Liberty Rock Radio

Type	RADIO STATION
Liberty Rock Radio
Appears in	Grand Theft Auto IV Episodes from Liberty City
Mentioned in	Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
Locations	Willis, Dukes, Liberty City
Business & Operation
Taglines	This is the home of the classic raging rock.
In-game status	Active
General Specifications
Type	Dynamic mix radio station
Core genre	Classic rock
Radio Specifications
Frequency	97.8 FM
Host	Iggy Pop
Tracks	22 (GTA IV) 18 (EFLC)

“This is the home of the classic raging rock.”

—GTA IV website.

Liberty Rock Radio is a radio station in Grand Theft Auto IV and Episodes from Liberty City that plays classic & alternative rock.

Description

“The inimitable Iggy Pop, the godfather of punk and garage rock, returns with more classic raging rock for the masses.”

—The Lost and Damned website.

The station is hosted by American singer Iggy Pop. Each stand-alone game has an exclusive tracklist, but downloading The Lost and Damned for Grand Theft Auto IV updates the station with all songs.

This is one of the preferred stations of Patrick McReary, Johnny Klebitz, and Niko Bellic. Pretty Boy is seen wearing an LRR tee-shirt.

Tracklist

Grand Theft Auto IV

Song:	Preview:	Notes:
"1979" by The Smashing Pumpkins (1995)		Removed on April 26, 2018 due to the 10-year licensing agreement on them expiring.
"Cocaine" by Steve Marriott (1996)
"Cry" by Godley & Creme (1985)
"Dominion" by The Sisters of Mercy (1987)
"Edge of Seventeen" by Stevie Nicks (1981)		Removed on April 26, 2018 due to the 10-year licensing agreement on them expiring.
"Evil Woman" by Electric Light Orchestra (1975)		Removed on April 26, 2018 due to the 10-year licensing agreement on them expiring.
"Fascination" by David Bowie (1975)		Removed on April 26, 2018 due to the 10-year licensing agreement on them expiring.
"Goodbye Horses" by Q Lazzarus (1988)
"Heaven and Hell" by Black Sabbath (1980)		Removed on April 26, 2018 due to the 10-year licensing agreement on them expiring.
"Her Strut" by Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band (1980)
"I Wanna Be Your Dog" by The Stooges (1969)
"Jailbreak" by Thin Lizzy (1976)
"Mama" by Genesis (1983)
"New York Groove" by Hello (1975)
"One Vision" by Queen (1985)
"Remedy" by The Black Crowes (1992)
"Rocky Mountain Way" by Joe Walsh (1973)
"The Seeker" by The Who (1970)
"Street Kids" by Elton John (1975)
"Straight On" by Heart (1978)
"Thug" by ZZ Top (1983)
"Turn You Inside-Out" by R.E.M. (1988)

Episodes from Liberty City

Song:	Preview:	Notes:
"Hair of the Dog" by Nazareth (1975)
"Renegade" by Styx (1978)
"Every Picture Tells a Story" by Rod Stewart (1971)
"Saturday Night Special" by Lynyrd Skynyrd (1975)
"Funk #49" by The James Gang (1970)
"Free Ride" by The Edgar Winter Group (1972)
"Lord of the Thighs" by Aerosmith (1974)
"Highway Star" by Deep Purple (1972)
"Touch Too Much" by AC/DC (1979)		Removed on April 26, 2018 due to the 10-year licensing agreement on them expiring.
"Drivin' Wheel" by Foghat (1976)
"Five to One" by The Doors (1968)		Removed on April 26, 2018 due to the 10-year licensing agreement on them expiring.
"Go to Hell" by Alice Cooper (1976)
"Jane" by Jefferson Starship (1979)		Removed on April 26, 2018 due to the 10-year licensing agreement on them expiring.
"Run to the Hills" by Iron Maiden (1982)		Removed on April 26, 2018 due to the 10-year licensing agreement on them expiring.
"Wild Side" by Mötley Crüe (1987)
"Wheels of Steel" by Saxon (1980)
"China Grove" by The Doobie Brothers (1973)
"Wanted Dead or Alive" by Bon Jovi (1986)

Deleted Songs

ZiT Leftovers

Upon inspection of the american.gxt files of GTA IV and The Lost and Damned, the following songs are found, which suggests they were due to appear in the game but did not make it to the final version.

Grand Theft Auto IV

• The Rolling Stones – "Fingerprint File" (1974)

Episodes from Liberty City

• Steppenwolf – "Ride With Me" (1971)
• Tubeway Army – "Bombers" (1978)
• Nazareth – "Changin' Times" (1975)
• Black Oak Arkansas – "Hot and Nasty" (1971)
• Breakwater – "Release the Beast" (1980)
• New York Dolls – "Private World" (1973)
• The Doobie Brothers – "Long Train Runnin'" (1973)
• Warren Zevon – "Lawyers, Guns and Money" (1978)
• Python Lee Jackson – "In a Broken Dream" (1970)
• Rare Earth – "(I Know) I'm Losing You" (1970)
• Robin Trower – "Day of the Eagle" (1974)
• Billy Squier – "The Stroke" (1981)
• Ted Nugent – "Hey Baby" (1975)
• The Cult – "Born to Be Wild" (1987)
• Love and Rockets – "Motorcycle" (1989)
• Motörhead – "Ace of Spades" (1980)
• Iron Maiden – "The Trooper" (1983)
• Mötley Crüe – "Kickstart My Heart" (1989)
• Judas Priest – "Breaking the Law" (1980)
• Lou Reed – "Vicious" (1972)

Mike Cala Concept

Additionally, a concept design for the back cover of The Music of Grand Theft Auto IV, shared by former developer Mike Cala, unveils several previously undisclosed songs. It remains unclear whether these tracks were ever intended for the final tracklist or if they were merely placeholder titles for the cover design. While the songs are not categorized by radio stations, one can infer their likely associations based on genre and release date. The following song would align with the theme of Liberty Rock Radio:

• Led Zeppelin – "Black Dog" (1971)

Press Releases

A French preview suggested that two more songs by The Rolling Stones would be used on Liberty Rock Radio. However, only one track is present in the american.gxt file. ^{[ref?ref?This fact is likely to be disputed and needs a source for confirmation.]}

• The Rolling Stones – "Under My Thumb" (1966)

Additionally, the following song was mentioned in the press releases, but didn't make the cut: ^{[ref?ref?This fact is likely to be disputed and needs a source for confirmation.]}

• Elvis Costello – "Radio Radio" (1978)

Prominent Appearances in Gameplay

Radio Station

• The station plays at the following locations:
  • Broker Safehouse
  • Some Burger Shot locations
  • Some Cluckin' Bell locations
  • Pretty Boy's garage
  • Ray Bulgarin's house
  • Grotti Showroom
  • Westdyke Autos
  • Memory Lanes (GTA IV & The Ballad of Gay Tony)
  • Phil Bell's office
  • Hove Beach Laundromat
  • Jimmy Pegorino's house (EFLC)

Individual Tracks

• "Cry" by Godley & Creme is featured in the PC trailer for Grand Theft Auto IV.
• "Wild Side" by Mötley Crüe features in the second trailer for The Lost and Damned.
• "Highway Star" by Deep Purple automatically plays during Clean and Serene, the first mission of The Lost and Damned, when the player picks Billy Grey up from rehab.
• "Dominon" by The Sisters of Mercy, "I Wanna Be Your Dog" by The Stooges, "Remedy" by The Black Crowes, "Heaven and Hell" by Black Sabbath and "Jailbreak" by Thin Lizzy play in the background during Iggy's dialogue in-between songs.
• "New York Groove" by Hello plays during the ending credits of GTA IV.
• "Every Picture Tells a Story" by Rod Stewart, "Touch Too Much" by AC/DC (replaced by "Wanted Dead or Alive" by Bon Jovi after 2018), "China Grove" by the Doobie Brothers, and "Jane" by Jefferson Starship (albeit only briefly and not all the time) play during the end credits for The Lost and Damned.

Gallery

There are six billboards (some of which are double-sided) throughout the city in GTA IV and posters in Star Junction exclusively in The Ballad of Gay Tony.

Northern Expressway, Little Bay.

Northern Expressway, Northern Gardens.

West side, parking loop road, Francis International Airport.

Flatfish Place, Castle Gardens.

Koresh Square, Alderney City.

Harrison Street, East Island City.

Promotional poster in Star Junction. (The Ballad of Gay Tony only)

Liberty Rock Radio billboard in Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars.

Pretty Boy's T-shirt.

Trivia

• The guitar squeal heard in the main stinger is derived from the opening riff of "I Don't Wanna Be Me" by Type O Negative. Other stingers include the opening few seconds of "Dead in Hollywood" by the Murderdolls, the bass riff of "No Way" by Korn, the lead guitar from the breakdown of "Strength Beyond Strength" by Pantera and the lead riff from "Evil Has No Boundaries" by Slayer.
• Another stinger makes the statement, "When the rock on your radio sounds like rap... I'm sorry, did I say rap? I meant sh--." This is a take on the trend of rap rock and nu metal that was common in American rock music during the late 1990s and early 2000s.
• "I Wanna Be Your Dog" by The Stooges is incorrectly credited by ZiT and the Grand Theft Auto IV guidebook solely to Iggy Pop.
• When "Five to One" comes on, Iggy sometimes introduces The Doors as "The band that Vice City tried to arrest". This is a reference to a Doors concert in Miami (Vice City's real counterpart) in 1969 at the Dinner Key Auditorium where singer Jim Morrison allegedly exposed himself to the audience, along with using obscenities which resulted in his arrest and a court trial in 1970.
• During his monologues, Iggy Pop can say: "You know what I hate? Peanut butter. It sticks to your nipples". This is a reference to the concerts of The Stooges, where Iggy Pop was coated with peanut butter.
• The radio station is described by Juliette Lewis, the host of Radio Broker, as "a radio station for posers that is playing bad rock from 30 years ago".
• A sticker of the station's logo can be seen on the abandoned skateboarding store near Popular Street Unit 124 in Grand Theft Auto V.
• "Edge of Seventeen" by Stevie Nicks briefly appears in the The Cayo Perico Heist update for Grand Theft Auto Online as Jimmy Iovine's (the producer of the song) ringtone.
• The station has the same frequency as blonded Los Santos 97.8 FM from Grand Theft Auto V and GTA Online.

See Also

• It's Unleashed FM - a hard rock and alternative rock radio station in Grand Theft Auto.
• King 130.7 - a punk and hard rock radio station in Grand Theft Auto 2.
• Flash FM - a radio station in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories that plays other songs by Genesis and the Electric Light Orchestra.
• V-Rock - a hard rock and heavy metal radio station in GTA Vice City and GTA Vice City Stories that plays other songs by Ronnie James Dio of Black Sabbath with Dio, Mötley Crüe and Iron Maiden.
• Emotion 98.3 - a power ballad radio station in GTA Vice City and GTA Vice City Stories that plays songs by Phil Collins of Genesis, Kevin Godley and Lol Creme of Godley & Creme with 10cc, Dan Hartman of The Edgar Winter Group, Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple with Rainbow and Luther Vandross as a solo artist.
• Wave 103 - a new wave and post-punk radio station in GTA Vice City and GTA Vice City Stories.
• K-DST - a classic rock radio station in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas that plays other songs by David Bowie, Heart, The Who, Rod Stewart, Foghat, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Steve Marriott with Humble Pie.
• Radio X - an alternative rock and grunge radio station in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
• Liberty City Hardcore - a hardcore punk radio station in Grand Theft Auto IV and extreme metal in Episodes from Liberty City.
• Radio Broker - an alternative rock radio station in GTA IV and Episodes from Liberty City.
• K109 The Studio - a disco radio station in GTA IV and Episodes from Liberty City that plays a song by Dan Hartman of The Edgar Winter Group as a solo artist.
• Prairie Cartel - an alternative rock instrumental radio station in Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars.
• Tortoise - a post-rock instrumental radio station in enhanced versions of GTA Chinatown Wars.
• Anvil - a heavy metal instrumental radio station in enhanced versions of GTA Chinatown Wars.
• Vinewood Boulevard Radio - an alternative rock radio station in Grand Theft Auto V.
• Los Santos Rock Radio - a classic rock radio station in GTA V that plays other songs by Phil Collins, Bob Seger, Queen, Elton John, Stevie Nicks, Steve Marriott with Humble Pie and Small Faces, ZZ Top, The Doobie Brothers and Mickey Thomas of Jefferson Starship.
• Channel X - a punk rock and hardcore punk radio station in GTA V.
• Pre-Millennium Radio - an alternative rock and grunge radio station in GTA V that was cut from the final version.
• Santos Surf - a surf music radio station in GTA V that was cut from the final version.
• Kult FM - a post-punk and mixed genre radio station in the enhanced version of Grand Theft Auto Online that plays songs by both Iggy Pop and The Stooges.

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[ v • e ]Radio Stations in the HD Universe Grand Theft Auto IV and Episodes from Liberty City The Vibe 98.8 | Liberty Rock Radio | Jazz Nation Radio 108.5 | Massive B Soundsystem 96.9 | K109 The Studio | WKTT Radio | Liberty City Hardcore | The Journey | Self-Actualization FM | Vice City FM | Fusion FM | The Beat 102.7 | Radio Broker | Vladivostok FM | RamJam FM | PLR | San Juan Sounds | Electro-Choc | The Classics 104.1 | International Funk 99 | Tuff Gong Radio | Integrity 2.0 | Independence FM GTA IV radio stations | Episodes from Liberty City radio stations | Mutual radio stations Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars Ticklah | Deadmau5 | Alchemist | Truth & Soul | Prairie Cartel | DJ Khalil | Turntables on the Hudson | Tortoise | Anvil | Sinowav FM | DFA | Independence FM Original radio stations in GTA CW | Exclusive to enhanced versions of GTA CW Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online Blue Ark | WorldWide FM | FlyLo FM | The Lowdown 91.1 | Radio Mirror Park | Space 103.2 | Vinewood Boulevard Radio | Self Radio | Los Santos Rock Radio | Non-Stop-Pop FM | Radio Los Santos | Channel X | WCTR | Rebel Radio | Soulwax FM | East Los FM | West Coast Classics | Blaine County Radio | The Lab | blonded Los Santos 97.8 FM | Los Santos Underground Radio* | iFruit Radio | Still Slipping Los Santos | Kult FM | The Music Locker | Media Player | MOTOMAMI Los Santos Original radio stations in GTA V and GTA Online | Later added simultaneously to GTA V and GTA Online | Introduced in GTA Online (*Later introduced in GTA V)