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{{Infobox radio station
 
{{Infobox radio station
 
|name = Liberty City Hardcore
 
|name = Liberty City Hardcore
|image = Lchc.png|200px
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|location = [[Liberty City in GTA IV Era|Liberty City]]
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|location = [[Presidents City]], [[Algonquin]], [[Liberty City (HD Universe)|Liberty City]] <ref>[http://rockstargames.com/IV Official GTA IV website (Flash)]</ref>
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|genre = *'''''GTA IV'''
|genre = Hardcore punk<br>Death/Black Metal<br>Crossover thrash
 
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**Hardcore Punk
|games = [[Grand Theft Auto IV]] and [[Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City]]||host = [[Jimmy Gestapo]] <small>(formerly)</small> [[Max Cavalera]] <small>(currently)</small>}}'''Liberty City Hardcore,''' also known as '''Liberty City Hardcore Classics''' or '''LCHC''', is a [[Radio Stations|radio station]] that appears in [[Grand Theft Auto IV]] and is hosted by hardcore punk musician Jimmy Gestapo. Some mistake the station as being metal due to the music being fast and heavy. On multiplayer many players describe this radio station with their own renditions, like: "the hardcore station", "that brutal station", etc. LCHC plays music from the NYHC ([[wp:New York hardcore|New York Hardcore]]) music scene.[[File:803.jpg|thumb|LCHC advertisement]]
 
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*'''''Episodes from Liberty City'''
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**Extreme Metal
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|games = ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]<br/>[[The Lost and Damned]]<br/>[[The Ballad of Gay Tony]]''
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|host = [[Jimmy Gestapo]] <small>(''GTA IV'')</small><br/>[[Max Cavalera]] <small>(''Episodes from Liberty City'')</small>
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}}
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{{Quote|Hardcore lives on in the city where it all began. Jimmy Gestapo hosts a selection of the best punk and hardcore classics.|''GTA IV'' website}}
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{{Quote|Steeped in a tradition of punk and metal, Liberty City Hardcore now features a new radio show hosted by DJ Max Cavalera of the legendary bands Sepultura, Soulfly and Cavalera Conspiracy.|''The Lost and Damned'' website}}
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'''Liberty City Hardcore,''' also known as '''Liberty City Hardcore Classics''' or as an abbreviation, '''L.C.H.C.''', is a [[Radio Stations|radio station]] in ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]'' that plays hardcore punk in ''GTA IV'' and extreme metal music in ''Episodes from Liberty City''.
   
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==Description==
====GTA IV rendition:====
 
'''DJ: [[Jimmy Gestapo]]''', the vocalist of Murphy's Law and the only founding member still in the band. Mostly punk rock songs made in the 1980s, the setlist pays homage to New York City's rock scene at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBGB CBGB], an iconic bar where most of the bands featured have performed at one point or another.
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In ''GTA IV'', the station is hosted by {{WP|Murphy's Law (band|Murphy's Law}} frontman [[Jimmy Gestapo]] and plays hardcore punk from the {{WP|New York Hardcore}} music scene. In particular, it appears to be paying homage to the scene surrounding {{WP|CBGB}}, an iconic bar where most of the bands featured have performed at one point or another. This is further evidenced by the station originating from the in-game equivalent to Manhattan's {{WP|East Village, Manhattan|East Village}}, where CBGB was located.
   
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In ''[[The Lost and Damned]],'' the station is hosted by [[Max Cavalera]] and largely centers around classic death metal, chiefly from bands associated with {{WP|Earache Records}} or {{WP|Roadrunner Records}}. While not the exclusive focus of the station, several of the bands featured are drawn from the {{WP|Forida death metal|Florida}} and {{WP|Swedish death metal|Swedish}} death metal scenes. His segment is referred to as the "Blood Fire War Hate Death Metal Show".
* [[wp:Murphy's Law (band)|Murphy's Law]] - "A Day in the Life" (1986)
 
* Maximum Penalty - "All Your Boyz" (2006)
 
* Underdog - "Back to Back" (1989)
 
* [[wp:Leeway (band)|Leeway]] - "Enforcer" (1988)
 
* [[wp:Sick of It All|Sick of It All]] - "Injustice System" (1989)
 
* [[wp:Cro-Mags|Cro-Mags]] - "It's the Limit" (1985)
 
* [[wp:Sheer Terror|Sheer Terror]] - "Just Can't Hate Enough" (1989)
 
* [[wp:Bad Brains|Bad Brains]] - "Right Brigade" (1982)
 
* [[wp:Killing Time (band)|Killing Time]] - "Tell Tale" (1989)
 
* [[wp:Agnostic Front|Agnostic Front]] - "Victim in Pain" (1984)
 
   
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This is one of the preferred stations of [[The Lost MC]], the [[Angels of Death]], the [[Skinheads]], the [[Albanian Mob]], [[Jim Fitzgerald]], [[Johnny Klebitz]], [[Clay Simons]], [[Terry Thorpe]], and [[Henrique Bardas]].
====The Lost and Damned and Episodes from Liberty City rendition:====
 
'''DJ:''' '''[[Max Cavalera]]''', the Brazilian-born frontman of metal bands Sepultura (his first and most famous band, formed in 1984, left the band in 1997), Soulfly and Cavalera Conspiracy. His segment is referred to as the "Blood Fire War Hate Death Metal Show", having transitioned from hardcore punk to even heavier black and death metal, which many fans believe should not have mixed with the previous material (which it does not in GTA: EFLC).
 
   
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==Tracklist==
* [[wp:At the Gates|At the Gates]] - "Slaughter of the Soul" (1995)
 
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===''Grand Theft Auto IV''===
* [[wp:Drive By Audio|Drive By Audio]] - "Jailbait" (2009)
 
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* [[wp:Celtic Frost|Celtic Frost]] - "Inner Sanctum" (1987)
 
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* [[wp:Entombed (band)|Entombed]] - "Drowned" (1990)
 
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* [[wp:Sepultura|Sepultura]] - "[[wp:Dead Embryonic Cells|Dead Embryonic Cells]]" (1991)
 
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* [[wp:Soulfly|Soulfly]] - Blood Fire War Hate (2008) Only the introduction was played for the station's feature ident.
 
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* [[wp:Deicide (band)|Deicide]] - "Dead by Dawn" (1990)
 
 
===''Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City''===
* [[wp:Cannibal Corpse|Cannibal Corpse]] - "I Cum Blood" (1992)
 
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{{Tracklist|color=TLAD|
* [[wp:Bathory (band)|Bathory]] - "Call from the Grave" (1987)
 
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{{/Tracklist (Episodes from Liberty City)}}
* [[wp:Kreator|Kreator]] - "Awakening of the Gods" (1986)
 
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* [[wp:Terrorizer|Terrorizer]] - "Fear of Napalm" (1989)
 
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==Appearances==
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===Radio Station===
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*The station plays at the following locations:
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**[[Lost MC Clubhouse]]
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**[[Angels of Death Clubhouse]]
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**[[Brian Jeremy's Safehouse]]
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**[[L.C. Cage Fighters]]
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**[[Underground Gun Shops]] in [[Broker]] and [[Alderney City]]
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**[[Bucky Sligo's House]]
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===Individual Songs===
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*"Day in the Life" by Murphy's Law is played in [[Patrick McReary]]'s game trailer.
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*"Dead Embryonic Cells" by Sepultura is played in the first trailer for ''[[The Lost and Damned]]''.
   
 
==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
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*The ''EFLC'' rendition of L.C.H.C. is one of nine radio stations in ''Grand Theft Auto IV'' and ''Episodes from Liberty City'' that doesn't play any commercials or news breaks, the others being [[The Beat 102.7]], [[The Classics 104.1]], [[Electro-Choc]], [[Massive B Soundsystem 96.9]], [[The Journey]], [[Vladivostok FM]] (''EFLC'' rendition only), [[San Juan Sounds]] (''EFLC'' rendition only) and [[RamJam FM]].
* It is possible, that L.C.H.C. is the favourite radio station of the Irish American Killers in [[Liberty City in GTA IV Era|Liberty City]]. The song "Day In The Life" by Murphy's Law could be heard in trailer of [[Patrick McReary]] and [[Bucky Sligo]]'s pals listen to this station in his crib.
 
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*Occasionally Jimmy Gestapo can be heard going into on-air rants against "California kids and their parking lot punk tours", a reference to the popular punk-based touring music festival {{WP|Warped Tour}} and how many of the bands that played at Warped Tour in the 2000's were California-based.
* L.C.H.C . plays both at the [[Lost MC Clubhouse]] and [[Brian Jeremy's Safehouse]].
 
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**This is one of the few times where California is directly mentioned in the [[HD Universe]] instead of its counterpart, [[State of San Andreas (HD Universe)|San Andreas]].
* L.C.H.C. is possibly the favorite station of [[The Lost MC]] bikers because it plays at the clubhouse.
 
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*[[Iggy Pop]] makes reference to the station in continuity on [[Liberty Rock Radio]] giving a shout-out to Jimmy Gestapo.
* The song "Jailbait" by Drive By Audio can only be heard in the downloadable version of TLAD as for whatever reason it isn't featured in the standalone [[Episodes from Liberty City]] version.
 
* Is very well liked by [http://gta.wikia.com/Henrique_Bardas Henrique Bardas].
 
* [[Jim Fitzgerald]], [[Johnny Klebitz]], [[Clay Simons]] and [[Terry Thorpe]] from [[The Lost Brotherhood]] all like this radio station.
 
   
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
* [[V-Rock]], a radio station in [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]] and [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories|Vice City Stories]] that also plays Metal.
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*[[It's Unleashed FM]] - a hard rock and alternative rock radio in ''[[Grand Theft Auto (1997 game)|Grand Theft Auto]]''.
* [[Anvil]], A radio station in [[Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars]] that also plays Metal.
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*[[King 130.7]] - a punk and hard rock radio in ''[[Grand Theft Auto 2]]''.
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*[[V-Rock]] - a hard rock and heavy metal radio in ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City|GTA Vice City]]'' and ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories|GTA Vice City Stories]]''.
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*[[Wave 103]] - a new wave and post-punk radio in ''GTA Vice City'' and ''GTA Vice City Stories''.
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*[[K-DST]] - a classic rock radio in ''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas|GTA San Andreas]]''.
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*[[Radio X]] - an alternative rock and heavy metal radio in ''GTA San Andreas''.
[[Category:Radio Stations in GTA Episodes From Liberty City]]
 
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*[[Liberty Rock Radio]] - a classic rock radio in ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV|GTA IV]]'' and ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City|Episodes from Liberty City]]''.
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*[[Radio Broker]] - an alternative rock radio in ''GTA IV'' and ''Episodes from Liberty City''.
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*[[Prairie Cartel]] - an alternative rock instrumentals radio in ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars|GTA Chinatown Wars]]''.
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*[[Tortoise (GTA Chinatown Wars)|Tortoise]] - a post-rock instrumentals radio in enhaced versions of ''GTA Chinatown Wars''.
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*[[Anvil]] - a heavy metal instrumentals radio in enhaced versions of ''GTA Chinatown Wars''.
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*[[Vinewood Boulevard Radio]] - an alternative rock radio in ''[[Grand Theft Auto V|GTA V]]''.
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*[[Los Santos Rock Radio]] - a classic rock radio in ''GTA V''.
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*[[Channel X]] - a punk and hardcore radio in ''GTA V''.
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*[[Kult FM]] - a post-punk and mixed genre radio added into ''[[Grand Theft Auto Online|GTA Online]]'' in the [[GTA Online: The Cayo Perico Heist|Cayo Perico Heist]] update.
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Latest revision as of 20:06, 29 October 2023

Hardcore lives on in the city where it all began. Jimmy Gestapo hosts a selection of the best punk and hardcore classics.
GTA IV website
Steeped in a tradition of punk and metal, Liberty City Hardcore now features a new radio show hosted by DJ Max Cavalera of the legendary bands Sepultura, Soulfly and Cavalera Conspiracy.
The Lost and Damned website

Liberty City Hardcore, also known as Liberty City Hardcore Classics or as an abbreviation, L.C.H.C., is a radio station in Grand Theft Auto IV that plays hardcore punk in GTA IV and extreme metal music in Episodes from Liberty City.

Description

In GTA IV, the station is hosted by Murphy's Law frontman Jimmy Gestapo and plays hardcore punk from the New York Hardcore music scene. In particular, it appears to be paying homage to the scene surrounding CBGB, an iconic bar where most of the bands featured have performed at one point or another. This is further evidenced by the station originating from the in-game equivalent to Manhattan's East Village, where CBGB was located.

In The Lost and Damned, the station is hosted by Max Cavalera and largely centers around classic death metal, chiefly from bands associated with Earache Records or Roadrunner Records. While not the exclusive focus of the station, several of the bands featured are drawn from the Florida and Swedish death metal scenes. His segment is referred to as the "Blood Fire War Hate Death Metal Show".

This is one of the preferred stations of The Lost MC, the Angels of Death, the Skinheads, the Albanian Mob, Jim Fitzgerald, Johnny Klebitz, Clay Simons, Terry Thorpe, and Henrique Bardas.

Tracklist

Grand Theft Auto IV

Tracklist
Song: Preview: Notes:
"A Day in the Life" by Murphy's Law (1986)
"All Your Boyz" by Maximum Penalty (1989)
"Back to Back" by Underdog (1989)
"Enforcer" by Leeway (1988) Removed on April 26, 2018 due to the 10-year licensing agreement on them expiring.
"Injustice System" by Sick of It All (1989)
"It's the Limit" by Cro-Mags (1985) Removed on April 26, 2018 due to the 10-year licensing agreement on them expiring.
"Just Can't Hate Enough (Live)" by Sheer Terror (1989)
"Right Brigade" by Bad Brains (1982)
"Tell Tale" by Killing Time (1989)
"Victim in Pain" by Agnostic Front (1984)


Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City

Tracklist
Song: Preview: Notes:
"Blood Fire War Hate" by Soulfly (2008) Only the introduction was played for the station's feature ident.
"Drowned" by Entombed (1990)
"Call from the Grave" by Bathory (1987) Removed on April 26, 2018 due to the 10-year licensing agreement on them expiring.
"I Cum Blood" by Cannibal Corpse (1992)
"Dead Embryonic Cells" by Sepultura (1991)
"Fear of Napalm" by Terrorizer (1989)
"Awakening of the Gods" by Kreator (1986)
"Inner Sanctum" by Celtic Frost (1987)
"Jailbait" by Drive By Audio (2009) Exclusive to the Xbox downloadable version of The Lost and Damned.

Removed on April 26, 2018 due to the 10-year licensing agreement on them expiring.

"Slaughter of the Soul" by At the Gates (1995)
"Dead by Dawn" by Deicide (1990)


Appearances

Radio Station

Individual Songs

  • "Day in the Life" by Murphy's Law is played in Patrick McReary's game trailer.
  • "Dead Embryonic Cells" by Sepultura is played in the first trailer for The Lost and Damned.

Trivia

  • The EFLC rendition of L.C.H.C. is one of nine radio stations in Grand Theft Auto IV and Episodes from Liberty City that doesn't play any commercials or news breaks, the others being The Beat 102.7, The Classics 104.1, Electro-Choc, Massive B Soundsystem 96.9, The Journey, Vladivostok FM (EFLC rendition only), San Juan Sounds (EFLC rendition only) and RamJam FM.
  • Occasionally Jimmy Gestapo can be heard going into on-air rants against "California kids and their parking lot punk tours", a reference to the popular punk-based touring music festival Warped Tour and how many of the bands that played at Warped Tour in the 2000's were California-based.
    • This is one of the few times where California is directly mentioned in the HD Universe instead of its counterpart, San Andreas.
  • Iggy Pop makes reference to the station in continuity on Liberty Rock Radio giving a shout-out to Jimmy Gestapo.

See Also

References

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