Channel X

Type

RADIO STATION

Channel X

Appears in

Grand Theft Auto V
Grand Theft Auto Online

Locations

Los Santos,San Andreas

Business & Operation

Taglines

Real Punk. Real West Coast.

In-game status

Active

General Specifications

Type

Dynamic mix radio station

Core genre

Punk

Radio Specifications

Frequency

99.1 FM

Host

Keith Morris

Tracks

• 12(original version)
• 18(enhanced version)

Channel X is aradio station featured inGrand Theft Auto V andGrand Theft Auto Online that playspunk rock.

Description[]

Channel X's playlist consists primarily of punk rock from the 1970s and early 1980s. Similarly toLCHC, it seems to function as a time capsule to the development of theCalifornian punk and hardcore scene, with variances ofcrossover thrash,thrashcore, andpost-hardcore on display. The station initially focused exclusively on Los Angeles-based acts, but the enhanced version also features some acts from Texas andCanada.

It is hosted by seasoned punk veteranKeith Morris, current lead singer inOff! who previously sang forBlack Flag andCircle Jerks. Keith often punctuates songs with tales of his younger days and bitter quips about modern society.

Channel X is likely based on SiriusXM channelFaction; at the time, Faction hosted a program hosted byMarky Ramone calledPunk Rock Blitzkrieg which focused on classic punk rock. However, its name, frequency and playlist could possibly be a tribute to91X, analternative rock station broadcasting intoSan Diego,California, known for being among one of the first radio stations to play punk and alternative rock.

It is one of the preferred stations ofTrevor Philips, theRednecks, and theBlaine County chapter ofThe Lost MC.

Tracklist[]

Deleted Songs[]

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GTA V'strackID.gxt2 database, found on thePS3 andXbox 360, reveals more songs were planned to appear on the station but were not included in the final version.

• Bad Religion –We're Only Gonna Die (1982)^[1]
• Circle Jerks – Dude (1985)^[2]
• The Alley Cats – Nothing Means Nothing Anymore (1978)^[3]
• Descendents –Ride The Wild (1979)^[4]
• The Germs – Manimal (1979)^[5]
• The Gun Club – Sex Beat (1981)^[6]
• D.R.I. – I Don't Need Society (1980)^[7][8]
• The Zeros – Don't Push Me Around (1980)^[7][9]
• Redd Kross – Linda Blair (1982)^[7][10]
• X – Los Angeles (1980)^[7][11]

Additional songs, not mentioned in thetrackID.gtx2 database, were discovered in an early build ofGTA V on aPlayStation 3 development kit.^[12]

• 7 Seconds –99 Red Balloons (1985)
• Agent Orange – Bloodstains (1981)
• The Dickies – Give It Back (1978)
• The Dickies – Hideous (1978)
• Fear – Let's Have a War (1982)
• Frenzal Rhomb – You Are Not My Friend (1999)
• The Last – She Don't Know Why I'm Here (1979)
• Middle Class – Out Of Vogue (1979)
• Redd Kross – I Hate My School (1980)
• Screamers – Vertigo (1977)
• The Weirdos – Solitary Confinement (1978)
• MDC – John Wayne Was A Nazi (1982)^[7]

Additionally, introductions for four unknown songs, one by D.O.A, one by Youth Brigade, one byThe Plugz, and one by White Pride off their 1983 album "Your Loss Is Our Gain", were discovered. Nothing outside of the artists performing the songs is known.

Prominent Appearances in Gameplay[]

Radio Station[]

• Ammu-Nations with shooting ranges
• Tequi-la-la
• Skate Parks inHawick
• Auto Repairs
• Tattoo Parlors
• Port of Los Santos
• A small condo onVitus Street.

Individual Tracks[]

• The song "Lexicon Devil" by The Germs will always play after Trevor enters hisBodhi outside his trailer inMinor Turbulence.
• The song "My War" by Black Flag will always play after Trevor enters his Bodhi and loses the cops after killingSteve Haines inThe Third Way.
• "What's Next?" by OFF! plays duringend credits.

Gallery[]

Channel X billboard inBurton, east ofRockford Plaza.

TheChannel X T-shirt.

Trivia[]

• Liberty City Hardcore is indirectly referenced by Keith as "the punk scene inLiberty City."
• The station's stingers are read by aBritish man and woman, a nod to theLondon punk scene. Keith also directly references this scene in one comment; "there's a punk scene in London".
• In one of the two intros to Black Flag's 1984 track "My War", he opens it with"Black Flag, My War. I know these guys. You're not my friend!", a reference to his ongoing conflict with Black Flag after he left the band.
  • It also seems the "You're not my friend!" line was, in fact, a splice taken from the intro dialogue to Frenzel Rhomb's deleted track "You Are Not My Friend". The waveforms of the audio track in question also suggest a splice was made.
• On one of the two DJ intros to Fear's 1985 song "The Mouth Don't Stop", Keith ends it by impersonating the starting vocal inflections of Fear's 1981 song "Let's Have a War". It is highly likely that was a splice taken from the introduction to "Let's Have a War", a song deleted from the final iteration of the station.

See Also[]

• It's Unleashed FM - ahard rock and alternative rock radio inGrand Theft Auto.
• King 130.7 - a punk and hard rock radio inGrand Theft Auto 2.
• V-Rock - a hard rock andheavy metal radio inGrand Theft Auto: Vice City andGrand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories.
• Wave 103 - anew wave andpost-punk radio inGTA Vice City andGTA Vice City Stories.
• K-DST - aclassic rock radio inGrand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
• Radio X - an alternative rock andgrunge radio inGTA San Andreas.
• Liberty Rock Radio - a classic rock radio inGrand Theft Auto IV andEpisodes from Liberty City.
• Liberty City Hardcore - a hardcore radio inGTA IV andextreme metal inGTA Episodes From Liberty City.
• Radio Broker - an alternative rock radio inGTA IV andGTA Episodes From Liberty City.
• Prairie Cartel - an alternative rock instrumental radio inGrand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars.
• Tortoise - a post-rock instrumental radio in enhanced versions ofGTA Chinatown Wars.
• Anvil - a heavy metal instrumental radio in enhanced versions ofGTA Chinatown Wars.
• Vinewood Boulevard Radio - an alternative rock radio inGrand Theft Auto V.
• Los Santos Rock Radio - a classic rock radio inGTA V.
• Kult FM - a post-punk and mixed genre radio added intoGrand Theft Auto Online in theCayo Perico Heist update that also broadcasts on 99.1 FM.

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