Grand Theft Auto: Vice City soundtrack

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Promotional artwork for the Grand Theft Auto: Vice City soundtrack albums.
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Promotional artwork for the Grand Theft Auto: Vice City soundtrack albums.

The soundtrack of the game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is popular not only with fans of the game, but also with lovers of 1980s music. In the game it is played on various "radio stations" the player can tune into after entering certain types of cars, but it has also been released in a box set or seven separate CDs, with the European editions of the CDs containing a few extra songs that are not on the United States edition.

Most radio stations play a mixture of music, DJ chat, and spoof advertising, all of which are included on the CDs. The stations each reflect one style of music intended to evoke the atmosphere of the time.

Contents

[edit] Music stations

[edit] V-Rock

Main article: Grand Theft Auto Vice City OST Volume 1: V-Rock
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DJ: Lazlow
Genre: heavy metal music, hard rock
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Summary: Hosted by Lazlow,[4] who also scripted and produced many of the radio stations and commercials in the game, and features heavy metal music and hard rock. The station is preferred by Vice City's Biker gang, which is tuned in by default after the player hijacks their gang motorcycles. An album of the songs from the station is available separately or as part of the Vice City soundtrack box set.

It is interesting to note that on Grand Theft Auto III's Chatterbox FM chat show, which is set circa 2001, Lazlow claims that he hosts Chatterbox because he "got kicked off the rock station." In Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, which takes place in 1992, Lazlow interviews celebrities on a radio show called "Entertaining America" on WCTR. He mentions that he is still getting over the 1980s and is having trouble adjusting to the 1990s. In Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, which takes place in 1998, Lazlow is finally the host of Chatterbox, but it's only a show on LCFR, not its own channel yet.

V-Rock was also the branding of WSTB, a radio station serving Streetsboro High School in Streetsboro, Ohio. Like its virtual successor, V-Rock played heavy metal music; indeed, given the time period V-Rock was on the air (1991-1999), it's likely the on-air station played many of the same songs as the station in the video game. V-Rock signed off the air in the wake of the Columbine tragedy, and resumed that fall with a new brand and new format. (See also WSTB for additional information)

See also: GTA:VCS rendition

[edit] Wave 103

Main article: Grand Theft Auto Vice City OST Volume 2: Wave 103
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DJ: Adam First
Genre: New Wave
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Summary: Hosted by Adam First, who is voiced by Jamie Canfield,[4] and features New Wave and Synthpop music. Wave 103 is one of two preferred radio stations tuned in by the Streetwannabes, which can be heard when the player carjacks their gang vehicles. An album of the songs from the station is available separately or as part of the Vice City soundtrack box set. Customers received this volume when they placed a pre-order down payment of $10 on the PC version of the game at Best Buy. The name of the station apes that of an actual local radio station Wave 102 in Dundee, Scotland, the original birthplace of the game's design company Rockstar North. The name may also alude to the New Wave music on the station's playlist.

Flash FM's "Japanese Boy" also appears on the European Wave 103 CD album.

Like most DJs in Vice City, Adam believes that his kind of music is the best. He further fancies himself a music connoisseur, despite making some glaring mistakes such as calling 1986 the "finest hour" for Blondie, when in fact the band broke up in 1982.

From his chatter on the radio, it is known that he likes money, he is a big fan of hang gliding, and he despises music videos because they show that the artists' looks are more important than actual talent. He seems to have some kind of problem with his mother, as he goes out of his way to say that she had "nothing to do" with his "personal choice" of going into radio.

By 1992, he either lives in or is vacationing in San Andreas, the setting of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. While there, he calls in to the conspiracy theory show Area 53 on WCTR. He says that while hang-gliding in the San Andreas desert (Bone County), he saw a man at a trailer compound performing strange rituals with a Domestabot. The show host Marvin Trill tells him to get a real hobby and hangs up.

See also: GTA:VCS rendition

[edit] Emotion 98.3

Main article: Grand Theft Auto Vice City OST Volume 3: Emotion 98.3
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DJ: Fernando Martinez
Genre: Power ballads
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Summary: Hosted by Fernando Martinez (voiced by Frank Chavez[4]) and features power ballads. An album of the songs from the station is available separately or as part of the Vice City soundtrack box set, and is the only radio station with all of its songs on the official CD.

An exaggerated stereotype of a Latin lover, Martinez believes he has a gift with the ladies and as a match-maker. This contrasts with his first appearance, in Grand Theft Auto III, where he admits to being a fake Latin and comes from upstate of Liberty City, during a radio interview in Chatterbox FM.

Fernando claims he was eventually forced out of Vice City when he reappears in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas as a caller to and then impromptu host for the Lonely Hearts Show program on WCTR, before appearing as the owner of Fernando's New Beginnings (revealed to be a prostitution business, with Fernando as a pimp) in GTA III.

See also: GTA:VCS rendition

[edit] Flash FM

Main article: Grand Theft Auto Vice City OST Volume 4: Flash FM
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DJ: Toni
Genre: Pop music
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Summary: Hosted by Toni (voiced by Maria Chambers,[4] for the second time), and plays period pop music. Flash FM is also one of two preferred radio stations tuned in by both the Haitian gang and the Streetwannabes, heard after the player carjacks their gang vehicles. An album of songs from the station is available separately or as part of the Vice City soundtrack box set.

According to her chatter between songs, Toni is an excited, Valspeak-using party-girl who gets invited on tour busses and to backstage parties, notably to one with Love Fist. However, she expects to do something important with her life by the time she's 30 — an in-series joke, as she is still a radio DJ 15 years later, in Liberty City's Flashback 95.6.

See also: GTA:VCS rendition

[edit] Wildstyle Pirate Radio

Main article: Grand Theft Auto Vice City OST Volume 5: Wildstyle Pirate Radio
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DJ: Mr. Magic
Genre: Old School hip hop, period Electro
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Summary: Hosted by famed DJ "Super Rocking" Mr. Magic,[4] who was an actual rap DJ during the 1980s, when the game takes place. The station plays rap and period electro music. An album of the songs from the station is available separately or as part of the Vice City soundtrack box set. Wildstyle was known as "Fresh 105 FM" in 1984 as depicted in Vice City Stories.

[edit] Fever 105

Main article: Grand Theft Auto Vice City OST Volume 6: Fever 105
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DJ: Oliver "Ladykiller" Biscuit
Genre: Disco, Soul, R&B
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Summary: Hosted by Oliver "Ladykiller" Biscuit (voiced by Julius Dyson[4]) and plays disco, soul and R&B. Fever 105 is one of two preferred radio stations tuned in by the Haitian gang, which can be heard after the player carjacks their gang vehicles. The station is also the default radio station set when the player enters Lance Vance's white Infernus sports car. An album of songs from the station is available separately or as part of the Vice City soundtrack box set. By coincidence, Will Smith sampled The Whispers' song "And The Beat Goes On" in his hit song "Miami" and that Vice City is modeled after Miami, Florida.

[edit] Radio Espantoso

Main article: Grand Theft Auto Vice City OST Volume 7: Radio Espantoso
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DJ: Pepe
Genre: Latin Jazz
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Summary: Hosted by DJ Pepe (voiced by Tony Chiroldes[4]) and plays Caribbean-themed music, and Latin jazz. Spanish-language radio station. Radio Espantoso is the preferred radio stations tuned in by the Cuban gang, heard after the player carjacks their gang vehicles. It is also found in the occasional cab, or taxi, along with the other station, VCPR. An album of the songs from the station is available separately or as part of the Vice City soundtrack box set. On a trivial note, the radio station's name translates literally as "Terrifying Radio" or "Scary Radio".

See also: GTA:VCS rendition

[edit] Talk stations

There are also two "talk" radio stations which have not been released separately:

[edit] K-Chat

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Celebrity talk station hosted by Amy Sheckenhausen (voiced by Leyna Weber[4]). Sheckenhausen is a ditzy girl with a cheery voice, who tends to gush over her famous guests while ignoring those she tends to find boring. She sometimes reads a book during interviews and forgets when there's a commercial playing. Of the nine radio stations in the game, KCHAT is one of the two stations not represented in the Grand Theft Auto: Vice City soundtrack.

[edit] Interviewees

K-Chat runs "live" interviews with both local and national celebrities, along with listener call-in participation. During the broadcast played in the game, Amy talks with seven interviewees, some of whom appear elsewhere in the game.

One of the characters that appears elsewhere in the game is Jezz Torrent, of the fictional band Love Fist. After this segment is an interview with professor and exaggerated feminist Michaela Carapadis (Mary Birdsong). She is over-obsessed with hating men and even dresses as one. She also discusses her recently-published thesis, which describes an undercover experience on her study into the male psyche: cross-dressing so as to approach males and study their mentality. She is later insulted by a caller on air after being told that her work is totally nonsense and is nothing but a "load of crap" as she says. Following that is an interview with Pat "Mr. Zoo" Flannerdy, an anachronistic Steve Irwin parody with an unconventional love for animals. He is later removed from the studio by his doctor (after molesting an animal) after he reveals to Amy that he is just a very mentally sick man and is taken to a mental clinic.

After Mr. Zoo is removed from the studio, Amy interviews a New Age priestess by the name of Gethsemanee Starhawk Moonmaker. During this interview, a caller makes lewd comments to Gethsemanee, asking her for punishment in a BDSM manner; this same caller calls Lazlow, the host on Chatterbox FM, the talk radio station in Grand Theft Auto III, asking to be spanked by a nanny. The next interviewee is BJ Smith, an aggressive and overzealous American football legend (voiced by real-life legend Lawrence Taylor). Late in the game, Tommy Vercetti, through the player's choice, is able to buy a used car dealership from Smith. He also appears in commercials on other radio stations advertising his used car dealership.

The final two interviewees appear in commercials on other radio stations in the game. The first is Claude Maginot, a classically-trained actor who is ashamed at his recent forced career change, a successful audition for the part of the father in Just the Five of Us, a fictional sitcom with a ridiculous premise involving a "mixup at the adoption agency" and "three zany new house guests". Both this sitcom and his unsuccessful interpretive dance performance, In the Future, There Will Be Robots, are advertised on other stations. Finally, Norse deity Thor (or a reincarnation, impersonator or channeler of him — it is not explained which in the game) appears to further explain and sell his series of self-help tapes, which give very ancient (and often violent) answers to common personal problems, such as decapitating one's girlfriend and parading her head on a stick as a declaration of love. He is critical of women, exampled in his treatment of the host - "Go and live in a chimney, ye troll!" and "Wench Amy" - and he is known to speak in the third person. Thor has a fan club in the city, who call themselves the Bloods. They invite Thor during his interview to pillage with them.

[edit] VCPR

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Vice City Public Radio, abbreviated as VCPR, is hosted by Maurice Chavez (voiced by Philip Anthony Rodriguez[4]), with supervisors Jonathan Freeloader (Patrick Olsen[4]) and Michelle Montanius (Kelly Guest[4]). Along with KCHAT, the other talk radio station in the game, VCPR has not been released as part of the Grand Theft Auto: Vice City soundtrack.

Chavez's name and voice suggest that he is of Cuban origin, and he becomes irritated when his name is pronounced incorrectly. In one edition of his program, he is held at gun-point by the power-crazed Pastor Richards, but he survives through quick thinking and flattery. Although normally calm, he loses his patience when his guests don't "press the issue," and even hits one of his guests, Jeremy Robards, with a paperweight.

Chavez is oblivious to the fact he is commonly downgraded by Jonathan Freeloader and Michelle Montanius, the announcers at VCPR who call him a "useless, talentless, asshole". Over the course of several editions of the show, it is learned that Chavez made a living as "Sal, the Wheat-Free Clown" circa 1980, an occupation that earned him less than $2000 a year. Around the same time, he also tried to become a movie star, and despite going up for 17 auditions that year, he only got a job as a fluffer in a sex education video. He became so desperate that he even considered a sex change at one point. However, according to Vice City Stories, he was rescued by Montanius and in return she was impregnated. It is implied that she became part of the main VCPR crew not long after, and her pregnancy would account for her abrasive behavior to Chavez.

Freeloader is probably a reference to the website Freeloader.com, which at one point offered "light" versions of the Original GTA as well as GTA: London 1969 (i.e. without in-game music), but later moved them to a paid subscription service. It currently offers Grand Theft Auto 2 as part of its free subscription service [1], though full versions of both GTA and GTA2 are now offered as free downloads from Rockstar Classics.

See also: GTA:VCS rendition

[edit] Pressing Issues

Much like KCHAT, VCPR features "live" interviews; unlike the celebrity interviews on KCHAT, however, the show broadcast on VCPR within the game is called Pressing Issues, and focuses on exactly that—particular issues are chosen, and Maurice Chavez mediates an informal debate between selected guests. Three such issues are broadcast within the game.

Also on VCPR are the frequent donation drives by Montanius and Freeloader, who between shows beg for support money (as VCPR is a public show, it relies on donations) and try to make the listener feel as guilty as possible about listening to, yet not supporting Public Radio. Obviously, this is a parody of actual public radio stations in the United States like npr.

[edit] Public safety

The first debate on the station (if there is such a thing; all Vice City radio station broadcasts are designed to loop indefinitely) concerns public safety, particularly in the context of the rising tide of crime promoted in no small part by Tommy Vercetti, the game's protagonist. The three guests during this segment are:

  • Congressman Alex Shrub (voiced by Chris Lucas[4]), an extremely right-wing cocksure politician who is also the youngest congressman elected by the city. He believes that America needs to accept it's okay to be rich and forget the poor, and during the course of the debate he also reveals past facts about host Maurice Chavez (how he used to work as clown, his failed attempts to be an actor (but succeeding becoming a "Fluffer in a Sex Ed Film"), suffering from anxiety, attending group therapy, wanting to get a sex change etc.) along with having an attractive girlfriend although she's married to his best friend (a reference to Scarface). Shrub also notes that an "idiot liberal" helped rescue him and launch his career in radio. In Vice City Stories it is revealed that this person is none other than Michelle Montanius.
  • Social activist and extreme liberal Callum Crayshaw (Sean Modica[4]) is a stereotypically-concerned rich boy who wants to "help the poor" in completely unfeasible ways with an organization he formed called "Speaking for the Underdog", and often talks about his trips to other continents (funded by his wealthy businessman father, who doesn't seem to care about the same issues at all).
  • The last panel member is secessionist and last-minute panel replacement (the previous guest was "carjacked and decided to stay at home arming himself to the teeth," according to Chavez) John F. Hickory (L.J. Gansen[4]), an extremely radical native Floridian (though it is revealed he only moved to Vice City recently) who believes that by digging a suitably large river, Florida can break free of the American mainland, and finally put a stop to the people flooding in from the northern states.

Of note is the common (but unofficial) perception that Alex Shrub is a caricature of presidents George H. W. and George W. Bush, as well as Florida governor Jeb Bush. His last name Shrub would add to this, as a shrub is basically a bush.

[edit] Morality

The second segment deals with issues of general morality. The three guests for this debate are firebrand Pastor Richards (David Green[4]); married activist, mother and wife Jan Brown (Maureen Silliman[4]); and naturist Barry Stark (Renaud Sebbane[4]). Pastor Richards is a corrupt and wholly insane televangelist, who promises salvation (in the form of a radiation-proof giant living space/effigy of Richards) to all those who pay him very large donations (he later reveals that he was actually planning on using the money to build himself a palace mansion in Hawaii). Jan Brown is an overstressed, overattentive mother who is cheated on (constantly) by her husband, though she vehemently denies it on one segment of the debate. Barry Stark is a naturist and a liar, with sexuality issues (he gets erections several times during the debate). Barry Stark also appeared as a caller on Chatterbox FM in Grand Theft Auto III, where he makes similar comments about nudity.

During the interview, Pastor Richards complains that "[American] newspapers are owned by Canadians with an agenda". This could be a reference to the mockumentary The Canadian Conspiracy, which details how the Canadian government is subverting the United States by taking over its media, and came out in 1985, one year before the setting of the game.

There is a perception amongst some gamers that Pastor Richards is a caricature either of former televangelist Jim Bakker or Pat Robertson. Rockstar Games has set up a toll-free telephone line that, when called, plays a recording of Pastor Richards discussing his "Salvation Statue." This plays off much of the left-over paranoia over the then-USSR. "You look out the window, and there are Russian paratroopers coming in to take over", as he told the listeners on the radio show. His "Salvation Statue" is, as he puts it, a 50-story statue of himself complete with living quarters. If there are any disasters such as, "nuclear holocausts, plagues of flying rodents", as he mentions, those who pay him can take refuge in his statue, which could deflect, according to Richards, alpha, gamma and beta radiation. In addition, the blueprint for the statue was drawn up to include booster rockets. This is in case, as he says "the poopie hits the proverbial fan, [they] can load up those who saved themselves through generous donations, blast into space, and colonize Saturn, with a race of morally correct, affluent people, ruled by [Richards]." Toward the end of the show, Richards reveals that he did, "use money from the statue to make my own palace in Hawaii", another reference to dishonest televangelists who trick people out of their money.

Also, Chavez mentions "rock groups joining together to provide famine aid to Alaska with the song Do They Know It's The Fourth of July?". This is a reference to the famous Live Aid series of concerts and its hit single, "Do They Know It's Christmas?".

By the end of this segment, Pastor Richards snaps, and, disgusted by Stark's nudism, pulls a gun on Stark and shoots him in the genitals, while Brown passes out. Barry survives and "is in need of a proctologist". Pastor Richards also ends up claiming the station as his own for a short while. The show then cuts away to Jonathan and Michelle.

Interestingly, Robard's self-help tapes are not his first entrepreneurial endeavor. In Vice City Stories he runs an "Import/Export" business where clients lease a boat and ferry "special" cargo to and from an island base not too far from Vice City. Like the implied nature of his self-help tape business, his "Import/Export" business actually consists of drug-running via boats.

[edit] Perception and positive thinking

The final issue is that of perception and attitude. The three guests for this debate are exaggerated gothic artist Konstantinos Smith (voice artist credited as Konstantinos.com[4]); positive thinker, motivational speaker and shyster Jeremy Robard (Peter Silvestro[4]), who claims that his 3 step program called "Think Your Way To Success" has changed people's lives and made him very rich; and Jenny Louise Crab (Mary Birdsong[4]), a woman mentally scarred by the murder of her foster parents, but seemingly addicted to high strength mood elevators in an effort to block the memory (as such, she is insanely hyperactive and scarily cheerful).

Konstantinos is a parody of a stereotyped "goth". He tells Maurice things like, "The world is a lie, man. Only darkness is truth." He mentions that he had never been out in open sunlight in upwards of 18 years. Maurice calls him a "manically depressed loser with anemia."

During the show, Robard persistently tries to sell his motivational tape series. This series is advertised elsewhere on Vice City radio, and it's worth noting that the initials for each program spells out the name of a popular illegal drug: "Motivate, Demonstrate, then Motivate Again" spells out "MDMA", the scientific abbreviation for Ecstasy; "Learn, Start, Doing" spells out "LSD", the abbreviation for lysergic acid diethylamide; "Think, Hold that thought, Complete" spells out "THC" the abbreviation for Tetrahydrocannabinol, the primary chemical in marijuana. Later in his dialogue he mentions, "And if you want to think *really* fast, try my crank-it-out program" (Crank is slang for Methamphetamine). Another notable reference to drugs is when he tells Crab, "[Crab] I can get you something much better [than the antidepressant," implying that he has connections to drugs somewhere.

Near the end of the show, Maurice eventually sees that Robard's program is worth nothing, that it hasn't got him anywhere, that he is not a rich successful business man, that he hasn't changed anyone's lives, and that he is nothing but a poor desperate fraud. After an exchange of insults, which includes Robard telling Konstantinos to put a hex on Maurice, Maurice becomes incensed and breaks Jeremy's nose with a 'heavy paperweight' on the air. Robard then threatens to sue.

[edit] Commercials

All the radio stations feature publicity breaks. Some advertised products are related to the game, while others link to segments in the radio shows or are just parodies of products of the time period.

The publicities that match elements of the game are:

  • The Love Fist Tour. Tommy becomes involved with assisting and protecting the hair band.
  • The Ammu-Nation stores. The chain of gun retailers in all the modern GTA games.
  • BJ Smith's Used Autos. The business is one of the many that can be purchased by Tommy.
  • The Maibatsu Thunder sports car. Its ingame equivalent is considered to be the Blista Compact. In GTA III the Maibatsu company has another car, this time an SUV called the Maibatsu Monstrosity. This vehicle is likely the Landstalker in-game.

The publicities mentioned on the radio stations are:

  • Jeremy Robard's "Think Your Way To Success" program, which he shamelessly plugs during his interview on VCPR.
  • The Degenatron - A parody of early home video game consoles. During her appearance on Pressing Issues, Jan Brown blames for her kids' problems on Degenatron and the console is also mentioned on VCPR as a sponsor of an upcoming celebration Proust's influence on Vice City.
  • BJ Smith's "Fit for Football" program, mentioned during his interview on KCHAT.
  • The "Pastor Richards Salvation Statue" (Two commercials) - A parody of numerous religious donation commercials and shows. Mentioned by Pastor Richards during his interview on VCPR. (1-866-9-SAVEME)
  • "Knife after Dark" - A send-up of the early 80's style Slasher film. On Pressing Issues, Jan Brown mentions that she won't let her kids watch the movie.
  • D'Leo and Thurax, a high priced less than moral law firm (1-866-9SHADEE). The firm funds the show "Legal Review", one of the unheard shows VCPR.
  • Rusty Brown's Ring Donuts. Toni on Flash FM dedicates a song to them.
  • Giggle Cream, a lethal dessert that killed 23 people, and the topic of one of the questions asked to Alex Shrub, the congressman who allowed the sale of it. Shrub responded that most of the victims probably deserved to die anyway (VCPR).
  • The show "Just the Five of Us" and the theatre performance "In the Future, there will be Robots". The star of both shows, Claude Maginot, is interviewed on KCHAT.
  • Thor's self-help tapes. Thor appears in an interview on KCHAT (1-866-PILLAGE).
  • Sissy Sprits, a hair-care product, is mentioned by the hosts of V-Rock, Flash FM and KCHAT.
  • Musty Pines, a retirement home where old people enjoy themselves until their death. Toni relates that someone rang Flash FM confusing it for Musty Pines.

The stand-alone publicities include:

  • The Domestobot, a robot designed to help people to do household chores.
  • Exploder: Evacuator Part II, a high-action film in the vein of Rambo starring Jack Howitzer.
  • Shady Acres, a high-class complex for rich and divorced men to live up in style. Shady Acres is another of the pieces of real estate owned by Avery Carrington who also voices the commercial.
  • Farewell Ranch, a cowboy ranch where old people work hard from dawn to dusk.
  • Complete the Look (Four commercials) - A trendy clothing store, each station has a different version of the commercial, targeting an 80's fashion style/stereotype best linked to the genre of the station.
  • Synth and Son, Electronic keyboard/Synthesizer store. Parodies the aggressive, somewhat overboard use of the instruments in the 80's.
  • "Yuppie and the Alien", a police drama on VBC. A parody poking fun at both 80's police drama series Miami Vice and friendly alien comedy series ALF. Mr. Magic does mention this show on Wildstyle
  • Salvex, a saliva replenishment product.
  • Petstuffers - A taxidermy store.
  • Learn Redneck - A language tape series teaching Southern(U.S.) English/Redneck.

Some of the abovementioned items would reappear in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas:

  • The Degenatron is mentioned by a conspiracy theorist on WCTR.
  • The host of K-DST remembers Love Fist.
  • Pedestrians discuss Rusty Brown's Ring Donuts.
  • WCTR interviews Jimmy, the former child-star of Just the Five of Us.
  • DJ Adam First calls in to WCTR saying he saw a man at a trailer compound performing strange rituals with a Domestabot. Adam says he saw all this while hang-gliding in the desert.
  • A Domestabot allegedly programmed for evil, 632369439, calls into Area 53 on WCTR saying "We know what you are doing to my Domestabot brothers and sisters" before being cut off by the host.
  • Jack Howitzer is interviewed on WCTR, only to shoot the host with a gun he thought wasn't even loaded. He is later convicted of murder according to WCTR news.

The Domestabot and Musty Pines (presenter of "Breathing World") also make brief cameos on Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories. Finally, the Domestabot is also suggested to make an appearance in the Vice City prequel Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories as an in-game model, as seen on the VCS Website. This could make it the first product advertised on radio - not counting stores - to actually appear in gameplay.

[edit] Trivia

[edit] Hidden Songs

Vice City includes a few songs present in the game, through various cutscenes, that are not featured on any radio station. These include:

  • Big Country - In a big Country (Featured during "The Driver" cutscene.)
  • Whodini - The Freaks Come Out at Night (Featured during "The Job" cutscene.)
  • Blue Öyster Cult - I'm Burning for You (Featured during the "Boomshine Saigon" cutscene.)
  • Duran Duran - Hungry Like The Wolf (Unknown where featured.)

Two unidentified songs in Café Robina, not played on Radio Espantoso, can be heard in the cutscenes to the missions "Naval Engagement" and "Trojan Voodoo".


[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f On European soundtrack album only
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Not on soundtrack album
  3. ^ a b c d e Rockstar track; sung by a nonexistant band
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Full Grand Theft Auto: Vice City credits. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on October 1, 2006.
  5. ^ On the original PlayStation 2 version, removed from the Greatest Hits edition and the PC and Xbox versions

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