Smash FM

Smash FM is a radio station in Sonic Adventure 4: Californication that plays heavy metal and thrash metal from the 1980s to the year 1990. It seems to be set up by new DJs and low on funding, as it constantly asks for listeners so it doesn't get shut down.
== Playlist ==
* Anthrax - Indians (1987)
* Black Sabbath - Die Young (1980)
* Dio - Rainbow in the Dark (1983)
* Exodus - Exodus (1985)
* Iron Maiden - The Trooper (1983)
* Judas Priest - Reckless (1986)
* Megadeth - Holy Wars… The Punishment Due (1990)
* Metallica - The Four Horsemen (1983)
* Metallica - Leper Messiah (1986)
* Mötley Crüe - Shout at the Devil (1983)
* Ozzy Osbourne - Over the Mountain (1981)
* Pantera - Psycho Holiday (1990)
* Slayer - Postmortem / Raining Blood (1986)
* Testament - Souls of Black (1990)
The following songs are added in the West Coast Wintertime DLC:
* Dokken - Kiss of Death (1987)
* Ratt - Round and Round (1984)
* Skid Row - Youth Gone Wild (1989)
* Venom - Black Metal (1982)
== Trivia ==
* This is the only radio station in Sonic Adventure 4 that is not a parody of a real life broadcast radio station, rather parodying Ozzy's Boneyard, a real life satellite radio station on Sirius XM that plays classic heavy metal and hard rock. It also takes influences from evenings on 95.5 KLOS which play mostly hard rock and heavy metal, as well as OC Rock Radio, an independent online station owed by Saddleback College in Orange County, California (which Citrus County is based off of).
** Funnily enough, Osbourne has a song on the station's playlist.
* Six of the artists in the playlist (Exodus, Megadeth, Metallica, Mötley Crüe, Slayer, and Testament) originate from California, with Exodus and Testament being the only ones not from the Los Angeles area, with both bands originating from the San Francisco Bay Area.
** Of the non-California artists, Anthrax and Dio are from New York City; Pantera is from Arlington, Texas; and the remaining artists are from the United Kingdom.
*** Although Ronnie James Dio is the singer on Black Sabbath's "Die Young", with him being American and the rest of the band being from the United Kingdom.
** Of the DLC artists, Dokken and Ratt are from Los Angeles, Skid Row is from New Jersey, and Venom is from the United Kingdom.
* This is Shadow's favorite radio station and Johnny's second favorite radio station.
* Sonic, Rouge, and Knuckles also seem to like this station.
** This marks Smash FM as the second radio station that Knuckles claims to be a fan of that does not play rap/hip-hop, with the first being Rasta Gong Soundsystem in Sonic Adventure 3: Sleepless Minute, which played reggae music.
* This is one of the default stations on Shadow's and Rouge's vehicles, with the others being C.R.O.K. and Planet Pop Radio respectively.
* The station's dial numbers, 99.9, is an upside-down 66.6. The number 666 is the Number of the Beast from the Bible's Book of Revelation, and is also commonly associated with heavy metal music.
* The station's logo font is the same font as the logo for the popular thrash metal band Metallica, who have two songs featured on the playlist.
** In addition, the band's drummer, Lars Ulrich, voices Erik Pedersen, the station's DJ.
* All of the "big four" thrash groups (Anthrax, Megadeth, Metallica and Slayer) are featured on this station.
* Throughout SA4, Pedersen implies that Shadow donates money to the station in order to keep it up and running, and may possibly be the top donator in California.
== Known Fans ==
* Shadow the Hedgehog
* Johnny
* Sonic the Hedgehog
* Rouge the Bat
* Knuckles the Echidna
== See also ==
* Metal Fest Radio, a radio station in Sonic Adventure 5: Windy City Showdown which plays modern heavy metal.
* Kore FM, a radio station in Cosmo's Wicked Adventures which plays heavy metal.
* The Calraig, a radio station in Shadow the Hedgehog 3: U.K. Calling which plays heavy metal, as well as other songs by Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, and Ozzy Osbourne.
Category:Radio Stations