It also calls its listeners "apathetic, despondent, trust-fund babies" and tells them pessimistic comments like "nothing that you'll ever do will ever mean anything, we're the only identity you've got" and "feel like you mean something". It also humorously pokes fun of the self-centered attitude of its listeners, with idents that say "we are self-important nihilists", "who cares about poverty, we got egos to worry about", "we're the end of the alphabet people, that's got to mean something, but we don't know what", and " the id, the ego and now the X". It attacks the older generation, the baby boomers, and its music, saying "anyone who doesn't think this is the best music recorded in history, should just jump off a bridge and die". It also says that it is "the birth of modern rock and fundamental social upheaval" and that "the end of civilization is here". Through its idents it boasts that "finally there is an alternative to commercial rock, these guys don't care about money". There is also a funk rock undertone to some acts, namely Jane's Addiction, The Stone Roses, Primal Scream, and Faith No More. The station also features softer, more dance-oriented songs by acts like Depeche Mode, Primal Scream, and The Stone Roses, representing the sounds of early 1990s UK alternative scenes such as synth-rock, Madchester, and neo-psychedelia. Interestingly, this alternative metal group mainly features acts that would serve influential to nu metal later in the 1990s, a genre that has yet to appear on GTA radios. The alternative metal scene is also on display, from acts such as Helmet, Living Colour, Alice in Chains, Faith No More, and Rage Against The Machine (not on rerelease versions). Also exhibited on the station are major heavy metal and hard rock acts from the late 1980s and early 1990s, like Guns 'n' Roses, Danzig, and Ozzy Osbourne (unavailable on rerelease versions). The most represented genre on the station is undoubtedly grunge, with bands like L7, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, and Stone Temple Pilots all having songs on the station, as well as the grunge energy given off by both the station idents and Sage. The station's tracklist represents many of the contemporary modern/alternative rock sounds that were prominent or emerging in the early 1990s. Its host, Sage, presents herself as an intellectual, nihilist, revolutionist and pessimistic character. Radio X is full of the 1990s grunge attitude and of the Generation X vibe of the time.
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