (Blue Mountain)

I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman ACH.D.FL.F.UKIRLLNL.S.WA30 23 13 Britney Spears - Jive (Warner Chappell I Zomba I Maratone)

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Li Park ACHHFLFUK.GRKHUN.IRLNL.N.POLWA Dido FUKIRLWA77 63 72 No Angel - Cheeky 1 Arista 043 29 70 Hybrid Theory - Warner Bros. CI

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99 2 Tango Royal - Universal Classics & Jazz

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Rosa E50 42 2 Rosa - RCA

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Laith Al Deen D52 48 2 Melomanie - ColumbiaBilly Crawford CH. NI, WA86 68 5 Ride - V2

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Gordon Haskell FIN.NL.POL88 77 2 Harry's Bar - East West-Soundtrack A.CH.D.E.FL.F.UKGRE.HUNNLPOLWA# 49 3 Star Wars Episode II - Attack Of The Clones - Sony Classical Die Toten Hosen A.D ...,,, Stachurski POLLoP Final - Snake's Music56 17 Auswartsspiel -JKP 1 East WestIndochine CH.FWA

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Westlife A.D.UKIRL L98 44 27 World Of Our Own -RCA Ei

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Jean -Jacques Goldman CH.FWA59 45 26 Chansons Pour Les Pieds - ColumbiaTravis UKGRE.IRL

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Nomadi60 43 4 Amore Che Prendi Amore Che Dai - CGD

Thastrom94 75 3 Mannen Som Blev En Gris - Mistlur/MNW

Sheryl Crow ACH.D.PL.F.UKIRL.NL.S.WA27 20 6 C'Mon C'Mon - A&MLorie CH.F.WA

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Nuria Fermi E64 52 4 Brisia De Esperanza - UniversalRush FIN. UK

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10 6 Sugababes - Freak Like Me (Island)TW LW ALBUMS1 NE Moby - 18 (Mute)2 NE Queen - Greatest Hits I, II & Ill (Parlophone)3 2 Enrique Iglesias - Escape (Interscope)4 5 Mary J. Blige - No More Drama (MCA)5 4 Nickelback - Silver Side Up(Roadrunner/Universali6 NE Van Morrison - Down The Road (Polydor)7 12 Pink - M!ssundaztood (Arista)8 10 Kylie Minogue - Fever (Parlophone)9 1 Doves - The Last Broadcast (Heavenly)

10 8 Kosheen - Resist (Arista)

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NE Liberty X - Just A Little (V2) 11 Ronan Keating - If Tomorrow Never Comes(Polydor) 2

NE Enrique Iglesias - Escape (Interscope) 3NE Fat Joe feat. Ashanti - What's Luv? (East West) 42 Holly Valance - Kiss Kiss (London) 5

NE Pink - Don't Let Me Get Me (Arista) 64 S Club Juniors - One Step Closer (Polydor) 75 Nigel Et Marvin - Follow Da Leader(Relentless) 8

NE Milk Inc. - In My Eyes(All Around The World) 9

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1 No Angels - Something About Us (Polydor)3 Wonderwall - Just More (WEA)2 Scooter - Nessaja (Edel)

NE Jan Wayne - Because The Night (Edel)4 Mad'House - Like A Prayer (Edel)7 P.O.D. - Youth Of The Nation (East West)6 Marilyn Manson - Tainted Love (WEA)11 Tiziano Ferro - Perdono (EMI)5 Ronan Keating - If Tomorrow Never Comes(Polydor)

10 NE Fat Joe feat. Ashanti - What's Luv? (East West)TW LW ALBUMS1 NE Moby -18 (Virgin)2 1 A -Ha - Lifelines (WEA)3 NE Joe Cocker - Respect Yourself (Capitol)4 2 Bohse Onkelz - Dopamin (Virgin)5 5 Xavier Naidoo Zwischenspiel Aka Fin Den Herrn (SPV)

6 4 Reinhard Mey - Rum Hart (EMI)7 3 Celine Dion - A New Day Has Come (Columbia)8 7 P.O.D. - Satellite (East West)9 6 Shakira - Laundry Service (Epic)

10 NE Van Morrison - Down The Road (Polydor)

TW LW SINGLES1 1 Bratisla Boys - Stach Stach (M6 Int./Sony)2 2 Johnny Hallyday - Tous Ensemble(Mercury)3 3 Shakira - Whenever Wherever (Epic)4 4 Natacha St Pier - Tu Trouveras (Columbia)5 6 Mad'House - Like A Prayer (Ulm)6 8 Indochine - J'Ai Demande La Lune (Columbia)7 10 Tiziano Ferro - Perdono (EMI)8 5 Jenifer - J'Attends L'Amour (Island)9 11 Love United - Live For Love United (Epic)

10 9 Rohff - Qui Est L'Exemple (Hostile/Virgin)TW LW ALBUMS1 NE Moby - 18 (Mute/Labels)2 1 Lynda Lemay - Les Lettres Rouges (WEA)3 2 Indochine

media®...2002/06/01 · alex jones-donelly, editor of music policy at bbc public chr station radio...

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