Uploaded July 2016 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
Grand Theft Auto 2 is my favorite GTA game, and is unique in the series because it is the only game set in "the future," a date implied by some of the promotional materials to be the year 2013, specifically around September. This was 14 years in the future when the game was released.
With this in mind, and because I was getting a bit bored of the game's own original soundtrack, I decided to attempt to recreate it while staying true to the genres of music played by the station in-game. I should note I went entirely by the Billboard charts from that period, so please don't judge my taste in music by this.
This station broadcasts from a semi-functional tape deck and plays what could be described as classic rock, so I thought I would try to encapsulate the post-Soviet affection for outdated Western culture by going for the 1987 Rock charts.
1. Bon Jovi - Livin' on a Prayer
2. The Pretenders - My Baby
3. Robert Cray - Smoking Gun
Grand Theft Auto 2 is my favorite GTA game, and is unique in the series because it is the only game set in "the future," a date implied by some of the promotional materials to be the year 2013, specifically around September. This was 14 years in the future when the game was released.
With this in mind, and because I was getting a bit bored of the game's own original soundtrack, I decided to attempt to recreate it while staying true to the genres of music played by the station in-game. I should note I went entirely by the Billboard charts from that period, so please don't judge my taste in music by this.
This station broadcasts from a semi-functional tape deck and plays what could be described as classic rock, so I thought I would try to encapsulate the post-Soviet affection for outdated Western culture by going for the 1987 Rock charts.
1. Bon Jovi - Livin' on a Prayer
2. The Pretenders - My Baby
3. Robert Cray - Smoking Gun
