Octane (Sirius)
Encyclopedia
Octane is an active rock
radio station on Sirius Satellite Radio
channel 37 (previously 20) and Dish Network
channel 6037. As a part of the Sirius XM Merger, Octane replaced the XM station SquiZZ
on XM channel 48 (later moving to 37) and DirecTV
channel 835 (until February 9, 2010
) beginning November 12, 2008. The channel is not censored, and its musical focus is active rock from the 1990s
on. Core artists include Linkin Park
, Korn
, Nickelback
, Breaking Benjamin
, The Used
, Disturbed, Drowning Pool
, Saliva
, Tool
, System of a Down
, Finger Eleven
, Against All Will
, HURT
, Three Days Grace
, Rammstein
, Rage Against the Machine
, 10 Years, Staind
, Godsmack
, Rob Zombie
, Marilyn Manson
, Audioslave
, Slipknot
, Avenged Sevenfold
, Bullet for My Valentine
, Killswitch Engage
, and Metallica
. Octane is basically newer active rock
music similar to that played on most hard rock-leaning terrestrial radio station
s in the United States
, similar to the old Squizz on XM.
Octane is one of four hard rock
channels offered by Sirius XM Radio (Hair Nation
, Boneyard and Liquid Metal
being the others).
6AM - 12PM ET
Lou Brutus has spent the last two decades in an endless tunnel of depravity. His life a vicious cycle of radio shows, world travel, concerts, artist interviews, police lineups, rockgut whiskey and the kind of women you normally only get to meet by hanging out at bus depots in the cold, dark hours before the dawn. In what little spare time he has he is an on field Major League Baseball photographer, fronts a semi-famous band in which the members hide their identities, oversees Sirius/XM’s Active Rock group as Senior Program Director and is the host of the seminal interview/performance series Artist Confidential. He is also known to don a Cold War era Communist military uniform and force people to refer to him as “Generalissimo.”
Kayla
12PM - 6PM ET listeners are graced with New Jersey hard rock college radio DJ and former television traffic reporter Kayla. She also hosts the top 20 countdown each weekend. She can also be heard on Sirius's classic rock station "Classic Rewind" and Friday nights from 12AM - 2AM on "The Message" playing Christian Rock.
Bodhi
6PM - 12AM ET
Bodhi was born in Columbus, Ohio, but Los Angeles is his home away from DC. A music and radio junkie as far back as he can remember, Bodhi spent most of his pre-adult life in front of the radio instead of the TV (nothing's changed there). Prior to joining the world of satellite radio, he's done everything from being a promotion intern to production to being on the air (thankfully he never had to dress up as the station mascot). He lives for the music played on Octane. If Bodhi isn't seeing the latest horror flick or watching football with a Bud-Light, he's usually trying to figure out a way to get to Rob Zombie's next concert.
Grant Random
A few things we don’t want you to know about Grant Random: he’s from a county outside of Chicago that's been declared the "trailer park capital of Illinois.” He didn't talk until he was 5 and subsequently almost flunked preschool. He has been employed as a Ruby Tuesday waiter, a Public-access television
host, and a vacuum cleaner salesman. He is a product of the community college system. He has been arrested more than once. He owns all four seasons of Knight Rider on DVD. He has a strange fascination with yetis, alpacas, and ping pong. He hasn't legally driven a car since the 90's. He currently lives in a creepy basement.
Steve Covino
AKA "EL COVINO" AKA "EL HOMBRE" 12 AM - 3AM ET Covino also teams up with Hits One DJ Rich Davis for The Covino and Rich
Show afternoons noon to 3 on Sirius' Stars too Ch. 108 (Formerly Maxim Radio).
were brought over from the now defunct XM station SquiZZ
, as well as Big 'Uns, a countdown of the top 15 songs of the week on Saturdays at 2pm, Sundays at 12pm, and Wednesdays at 6pm (all times Eastern). Octane, however, began taking on the playlist of Squizz after this, while still using the channel's S020-FM callsign on Mediabase
.
Active rock
Active rock is a radio format used by many commercial radio stations across the United States and Canada. Active rock plays contemporary rock artists with a mix of songs common in the classic rock radio format.-Format background:...
radio station on Sirius Satellite Radio
Sirius Satellite Radio
Sirius Satellite Radio is a satellite radio service operating in North America, owned by Sirius XM Radio.Headquartered in New York City, with smaller studios in Los Angeles and Memphis, Sirius was officially launched on July 1, 2002 and currently provides 69 streams of music and 65 streams of...
channel 37 (previously 20) and Dish Network
Dish Network
Dish Network Corporation is the second largest pay TV provider in the United States, providing direct broadcast satellite service—including satellite television, audio programming, and interactive television services—to 14.337 million commercial and residential customers in the United States. Dish...
channel 6037. As a part of the Sirius XM Merger, Octane replaced the XM station SquiZZ
SquiZZ
SquiZZ was an XM Satellite Radio channel devoted to hard modern rock from the 1990s and 2000s. It was launched on November 14, 2002 as part of a playlist split from The Bone Yard, its sister channel. After this, The Bone Yard would become the home for classic hard rock, whereas Squizz became home...
on XM channel 48 (later moving to 37) and DirecTV
DirecTV
DirecTV is an American direct broadcast satellite service provider and broadcaster based in El Segundo, California. Its satellite service, launched on June 17, 1994, transmits digital satellite television and audio to households in the United States, Latin America, and the Anglophone Caribbean. ...
channel 835 (until February 9, 2010
2010 in radio
The following events occurred in radio in 2010.-Events:*Date Unknown: CHOI/Quebec City flips from Alternative Rock to News/Talk.*January 4: KJCS/Lufkin, Texas goes silent....
) beginning November 12, 2008. The channel is not censored, and its musical focus is active rock from the 1990s
1990s in music
For music from a year in the 1990s, go to 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99This article includes trends in popular music in the 1990s....
on. Core artists include Linkin Park
Linkin Park
Linkin Park is an American rock band from Agoura Hills, California. Formed in 1996, the band rose to international fame with their debut album, Hybrid Theory, which was certified Diamond by the RIAA in 2005 and multi-platinum in several other countries...
, Korn
Korn
Korn is an American nu metal band from Bakersfield, California, formed in 1993. The current band line up includes four members: Jonathan Davis, James "Munky" Shaffer, Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu, and Ray Luzier. The band was formed as an expansion of L.A.P.D.The band released their first demo album,...
, Nickelback
Nickelback
Nickelback is a Canadian rock band from Hanna, Alberta. Since 1995 the band has included guitarist and lead vocalist Chad Kroeger, guitarist and back-up vocalist Ryan Peake and bassist Mike Kroeger.. The band's current drummer and percussionist is Daniel Adair who has been with the band since 2005....
, Breaking Benjamin
Breaking Benjamin
Breaking Benjamin is an American rock band from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, currently consisting of Benjamin Burnley and Chad Szeliga. The band has released four studio albums to date and a greatest hits album that was released on August 16, 2011. The group initially went on indefinite hiatus due...
, The Used
The Used
The Used is an American rock band from Orem, Utah. The band was founded in 2001 and signed to Reprise Records the same year. They rose to fame in June 2002 after releasing their self-titled debut album. They followed up with their second album, In Love and Death, in September 2004 and their third...
, Disturbed, Drowning Pool
Drowning Pool
Drowning Pool is a four-piece alternative metal band from Dallas, Texas.-Early days :Drowning Pool rose to fame while playing along with Ozzy Osbourne during an Ozzfest tour. Their 2001 debut album, Sinner was certified platinum within six weeks...
, Saliva
Saliva (band)
Saliva is an American rock band formed in Memphis, Tennessee, in September 1996 and currently under Island Records. Saliva released their self-titled debut album on August 26, 1997, under Rocking Chair Records....
, Tool
Tool (band)
Tool is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1990, the group's line-up has included drummer Danny Carey, guitarist Adam Jones, and vocalist Maynard James Keenan. Since 1995, Justin Chancellor has been the band's bassist, replacing their original bassist Paul D'Amour...
, System of a Down
System of a Down
System of a Down, also known by the acronym SOAD and often shortened to System, is a rock band from Southern California. The band was formed in 1994. It consists of Serj Tankian , Daron Malakian , Shavo Odadjian and John Dolmayan...
, Finger Eleven
Finger Eleven
Finger Eleven is a Canadian rock band from Burlington, Ontario, formed in 1989. They have currently released five studio albums, with their album The Greyest of Blue Skies bringing them into the mainstream...
, Against All Will
Against All Will
Against All Will is a rock quartet from Los Angeles, California, whose debut album lineup was formed in Spring 2009 by Jimmy Allen , Jeff Current , Steve "Boomstick" Wilson , and Cello Dias...
, HURT
Hurt (band)
Hurt is a rock band formed in 2000 in Virginia, now located in Los Angeles, California, United States. Currently in partnership with their manager's independent record label, Amusement, the band has put out three major label albums. The group consists of lead singer J...
, Three Days Grace
Three Days Grace
Three Days Grace is a Canadian rock band, formed in Norwood, Ontario, Canada in 1992, originally under the name Groundswell. After a breakup in late 1997, the band regrouped in the same year under its current name and with a line-up consisting of guitarist and lead vocalist Adam Gontier, drummer...
, Rammstein
Rammstein
Rammstein is a German Neue Deutsche Härte band from Berlin, formed in 1994. The band consists of members Till Lindemann , Richard Z. Kruspe , Paul H. Landers , Oliver "Ollie" Riedel , Christoph "Doom" Schneider and Christian "Flake" Lorenz...
, Rage Against the Machine
Rage Against the Machine
Rage Against the Machine is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1991, the group's line-up consists of vocalist Zack de la Rocha, bassist and backing vocalist Tim Commerford, guitarist Tom Morello and drummer Brad Wilk...
, 10 Years, Staind
Staind
Staind is an American rock band that was formed in 1995 in Springfield, Massachusetts. For 16 years, the band consisted of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Aaron Lewis, lead guitarist Mike Mushok, bassist Johnny April, and drummer Jon Wysocki...
, Godsmack
Godsmack
Godsmack is an American heavy metal band from Lawrence, Massachusetts, formed in 1995. The band is composed of founder, frontman and songwriter Sully Erna, guitarist Tony Rombola, bassist Robbie Merrill, and drummer Shannon Larkin...
, Rob Zombie
Rob Zombie
Rob Zombie is an American musician, film director, screenwriter and film producer. He founded the heavy metal band White Zombie and has been nominated three times as a solo artist for the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance.Zombie has also established a career as a film director, creating the...
, Marilyn Manson
Marilyn Manson
Marilyn Manson may refer to:* Marilyn Manson , an American rock musician* Marilyn Manson , the American rock band led by the singer of the same name...
, Audioslave
Audioslave
Audioslave was an American rock supergroup that formed in Los Angeles, California in 2001. It consisted of former Soundgarden lead singer/rhythm guitarist Chris Cornell and the former instrumentalists of Rage Against the Machine: Tom Morello , Tim Commerford and Brad Wilk...
, Slipknot
Slipknot (band)
Slipknot is an American heavy metal band from Des Moines, Iowa. Formed in 1995, the group was founded by percussionist Shawn Crahan and bassist Paul Gray...
, Avenged Sevenfold
Avenged Sevenfold
Avenged Sevenfold is an American heavy metal band from Huntington Beach, California. Formed in 1999, the group consists of vocalist M. Shadows, lead guitarist Synyster Gates, rhythm guitarist Zacky Vengeance, bassist Johnny Christ....
, Bullet for My Valentine
Bullet for My Valentine
Bullet for My Valentine are a Welsh heavy metal band from Bridgend, formed in 1998. The band is composed of Matt Tuck , Michael Paget , Jason James , and Michael Thomas . They were formed under the name Jeff Killed John and started their music career by covering songs by Metallica and Nirvana...
, Killswitch Engage
Killswitch Engage
Killswitch Engage is an American metalcore band from Westfield, Massachusetts, formed in 1999 after the disbandment of Overcast and Aftershock. Killswitch Engage's current lineup consists of vocalist Howard Jones, bassist Mike D'Antonio, guitarists Joel Stroetzel and Adam Dutkiewicz, and drummer...
, and Metallica
Metallica
Metallica is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1981 when James Hetfield responded to an advertisement that drummer Lars Ulrich had posted in a local newspaper. The current line-up features long-time lead guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Robert Trujillo ...
. Octane is basically newer active rock
Active rock
Active rock is a radio format used by many commercial radio stations across the United States and Canada. Active rock plays contemporary rock artists with a mix of songs common in the classic rock radio format.-Format background:...
music similar to that played on most hard rock-leaning terrestrial radio station
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
s in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, similar to the old Squizz on XM.
Octane is one of four hard rock
Hard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...
channels offered by Sirius XM Radio (Hair Nation
Hair Nation
Hair Nation is an '80s hard rock and glam metal radio station on Sirius Satellite Radio channel 39 , XM Satellite Radio channel 39 , and Dish Network channel 6039. Until February 9, 2010, it was on Direct TV channel 829...
, Boneyard and Liquid Metal
Liquid Metal (Sirius XM)
Liquid Metal is a channel on Sirius XM Radio. The channel was originally launched as Hard Attack, and was only located on Sirius 27, moving to Sirius 40 on May 4, 2011. The channel plays a variety of hard metal from yesterday and today...
being the others).
DJs
Lou Brutus6AM - 12PM ET
Lou Brutus has spent the last two decades in an endless tunnel of depravity. His life a vicious cycle of radio shows, world travel, concerts, artist interviews, police lineups, rockgut whiskey and the kind of women you normally only get to meet by hanging out at bus depots in the cold, dark hours before the dawn. In what little spare time he has he is an on field Major League Baseball photographer, fronts a semi-famous band in which the members hide their identities, oversees Sirius/XM’s Active Rock group as Senior Program Director and is the host of the seminal interview/performance series Artist Confidential. He is also known to don a Cold War era Communist military uniform and force people to refer to him as “Generalissimo.”
Kayla
12PM - 6PM ET listeners are graced with New Jersey hard rock college radio DJ and former television traffic reporter Kayla. She also hosts the top 20 countdown each weekend. She can also be heard on Sirius's classic rock station "Classic Rewind" and Friday nights from 12AM - 2AM on "The Message" playing Christian Rock.
Bodhi
6PM - 12AM ET
Bodhi was born in Columbus, Ohio, but Los Angeles is his home away from DC. A music and radio junkie as far back as he can remember, Bodhi spent most of his pre-adult life in front of the radio instead of the TV (nothing's changed there). Prior to joining the world of satellite radio, he's done everything from being a promotion intern to production to being on the air (thankfully he never had to dress up as the station mascot). He lives for the music played on Octane. If Bodhi isn't seeing the latest horror flick or watching football with a Bud-Light, he's usually trying to figure out a way to get to Rob Zombie's next concert.
Grant Random
Grant Random
Grant Random is an American DJ for The Boneyard on Sirius XM Radio and DC 101 in Washington D.C..Random joined The Boneyard on September 22, 2009 and can be heard from Noon-6PM ET/9AM-3PM PT....
A few things we don’t want you to know about Grant Random: he’s from a county outside of Chicago that's been declared the "trailer park capital of Illinois.” He didn't talk until he was 5 and subsequently almost flunked preschool. He has been employed as a Ruby Tuesday waiter, a Public-access television
Public-access television
Public-access television is a form of non-commercial mass media where ordinary people can create content television programming which is cablecast through cable TV specialty channels...
host, and a vacuum cleaner salesman. He is a product of the community college system. He has been arrested more than once. He owns all four seasons of Knight Rider on DVD. He has a strange fascination with yetis, alpacas, and ping pong. He hasn't legally driven a car since the 90's. He currently lives in a creepy basement.
Steve Covino
Steve Covino
Steve Covino aka "el Covino" , raised in Union Township, Union County, New Jersey, is a Latino Radio Talk Show Host/Disc Jockey on Sirius XM Satellite Radio...
AKA "EL COVINO" AKA "EL HOMBRE" 12 AM - 3AM ET Covino also teams up with Hits One DJ Rich Davis for The Covino and Rich
Covino and Rich
Covino & Rich are radio personalities and the hosts of The Covino & Rich Show. The talk radio show currently airs on subscription-based SIRIUS XM Radio from 12:00PM–3:00PM EST on Sirius XM channel 104...
Show afternoons noon to 3 on Sirius' Stars too Ch. 108 (Formerly Maxim Radio).
Programming
"Pump Your Own Octane" is a nightly countdown of the top five most requested songs. A weekly top twenty is broadcast on Sundays and repeated on Wednesdays.Sirius XM Merger
As part of the Sirius XM Merger, DJs Bohdi and Grant RandomGrant Random
Grant Random is an American DJ for The Boneyard on Sirius XM Radio and DC 101 in Washington D.C..Random joined The Boneyard on September 22, 2009 and can be heard from Noon-6PM ET/9AM-3PM PT....
were brought over from the now defunct XM station SquiZZ
SquiZZ
SquiZZ was an XM Satellite Radio channel devoted to hard modern rock from the 1990s and 2000s. It was launched on November 14, 2002 as part of a playlist split from The Bone Yard, its sister channel. After this, The Bone Yard would become the home for classic hard rock, whereas Squizz became home...
, as well as Big 'Uns, a countdown of the top 15 songs of the week on Saturdays at 2pm, Sundays at 12pm, and Wednesdays at 6pm (all times Eastern). Octane, however, began taking on the playlist of Squizz after this, while still using the channel's S020-FM callsign on Mediabase
Mediabase
Mediabase is a music industry service that monitors radio station airplay in 180 US and Canadian markets. Mediabase publishes music charts and data based on the most played songs on terrestrial and satellite radio, and provides in-depth analytical tools for radio and record industry professionals...
.
See also
- List of Sirius Satellite Radio stations
- List of Sirius Satellite DJs
- List of Dish Network channels