High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! 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 stations in the United States, similar to the old Squizz on XM.