Aug. 14, 1992 ISSUE #289 708 Stokes Road Medford, NJ 08055 phone: (609) 65 fax: --C609) 654-e)bb1.. TOP PRIORITY R t r WHAT GOD WANTS, PART 1 HARD ACT TO FOLLOW VON mu m, ONCE IS NOT ENOUGH ALTERNATIVE PICK INSIDE: HARD RITTER II A YEAR AGO KFMQ BOUNCED GA 3E BAPTISTE . HE AND 'HE BLAZE JUST BEAT 'EN. 5.2 TO 3 I IN ONE BOOK! •:rs OFFICIAL!!! STERN STARTS AT WNCX ON THE 31ST! RTLIABLg SOURCES SAY KEGL/DA-LAS ALSO A DCZE: DEAL • :MAGO X'S ALEX MILLER . ELEICTRA UPS JC:le IESHAY al GORDON ANDERSON GETS SAVAGE RECORDS 'TF/1314 STRIPES ?NE REGIONAL PROMO POSITIONS ALSO AN/TDM4CED II IRE LATEST ON SHIFT SHAKEUPS A T KRQR AND ZQLZ • JJ.NI LANE DEALS WITH SOME HAM CAREER QUESTIONS II AIM JUST EXACTLY WHO IS REPLACING WHO MERE? MOMS THORN IN MY SIDE CARVING OUT A NICHE IN THE 90's • 7,.1111111- II It s «Es w it a im-11" -k c oz. rim c•-re. 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Ro.eande Hard Hundred Tw Artist Track Tw Artist Track 1 BLACK CRO WES "Thorn In My Pride" I 51 Roxy Blue "Luv On Me" 2 U2 "Even Better Than ..." 52 Lindsey Buckingham "Wrong" 3 SPIN DOCTORS "Little Miss ." 53 Ozzy Osbourne "Road To Nowhere" 4 Damn Yankees "Don't Tread On Me" 54 ELP "Affairs Of The ..." 5 TOM COCHRANE "No Regrets" 55 THE SIGHS "Think About Soul" 6 TEMPLE OF THE DOG "Hunger Strike" 56 THE MEN "Blue Town" 7 JOE SATRIANI "Summer Song" 57 LYNCH MOB "Dream Until..." 8 SASS JORDAN "You Don't Have " 58 George Harrison "Taxman" » D 9 BAD COMPANY "How About That" 59 ELECTRIC BOYS "Dying To Be Loved" 10 ELTON JOHN "Runaway Train" 60 Ozzy Osbourne "Mr. Tinkertrain" 11 DEF LEPPARD "Have You Ever" 61 Delbert McClinton "Every Time I ..." 12 Del Amitri "Always The Last ..." 62 Metallica "Wherever I May ..." 13 JOE WALSH "Vote For Me" 63 21 GUNS "Knee Dee e" 14 ARC ANGELS "Sent By Angels" » D 64 WARRANT "Machine Gun" 15 INXS "Heaven Sent" 65 MEGADETH "S ihon Of..." 16 John Mellencamp "Last Chance" 66 GENESIS "Jesus He Knows Me" 17 Guns N' Roses "November Rain" 67 Matthew Sweet "Girlfriend" 18 RED HOT/PEPPERS "Breaking The Girl" 68 RINGO STARR "Don't Go Where ..." 19 SAIGON KICK "Love Is On The Way" 69 Genesis "Driving The Last ..." 20 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN "Leap Of Faith" 70 JEFFREY GAINES "Scares Me More" 21 ALICE IN CHAINS "Would?" 71 Slik Toxik "White Lies, ..." 22 Slaughter "Real Love" 72 Elton John "The One" 23 BONHAM "Change Of A Season" 73 Bruce Springsteen "57 Channels" 24 Nirvana "Lithium" 74 Def Leppard "Tonight" 25 JOE COCKER "Love Is Alive" 75 Black Crowes "Remedy" 26 Pearl Jam "Jeremy" 76 KIM MITCHELL "World's Such A ..." 27 Roger Daltrey "Days Of Light" 77 The Cure "Friday I'm In Love" 28 Faith No More "MidLife Crisis" 78 Matthew Sweet "I've Been Waiting" 29 Tesla "Song & Emotion" 79 Red Hot Chili Peppers "Under The Bridge" 30 INXS "Not Enough Time" 80 MARK CURRY "Sorry About The ... 31 POORBOYS "Brand New ..." » D 81 FIREHOUSE "When I Look Into ..." 32 G. THOROGOOD "I'm A Steady " 82 Def Leppard "Make Love Like A ..." 33 Black Crowes "Sting Me" 83 Soup Dragons "Divine Thing" 34 The Men "Church Of Logic, ..." 84 Lynch Mob "Tangled In A Web" 35 Pearl Jam "Even Flow" 85 Cracker "Teen Angst" 36 The Zoo "Shakin' The Cage" 86 Firehouse "Reach For The Sky" 37 KISS "Domino" 87 John Mellencam • "Now More Than ..." 38 Material Issue "What Girls Want" » D 88 LITFLE CAESAR "Slow Ride" 39 Toad The Wet S rocket .."All I Want" 89 Mitch Malloy "NobodyWins In..." » D 40 JUDE COLE "Start The Car" 12 1) 90 BRYAN ADAMS "Do I Have To SaN 41 SOUL KITCHEN "I Need It Bad" 91 Giant "Stay" 42 LYLE LOVETT "You've Been So ..." 92 Stevie Ray Vaughan "Little Wing" 43 PATTY SMYTH "Sometimes Love ..." 93 Doc Lawrence "Come Dry Your Eyes" 44 HARDLINE "Hot Cherie" » D 94 KING'S X "Dream In My Life" 45 FASTER PUSSYCAT "Nonsto i To Nowhere" 95 SONNY LANDRETH "When You're Awa' 46 Arc Angels "Living In A Dream" » D 47 RONNIE WOOD "Show Nle" 97 NILS LOFGREN "Just A Little" 48 JACKYL "I Stand Alone" » D 98 DIXIE DREGS "Kashmir" 49 DELBERT McCLINTON"Why Me?" » D 99 GEORGE HARRISON 'While My Guitar ..." 50 ERIC CLAPTON "Layla" 100 TROUBLE "Memo 's Garden" PLEASE NOTE: There is a reason we're not indicating "last week/this week" chart numbers on the Hard Hundred this issue. After careful examination, we have decided our mainstream AOR chart numbers would be more accurate without including our COR and AAA reporting station playlists. After all, those particular sub-formats have their own charts, so why shouldn't mainstream programmers benefit from a similarly stratified sample. So, the KNACs and KBCOs are out, the WNORs and WDVEs are front and center — and we think you'll agree that this refinement makes for a significantly more cohesive chart. Naturally, debuts are bulleted, as are tracks and albums which demonstrated continued growth in the context of target stations. BILL HARD JOHN LOSCALZO LISA RIEGEL COLLIE HARD Editor/Publisher Associate Editor Assistant Editor Comptroller CHRISTINE BLACK MIKE MARRONE BETH RENAUD AMY BIRCH Metal Editor Alternative Editor Associate Alternative Editor Research/Advertising JIM CROWE 10E HILCER KEN SUBRAMANIAN Music Director La out Editor Executive Data S stems Published weekly by The Hard Report, Inc. 4 Trading Post Way, Medford Lakes, NI 08055 Editorial/Metal Assistant Editorial Assistant IENNI GLENN Contributing Editors II WEINSTEIN Metal Assistant MIKE COOPER Paste up JODIE FABRICUS JONATHAN WRIGHT JOAN LOVENDOSKI Com ment. deadline Wednesday 2 PM JESSE NASH Industry com ment. and opinions ere not neoeiesar..y of The Hard Report or Ito employ s. 609-654-7272 609-654-8852 (FAX THE HARD REPORT 3 AUGUST 14, 1992 Top Priority Roger Waters, "What God Wants, Part I", Columbia The creative mind behind Darlcside Of The Moon, The Wall, Pros And Cons Of Hitchhiking, and Radio KA.O.S., continues his reign as the master of the "concept" album. II o g r M a t r Started three years before Operation Desert Storm, Amused To Death tackles the issue of War in the nineties, and its exploitation on television. With Waters, you can count on his three dimensional views, and a journey with one of the most prolific philosophers in rock and roll. After one listen to the first single, you'll realize Waters has taken a step back to his past to deliver his new message. The single is close to "Not Now John" while the whole project falls in line with The Wall due to its sharp sound effects that bridge the material so seamlessly. Jeff Beck's brilliant guitar work only adds to the richness of the 7' J moment, as this display of "power" rock and roll is strong enough to infect and affect us for years to come. Using the building blocks of his past Rogers has stepped out and reached into our future, to help w , 'Allne mankind (as well as himself) learn a little more about ourselves, our world and where we're going. Disturbing? You bet! Reality makes for great music, and we can count on Waters to give us a large enough dose to last us a lifetime. Hard Act TO FOLLOW Von Groove, "Once Is Not Enough". EMIRG/Chrysalis From the same label that brought you Slaughter a few years ago comes another "Gotta Have It" band for radio. Every now and then a new unit comes along with all the right elements to make everything fall into line. Von Groove hails from the Great White North (Toronto) and bring down a sound as strong as an Alberta Clipper. What Def Leppard was to the format ten years ago, Von Groove could be for the early '90s. Thick hooks and hard driving guitar work will put these guys on the map in a major way. There's nothing pretentious or trite here either. There may be a tinge of formula rock, but the group has the ability to make it real with their musicianship and extreme tightness. There's no doubt that these boys have been playing together for a while and know what it takes to get American Radio excited. Bring this into your music festival of a meeting this week and you'll hear a resounding "uh-huh" come out of the speakers! Hard Acts TO FOLLO W Ugly Kid Joe, "Neighbor," Stardog/Mercury You're Danzig, "Dirty Black Summer," Def American Glenn probably saying to yourself, "Self, Danzig's first band The Misfits didn't we just crank a new record scared the hell out of us with from UKI a few weeks ago?" The "Mommy Can I Go Out And Kill answer, of course, is "yes!" But Tonight?," a huge song with New "Everything About You" was from York punks in 1982. The album it the E.P.As Uev As They Wanna Be came from, Walk Among Us, was The Mr.