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|location = [[wp:Reddick, Florida|Reddick, Florida]] (1984)<br>[[Downtown Vice City]] (1986)
  
|location = [[wp:Reddick, Florida|Reddick, Florida]] (1984)<br>[[Downtown Vice City]] (1986)
 
|genre = Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal, Glam Metal, Hard Rock
  
|genre = Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal, Glam Metal, Hard Rock
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|games = ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]]'' and ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]]''
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|games = ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]]<br>[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]]''
 
|host = [[Couzin Ed]] <small>(1984)</small> <br>[[Lazlow]] <small>(1986)</small>}}
  
|host = [[Couzin Ed]] <small>(1984)</small> <br>[[Lazlow]] <small>(1986)</small>}}
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{{Quote|The home of rebellion|Slogan}}
   
 
'''V-Rock''' is a radio station featured in ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]]'' and ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]]''. The station is a rock station, primarily playing hard rock and heavy metal.
  
'''V-Rock''' is a radio station featured in ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]]'' and ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]]''. The station is a rock station, primarily playing hard rock and heavy metal.
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In 1984, the station was based in [[wp:Reddick, Florida|Reddick, Florida]], and was hosted by [[Couzin Ed]] and station "intern" [[Lazlow Jones|Lazlow]]. By 1986, the station had relocated to [[Vice City (3D Universe)|Vice City]] and Lazlow is now the sole DJ following Couzin Ed's dismissal.
  
In 1984, the station was based in [[wp:Reddick, Florida|Reddick, Florida]], and was hosted by [[Couzin Ed]] and station "intern" [[Lazlow Jones|Lazlow]]. By 1986, the station had relocated to [[Vice City (3D Universe)|Vice City]] and Lazlow is now the sole DJ following Couzin Ed's dismissal.
   
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The station's promos often included derogatory comparisons to other stations, mocking the synthesizer-based music played by its competitors while insinuating that "real men" only listen to the rock music that V-Rock airs. The station's mascot is a vulture, as can be seen in the station's logo. Lazlow would often complain that the bird "got more air time than [he] did".
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The station's promos often included derogatory comparisons to other stations, mocking the synthesizer-based music played by its competitors while stating that "real men" only listen to the rock music that V-Rock plays. The station's mascot is a vulture, as can be seen in the station's logo. Lazlow would often complain that the bird "got more air time than [he] did".
   
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The station was officially endorsed by rock artists of the time, including [[Jezz Torrent]] of [[Love Fist]], who can regularly be heard in V-Rock's promos. The station also operated a studio adjacent to its Vice City headquarters, which would often be used by Love Fist for their recording sessions. V-Rock also features call-ins from members of the public. The three callers featured in GTA Vice City are [[Couzin Ed]], who wishes to vent his anger at Lazlow for "stealing" his job, [[Mitch Baker]], who berates the station for playing "girl's music", and a man who refers to himself as "Snow Dog". The phone line is also used in GTA Vice City Stories, although in this instance the only caller is a man who insults Couzin Ed.
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The station was officially endorsed by contemporary rock artists, including [[Jezz Torrent]] of [[Love Fist]], who can regularly be heard in V-Rock's promos. The station also operated a studio adjacent to its Vice City headquarters, which would often be used by Love Fist for their recording sessions. V-Rock also features call-ins from members of the public. The three callers featured in GTA Vice City are [[Couzin Ed]], who wishes to vent his anger at Lazlow for "stealing" his job, [[Mitch Baker]], who berates the station for playing "girl's music", and a man who refers to himself as "Snow Dog". The phone line is also used in GTA Vice City Stories, although in this instance the only caller is a man who insults Couzin Ed.
   
 
[[File:V-RockHotel-GTASA-exterior.jpg|thumb|The [[V-Rock Hotel]] in GTA San Andreas.]]
  
[[File:V-RockHotel-GTASA-exterior.jpg|thumb|The [[V-Rock Hotel]] in GTA San Andreas.]]
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==Tracklist==
  
==Tracklist==
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===GTA Vice City===
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===''Grand Theft Auto: Vice City''===
 
*[[wp:Twisted Sister|Twisted Sister]] - "[[wp:I Wanna Rock|I Wanna Rock]]" (1984)
  
*[[wp:Twisted Sister|Twisted Sister]] - "[[wp:I Wanna Rock|I Wanna Rock]]" (1984)
 
*[[wp:Mötley Crüe|Mötley Crüe]] - "[[wp:Too Young to Fall in Love|Too Young to Fall in Love]]" (1983)
  
*[[wp:Mötley Crüe|Mötley Crüe]] - "[[wp:Too Young to Fall in Love|Too Young to Fall in Love]]" (1983)
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*[[wp:The Cult|The Cult]] - "[[wp:She Sells Sanctuary|She Sells Sanctuary]]" (1985)
  
*[[wp:The Cult|The Cult]] - "[[wp:She Sells Sanctuary|She Sells Sanctuary]]" (1985)
 
*[[wp:Ozzy Osbourne|Ozzy Osbourne]] - "[[wp:Bark at the Moon (song)|Bark at the Moon]]" (1983)*
  
*[[wp:Ozzy Osbourne|Ozzy Osbourne]] - "[[wp:Bark at the Moon (song)|Bark at the Moon]]" (1983)*
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*[[Love Fist]] - "Dangerous Bastard" (2002)
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*[[Love Fist]] - "Dangerous Bastard"
 
*[[wp:Iron Maiden|Iron Maiden]] - "[[wp:2 Minutes to Midnight|2 Minutes to Midnight]]" (1984)
  
*[[wp:Iron Maiden|Iron Maiden]] - "[[wp:2 Minutes to Midnight|2 Minutes to Midnight]]" (1984)
 
*[[wp:Loverboy|Loverboy]] - "[[wp:Working for the Weekend|Working for the Weekend]]" (1981)
  
*[[wp:Loverboy|Loverboy]] - "[[wp:Working for the Weekend|Working for the Weekend]]" (1981)
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*[[wp:Alcatrazz|Alcatrazz]] - "God Bless Video" (1985)
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*[[wp:Alcatrazz|Alcatrazz]] - "God Blessed Video" (1985)
 
*[[wp:Tesla (band)|Tesla]] - "Cumin' Atcha Live" (1986)
  
*[[wp:Tesla (band)|Tesla]] - "Cumin' Atcha Live" (1986)
 
*[[wp:Autograph (American band)|Autograph]] - "[[wp:Turn Up the Radio (Autograph song)|Turn Up the Radio]]" (1984)
  
*[[wp:Autograph (American band)|Autograph]] - "[[wp:Turn Up the Radio (Autograph song)|Turn Up the Radio]]" (1984)
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*[[wp:Slayer|Slayer]] - "[[wp:Raining Blood|Raining Blood]]" (1986)
  
*[[wp:Slayer|Slayer]] - "[[wp:Raining Blood|Raining Blood]]" (1986)
 
*[[wp:Judas Priest|Judas Priest]] - "[[wp:You've Got Another Thing Comin'|You've Got Another Thing Comin']]" (1982)
  
*[[wp:Judas Priest|Judas Priest]] - "[[wp:You've Got Another Thing Comin'|You've Got Another Thing Comin']]" (1982)
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*Love Fist - "Fist Fury" ( 2002)
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*Love Fist - "Fist Fury"
 
*[[wp:David Lee Roth|David Lee Roth]] - "[[wp:Yankee Rose (song)|Yankee Rose]]" (1986)
  
*[[wp:David Lee Roth|David Lee Roth]] - "[[wp:Yankee Rose (song)|Yankee Rose]]" (1986)
 
Songs marked with * don't appear in the 10th Anniversary Edition
  
Songs marked with * don't appear in the 10th Anniversary Edition
   
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===GTA Vice City Stories===
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===''Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories''===
 
*[[wp:Dio (band)|Dio]] - "[[wp:Holy Diver (song)|Holy Diver]]" (1983)
  
*[[wp:Dio (band)|Dio]] - "[[wp:Holy Diver (song)|Holy Diver]]" (1983)
 
*[[wp:Queensrÿche|Queensrÿche]] - "[[wp:Queen of the Reich|Queen of the Reich]]" (1984)
  
*[[wp:Queensrÿche|Queensrÿche]] - "[[wp:Queen of the Reich|Queen of the Reich]]" (1984)
 
*[[wp:Kiss (band)|KISS]] - "[[wp:Lick It Up (song)|Lick It Up]]" (1983)
  
*[[wp:Kiss (band)|KISS]] - "[[wp:Lick It Up (song)|Lick It Up]]" (1983)
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*[[wp:Dokken|Dokken]] - "Breaking the Chains" (1983)
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*[[wp:Dokken|Dokken]] - "Breaking the Chains" (1981)
 
*Autograph - "All I'm Gonna Take" (1984)
  
*Autograph - "All I'm Gonna Take" (1984)
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*[[wp:Accept (band)|Accept]] - "[[wp:Balls to the Wall (song)|Balls to the Wall]]" (1984)
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*[[wp:Accept (band)|Accept]] - "[[wp:Balls to the Wall (song)|Balls to the Wall]]" (1983)
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*[[wp:Scorpions (American band)|Scorpions]] - "[[wp:Rock You Like a Hurricane|Rock You Like a Hurricane]]" (1984)
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*[[wikipedia:Scorpions (band)|Scorpions]] - "[[wp:Rock You Like a Hurricane|Rock You Like a Hurricane]]" (1984)
 
*[[wp:Krokus (band)|Krokus]] - "Long Stick Goes Boom" (1982)
  
*[[wp:Krokus (band)|Krokus]] - "Long Stick Goes Boom" (1982)
 
*[[wp:Ted Nugent|Ted Nugent]] - "[[wp:Stranglehold (Ted Nugent song)|Stranglehold]]" (1975)
  
*[[wp:Ted Nugent|Ted Nugent]] - "[[wp:Stranglehold (Ted Nugent song)|Stranglehold]]" (1975)
 
*[[wp:Ratt|Ratt]] - "[[wp:Round and Round (Ratt song)|Round and Round]]" (1984)
  
*[[wp:Ratt|Ratt]] - "[[wp:Round and Round (Ratt song)|Round and Round]]" (1984)
 
*Judas Priest - "[[wp:Electric Eye (song)|Electric Eye]]" (1982)
  
*Judas Priest - "[[wp:Electric Eye (song)|Electric Eye]]" (1982)
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*Mötley Crüe - "[[wp:Looks That Kill|Looks That Kill]]" (1984)
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*Mötley Crüe - "[[wp:Looks That Kill|Looks That Kill]]" (1983)
 
*Quiet Riot - "[[wp:Metal Health (song)|Metal Health]]" (1983)
  
*Quiet Riot - "[[wp:Metal Health (song)|Metal Health]]" (1983)
   
 
==Video==
  
==Video==
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===GTA Vice City===
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===''Grand Theft Auto: Vice City''===
   
 
[[File:GTA Vice City Radio Stations 5 - V-Rock|center|554px]]
  
[[File:GTA Vice City Radio Stations 5 - V-Rock|center|554px]]
 
{{clr}}
  
{{clr}}
   
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===GTA Vice City Stories===
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===''Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories''===
   
 
[[File:GTA VCS Radio - VRock|center|554px]]
  
[[File:GTA VCS Radio - VRock|center|554px]]
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*A large portion of Couzin Ed's banter references the 1986 cult-documentary "Heavy Metal Parking Lot".
  
*A large portion of Couzin Ed's banter references the 1986 cult-documentary "Heavy Metal Parking Lot".
 
*One of the V-Rock stingers contains the first few seconds of the Dio song "Jesus, Mary & The Holy Ghost".
  
*One of the V-Rock stingers contains the first few seconds of the Dio song "Jesus, Mary & The Holy Ghost".
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* This is the favorite radio station of the [[Vice City Bikers]] (alongside [[Vice City For Lovers|VCFL]]) and the [[Vance Crime Family]] (alongside [[Vice City Public Radio|VCPR]]).
 
*Couzin Ed also says "Comin' atcha live! The bitch is back...", a reference to "Cumin Atcha Live" by Tesla being included in the GTA Vice City soundtrack. "The Bitch Is Back" by [[wp:Elton John|Elton John]] is also a popular classic rock song, although not on either V-Rock playlist.
  
*Couzin Ed also says "Comin' atcha live! The bitch is back...", a reference to "Cumin Atcha Live" by Tesla being included in the GTA Vice City soundtrack. "The Bitch Is Back" by [[wp:Elton John|Elton John]] is also a popular classic rock song, although not on either V-Rock playlist.
 
*The songs "Round and Round" by Ratt and "Working for the Weekend" by Loverboy are present in Saints Row and Saints Row 2 respectively, a series considered by some to be a [[GTA Clone]]. "Peace Sells" by Megadeth is featured in True Crime: Streets of LA, which is also considered by some to be a GTA Clone.
  
*The songs "Round and Round" by Ratt and "Working for the Weekend" by Loverboy are present in Saints Row and Saints Row 2 respectively, a series considered by some to be a [[GTA Clone]]. "Peace Sells" by Megadeth is featured in True Crime: Streets of LA, which is also considered by some to be a GTA Clone.
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*Couzin Ed makes reference to the heavy metal mockumentary [[wp:This Is Spinal Tap|This Is Spinal Tap]], saying "let's turn it up to 12", an obvious play on 11 being "one louder" than 10 on the guitar amplifier volume control in the film.
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*Couzin Ed makes a reference to the heavy metal mockumentary [[wp:This Is Spinal Tap|This Is Spinal Tap]], saying "let's turn it up to 12", an obvious play on 11 being "one louder" than 10 on the guitar amplifier volume control in the film.
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*Lazlow quotes the [[wp:Neil Young|Neil Young]] song [[wp:Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)|Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)]] during one of his segments by quoting the line "It's better to burn out than to fade away." This was the final line in [[wp:Kurt Kobain|Kurt Cobain]]'s suicide note when he committed suicide in 1994, and was also used in the 1983 [[wp:Def Leppard|Def Leppard]] song [[wp:Rock of Ages (song)|Rock of Ages]] and by [[wp:Clancy Brown|Clancy Brown]]'s character in the 1986 film [[wp:Highlander (film)|Highlander]].
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*Lazlow quotes the [[wp:Neil Young|Neil Young]] song [[wp:Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)|Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)]] during one of his segments by quoting the line "It's better to burn out than to fade away." This was the final line in [[wp:Kurt Kobain|Kurt Cobain]]'s suicide note when he committed suicide in 1994, and was also used in the 1983 [[wp:Def Leppard|Def Leppard]] song [[wp:Rock of Ages (Def Leppard song)|Rock of Ages]] and by [[wp:Clancy Brown|Clancy Brown]]'s character in the 1986 film [[wp:Highlander (film)|Highlander]].
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*The word "Rock" in the V-Rock logo, and the text on its billboards, are written in the same font as the logo for heavy metal band Iron Maiden.
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*On the V-Rock logo and the text on its billboards, the word "Rock" is written in the same font as the logo for heavy metal band Iron Maiden.
 
*Slayer, Anthrax and Megadeth are part of the "big four" thrash groups. Metallica is the only band not to be featured on the station.
  
*Slayer, Anthrax and Megadeth are part of the "big four" thrash groups. Metallica is the only band not to be featured on the station.
   

Revision as of 11:24, 14 April 2016


“
The home of rebellion
”
— Slogan

V-Rock is a radio station featured in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories. The station is a rock station, primarily playing hard rock and heavy metal.

Description

In 1984, the station was based in Reddick, Florida, and was hosted by Couzin Ed and station "intern" Lazlow. By 1986, the station had relocated to Vice City and Lazlow is now the sole DJ following Couzin Ed's dismissal.

The station's promos often included derogatory comparisons to other stations, mocking the synthesizer-based music played by its competitors while stating that "real men" only listen to the rock music that V-Rock plays. The station's mascot is a vulture, as can be seen in the station's logo. Lazlow would often complain that the bird "got more air time than [he] did".

The station was officially endorsed by contemporary rock artists, including Jezz Torrent of Love Fist, who can regularly be heard in V-Rock's promos. The station also operated a studio adjacent to its Vice City headquarters, which would often be used by Love Fist for their recording sessions. V-Rock also features call-ins from members of the public. The three callers featured in GTA Vice City are Couzin Ed, who wishes to vent his anger at Lazlow for "stealing" his job, Mitch Baker, who berates the station for playing "girl's music", and a man who refers to himself as "Snow Dog". The phone line is also used in GTA Vice City Stories, although in this instance the only caller is a man who insults Couzin Ed.

V-RockHotel-GTASA-exterior

The V-Rock Hotel in GTA San Andreas.

The V-Rock Hotel in Las Venturas, San Andreas takes its name from the radio station and features the V-Rock logo prominently on its sign.

Tracklist

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

Songs marked with * don't appear in the 10th Anniversary Edition

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories

Video

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

GTA_Vice_City_Radio_Stations_5_-_V-Rock

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories

GTA_VCS_Radio_-_VRock

Trivia

  • A large portion of Couzin Ed's banter references the 1986 cult-documentary "Heavy Metal Parking Lot".
  • One of the V-Rock stingers contains the first few seconds of the Dio song "Jesus, Mary & The Holy Ghost".
  • This is the favorite radio station of the Vice City Bikers (alongside VCFL) and the Vance Crime Family (alongside VCPR).
  • Couzin Ed also says "Comin' atcha live! The bitch is back...", a reference to "Cumin Atcha Live" by Tesla being included in the GTA Vice City soundtrack. "The Bitch Is Back" by Elton John is also a popular classic rock song, although not on either V-Rock playlist.
  • The songs "Round and Round" by Ratt and "Working for the Weekend" by Loverboy are present in Saints Row and Saints Row 2 respectively, a series considered by some to be a GTA Clone. "Peace Sells" by Megadeth is featured in True Crime: Streets of LA, which is also considered by some to be a GTA Clone.
  • Couzin Ed makes a reference to the heavy metal mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap, saying "let's turn it up to 12", an obvious play on 11 being "one louder" than 10 on the guitar amplifier volume control in the film.
  • Lazlow quotes the Neil Young song Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) during one of his segments by quoting the line "It's better to burn out than to fade away." This was the final line in Kurt Cobain's suicide note when he committed suicide in 1994, and was also used in the 1983 Def Leppard song Rock of Ages and by Clancy Brown's character in the 1986 film Highlander.
  • On the V-Rock logo and the text on its billboards, the word "Rock" is written in the same font as the logo for heavy metal band Iron Maiden.
  • Slayer, Anthrax and Megadeth are part of the "big four" thrash groups. Metallica is the only band not to be featured on the station.

See Also

Template:Gtaiii era radio stations

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