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Grand Theft Auto has seven "radio stations", plus a police band track, which can be heard once the player enters a car.
The first [[Grand Theft Auto 1|Grand Theft Auto]] has seven radio stations and a police band track, which can be heard once the player enters a car.


PC players can remove the CD once the game is loaded and replace it with an audio CD. The next time the character enters a vehicle, a song from the CD will randomly play. The game's main theme is "Gangster Friday" by Craig Conner (who played all instruments on this track), credited to the fictitious band Slumpussy, and doesn't appear on any of the radio stations. With the exception of Head Radio FM, the names of songs or the radio station names are never mentioned in-game. However the soundtrack is listed in the booklet which comes with the Grand Theft Auto game.
PC players can remove the CD once the game is loaded and replace it with an audio CD. The next time the character enters a vehicle, a song from the CD will randomly play. The game's main theme is "Gangster Friday" by Craig Conner (who played all instruments on this track), credited to the fictitious band Slumpussy, and doesn't appear on any of the radio stations. With the exception of Head Radio FM, the names of songs or the radio station names are never mentioned in-game. However the soundtrack is listed in the booklet which comes with the Grand Theft Auto game.
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===Brooklyn Underground FM===
===Brooklyn Underground FM===
'''Genre:''' Trance
'''Genre:''' Trance
===Tracklist:===
 
'''Tracklist:'''
* Retrograde - "Benzoate" (C.Conner)
* Retrograde - "Benzoate" (C.Conner)
* Government Listening Post - "E104" (C.Conner)
* Government Listening Post - "E104" (C.Conner)
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===The Fix FM===
===The Fix FM===
'''Genre:''' Techno/Apartment
'''Genre:''' Techno/Apartment
===Tracklist:===
 
'''Tracklist:'''
* Animal Testing Centre - "DSP" (C.Conner)
* Animal Testing Centre - "DSP" (C.Conner)
* Rotorman - "Ride" (C.Conner)
* Rotorman - "Ride" (C.Conner)
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===The Fergus Buckner Show FM===
===The Fergus Buckner Show FM===
'''Genre:''' Country
'''Genre:''' Country
===Tracklist:===
 
'''Tracklist:'''
* Sideways Hank O'Malley (and The Alabama Bottle Boys) - "The Ballad of Chapped Lip Calquhoun" (C.Anderson/B.Baglow)
* Sideways Hank O'Malley (and The Alabama Bottle Boys) - "The Ballad of Chapped Lip Calquhoun" (C.Anderson/B.Baglow)


===Head Radio FM===
===Head Radio FM===
'''Genre:''' Pop/Rock
'''Genre:''' Pop/Rock
===Tracklist:===
 
'''Tracklist:'''
* Reality Bubble - "Days Like These" (C.Conner)
* Reality Bubble - "Days Like These" (C.Conner)
* Meme Traders - "Automatic Transmission" (Grant Middleton)
* Meme Traders - "Automatic Transmission" (Grant Middleton)
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===It's Unleashed FM===
===It's Unleashed FM===
'''Genre:''' Alternative/Hard rock
'''Genre:''' Alternative/Hard rock
===Tracklist:===
 
'''Tracklist:'''
* Stikki Fingers - "4 Letter Love" (C.Anderson/B.Baglow)
* Stikki Fingers - "4 Letter Love" (C.Anderson/B.Baglow)
* The Hounds - "Let It Out" (C.Conner)
* The Hounds - "Let It Out" (C.Conner)
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===N-CT FM===
===N-CT FM===
'''Genre:''' Hip hop/Rap
'''Genre:''' Hip hop/Rap
===Tracklist:===
 
'''Tracklist:'''
* Da Shootaz - "Grand Theft Auto" (Craig Conner)
* Da Shootaz - "Grand Theft Auto" (Craig Conner)
* Slumpussy - "This Life" (C.Conner/Robert DeNegro)
* Slumpussy - "This Life" (C.Conner/Robert DeNegro)
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===Radio '76 FM===
===Radio '76 FM===
'''Genre:''' Funk/Retro (This radio station's name is referred to in-game as Funk FM.)
'''Genre:''' Funk/Retro (This radio station's name is referred to in-game as Funk FM.)
===Tracklist:===
 
'''Tracklist:'''
* Ghetto Fingers - "On The Move" (Colin Anderson)
* Ghetto Fingers - "On The Move" (Colin Anderson)
* Ashtar - "Aori" (C.Anderson)
* Ashtar - "Aori" (C.Anderson)

Revision as of 01:30, 15 November 2009

The first Grand Theft Auto has seven radio stations and a police band track, which can be heard once the player enters a car.

PC players can remove the CD once the game is loaded and replace it with an audio CD. The next time the character enters a vehicle, a song from the CD will randomly play. The game's main theme is "Gangster Friday" by Craig Conner (who played all instruments on this track), credited to the fictitious band Slumpussy, and doesn't appear on any of the radio stations. With the exception of Head Radio FM, the names of songs or the radio station names are never mentioned in-game. However the soundtrack is listed in the booklet which comes with the Grand Theft Auto game.

Radio stations

Brooklyn Underground FM

Genre: Trance

Tracklist:

  • Retrograde - "Benzoate" (C.Conner)
  • Government Listening Post - "E104" (C.Conner)
  • Trancefer - "Figiwhiz" (C.Conner)

The Fix FM

Genre: Techno/Apartment

Tracklist:

  • Animal Testing Centre - "DSP" (C.Conner)
  • Rotorman - "Ride" (C.Conner)
  • Technophiliak - "Lagerstar" (G.Middleton)

The Fergus Buckner Show FM

Genre: Country

Tracklist:

  • Sideways Hank O'Malley (and The Alabama Bottle Boys) - "The Ballad of Chapped Lip Calquhoun" (C.Anderson/B.Baglow)

Head Radio FM

Genre: Pop/Rock

Tracklist:

  • Reality Bubble - "Days Like These" (C.Conner)
  • Meme Traders - "Automatic Transmission" (Grant Middleton)
  • Ohjaamo - "Complications" (C.Conner)

It's Unleashed FM

Genre: Alternative/Hard rock

Tracklist:

  • Stikki Fingers - "4 Letter Love" (C.Anderson/B.Baglow)
  • The Hounds - "Let It Out" (C.Conner)
  • Bleeding Stump - "Just Do It" (C.Anderson)

N-CT FM

Genre: Hip hop/Rap

Tracklist:

  • Da Shootaz - "Grand Theft Auto" (Craig Conner)
  • Slumpussy - "This Life" (C.Conner/Robert DeNegro)
  • CCC Featuring Robert DeNegro - "Blow Your Console" (C.Conner/R.DeNegro)

Radio '76 FM

Genre: Funk/Retro (This radio station's name is referred to in-game as Funk FM.)

Tracklist:

  • Ghetto Fingers - "On The Move" (Colin Anderson)
  • Ashtar - "Aori" (C.Anderson)
  • Stylus Exodus - "Pootang Shebang" (C.Anderson)