Tag Archives: jimi hendrix

Harmonix has detailed the Jimi Hendrix tracks from Are You Experienced?, which is set for release next week.

More »

Harmonix and MTV Games has announced that as of next week, the list of downloadable songs in the Rock Band library will  reach the 2,000 mark with the addition of The Jimi Hendrix Experience album, Are You Experienced.

More »

Update: Harmonix says that this will arrive on Xbox 360 and Wii March 30 and PS3 April 1. Hendrix is also exclusive to the Rock Band franchise. Full press release with pricing has been added below.

Original:Jimi Hendrix’s will be coming to Rock Band next week with the release of his second album Axis: Bold as Love in full, alongside a newly unearthed song called “Valleys of Neptune”.

More »

Rumors floating about the net earlier in the day had Harmonix working on a Hendrix-centric Rock Band title.

Turns out, that is not the case.

More »

Get ready for loads of new music for Guitar Hero: World Tour this month, with track packs from Queen, Jimi Hendrix, and various European bands getting ready for lift off.

March 5 – European Track Pack 3

• Les Rita Mitsoukos – C’est Comme Ca (France)
• The Rasmus – IN the Shadows (Finland)
• Vanilla Sky – Break it Out (Italy)

March 19 – European Track Pack 4; Jimi Hendrix

• Die Toten Hosen – Hier Kommat Alex (Germany) (Encore from GHIII)
• M-Clan – Carolina (Spain)
• Within Temptation – What Have You Done (Netherlands)

• Jimi Hendrix Track Pack 2 consists of Freedom, Angel, and Foxy Lady (live from Woodstock).
• On this day, Wii users will be able to download the first Hendrix track pack as individual songs for 200 points. The songs If 6 was 9, Little Wing, and Fire are already available for PS3 and Xbox 360 owners.

March 26 – Queen Track Pack

• C-lebrity (2008, Paul Rodgers)
• Fat Bottomed Girls
• We are the Champions

• The James Bond theme song will also be released.

Each track pack will cost you 440 MS Points, or $5.49 on PSN.

All songs, except for the ones featured in the second Hendrix pack, will be available individually for 160 MS points and $1.99 on PSN, and 200 points on Wii.

Activision confirmed today that Jimi Hendrix and The Raconteurs’ tracks are on the way to Guitar Hero: World Tour.

Hendrix songs “If 6 was 9,” “Little Wing,” and a live version of “Fire” will be available for DLC for the game on November 13.

A Raconteurs DLC pack will contain “Salute Your Solution,” “Hold Up” and “Consoler of the Lonely” on November 20.

Press release through the link.

More »

It’ll never end. Slash has let slip that Acti-Bliz is working on a Jimi Hendrix version of Guitar Hero, speaking in an interview with Rolling Stone.

“Well, having the Aerosmith guys do it was very cool ’cause Aerosmith’s one of the bands I was heavily influenced by,” he said. “And Metallica’s doing it, that’s great. Those are two ones that I think gives it some credibility. And they’re doing a Hendrix one, which is great.”

Not quite a patch on SingStar ABBA, but not bad. More on GameDaily.

Someone at Neversoft would have a lot of explaining to do if Rock Band snagged the man who some call “the greatest guitarist of all time,” so this only seems fitting. According to CBC News, Jimi Hendrix will be joining Guitar Hero World Tour’s lineup – in more ways than one.

Most importantly, players will be able to tie their fingers in knots to two of Hendrix hits: “The Wind Cries Mary” and a live version of “Purple Haze” (!) recorded a mere year before his untimely passing. Other Hendrix tunes will apparently be available for download after the game’s release.

Additionally, history’s favorite lefty will be reborn through the marvel of technology, as a hideous, unsightly Guitar Hero avatar. Hey, we never claimed this was good news.

By Nathan Grayson