Stone Roses song unveiled for Guitar Hero III

She Bangs the Drum, one of The Stone Roses’ best loved songs, will be included in the track list for Activision’s Guitar Hero III.

The announcement was made during the Festival’s public day at the Odeon, Lothian Road, Edinburgh, which also provided the first opportunity for the public this side of the Atlantic to witness the new boss battles and multiplayer modes. At the screening, the new wireless guitars were also premiered to the UK audience.

Zach Fountain, General Manager, RedOctane Europe said that Edinburgh was the perfect place to unveil one of our UK-originated songs.” He also noted that at Games Convention Leipzig next week a whole new batch of European songs will be announced.

Songs announced for Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock so far include:

Slash’s Original Boss Battle Recording

Welcome to The Jungle (by Guns N’ Roses)

One (by Metallica)

Paint It Black (by The Rolling Stones)

Cherub Rock (by Smashing Pumpkins)

Sabotage (by Beastie Boys)

The Metal (by Tenacious D)

My Name is Jonas (by Weezer)

Knights of Cydonia (by Muse)

Even Flow (by Pearl Jam)

Lay Down (by Priestess)

Cult of Personality (by Living Colour)

Miss Murder (by AFI)

Through Fire and Flames (by Dragonforce)

Number of the Beast (by Iron Maiden)

3’s and 7’s (by Queens of the Stone Age)

Suck My Kiss (by Red Hot Chili Peppers)

Raining Blood (by Slayer)

Reptillia (by The Strokes)

Paranoid (as made famous by Black Sabbath)

Cities on Flame (as made famous by Blue Oyster Cult)

Mississippi Queen (as made famous by Mountain)

La Grange (as made famous by ZZ Top)

Rock and Roll All Nite (as made famous by Kiss)

School’s Out (as made famous by Alice Cooper)

Rock You Like a Hurricane (as made famous by Scorpions)

Slow Ride (as made famous by Foghat)

Barracuda (as made famous by Heart)

Guitar Hero III is scheduled for release on PS2, PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii in October.