Artist · chart history
Pop Evil
Band North Muskegon United States Formed 2001
Pop Evil formed in 2001 in North Muskegon, United States. Pop Evil has 38 chart appearances on 27 radio countdowns from 9 stations on RockLists, spanning 2009–2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “What Remains”, which appears on 3 lists with a best position of #5. The station that charted Pop Evil most often is 98KUPD (Phoenix, AZ), with 18 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2021.
Pop Evil came out of North Muskegon, Michigan, in 2001, started by singer Leigh Kakaty, whose roots went back to a late-'90s outfit called TenFive with guitarist Jason Reed. They play hard rock for the long drive home: big, chugging riffs, massive choruses and Kakaty's gravelly roar, somewhere between post-grunge and alternative metal. Dave Grahs has been on guitar since the start, Matt DiRito took over the bass in 2007, Chachi Riot the drums in 2011 and Nick Fuelling the other guitar in 2012.
Onyx, in 2013, brought the stomping "Trenches", which went to the top of Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart and "Torn to Pieces" showing their softer, more wounded side. UP followed in 2015 with the anthemic "Footsteps" and "Ways To Get High". The self-titled 2018 album brought "Waking Lions", another Mainstream Rock chart-topper, and the fist-pumping "Be Legendary", and Versatile in 2021 carried "Breathe Again". They record for Eleven Seven Music.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Pop Evil on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What Remains | 3 | #5 | – | 2024 | |
| 2 | Breathe Again | 4 | #3 | – | 2021 | |
| 3 | Waking Lions | 3 | #11 | – | 2017 | |
| 4 | Footsteps | 2 | #4 | – | 2015 | |
| 5 | Survivor | 2 | #7 | – | 2021 | |
| 6 | A Crime to Remember | 2 | #19 | – | 2018 | |
| 7 | Be Legendary | 4 | #12 | – | 2018 | |
| 8 | Monster You Made | 2 | #31 | – | 2011 | |
| 9 | Last Man Standing | 3 | #57 | – | 2011 | |
| 10 | Eye of the Storm | 1 | #11 | – | 2022 | |
| 11 | Boss's Daughter | 1 | #12 | – | 2012 | |
| 12 | Torn to Pieces | 1 | #8 | – | 2014 | |
| 13 | 100 In A 55 | 3 | #64 | – | 2009 | |
| 14 | Wishful Thinking | 1 | #25 | – | 2025 | |
| 15 | Trenches | 1 | #13 | – | 2013 | |
| 16 | Work | 1 | #47 | – | 2020 | |
| 17 | If Only for Now | 1 | #56 | – | 2017 | |
| 18 | Purple | 1 | #62 | – | 2012 | |
| 19 | Paranoid (Crash & Burn) | 1 | #64 | – | 2022 | |
| 20 | Ways To Get High | 1 | #63 | – | 2015 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
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