Artist · chart history
Headstrong
Band Canada Active 1998–2003 Canadian alternative metal band
Headstrong formed in 1998 in Canada and was active until 2003. Headstrong has 5 chart appearances on 4 radio countdowns from 4 stations on RockLists, spanning 2002. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Swing Harder”, which appears on 2 lists with a best position of #34. The station that charted Headstrong most often is KNAC (Los Angeles, CA), with 2 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2002.
Headstrong were a Canadian band built from two old friendships that met in 1993. Cohen and Krass had grown up together in the Niagara Region, writing and playing in one outfit after another since 1987 on a diet of Living Colour, Guns N' Roses, Gwar, classic rock and punk. Kinna and Matthews knew each other from Toronto and the same summer camp. Krass, Kinna and Matthews were all living in Saugeen-Maitland Hall at the University of Western Ontario, while Cohen was studying Music Industry Arts at Fanshawe College.
The band began life as bomb32 before becoming Headstrong, formed in 1998, and landed in rap rock territory: hip-hop cadences punched into crunching, chest-out guitars, the kind of sound that drew comparisons with 311, Stone Temple Pilots and Rage Against the Machine. RCA put out their self-titled album in 2002, with "Swing Harder" swinging hardest and "Adriana" riding alongside it.
It was their only one. RCA dropped them, and in 2003 Headstrong called it a day.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Headstrong on radio countdowns
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 91 | Adriana | WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2002 |
| 2002 | 75 | Swing Harder | WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2002 |
| 2002 | 105 | Backlash | WBER Listener Countdown 2002 |
| 2002 | 34 | Swing Harder | KNAC Top 105 Songs of 2002 |
| 2002 | 90 | Adriana | KNAC Top 105 Songs of 2002 |
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