Guitar Hero Tunes on iTunes

Prepping for the console launch of Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (PC, PS2, PS3, Wii, X360) this Sunday, Activision has made "nearly all" of the Guitar Hero series' tracks available on iTunes. Called Guitar Hero Essentials, the iTunes landing page brings together songs from Harmonix's Guitar Hero, Guitar Hero II, and Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the '80s, as well as Neversoft's Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock. Guitar Hero Essentials comprises mostly the master track recordings featured in the games, but also includes some Guitar Hero exclusives, like the Sex Pistol's totally anti-corporate re-recording of "Anarchy in the U.K." The Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock soundtrack CD retails in stores today as well, and includes a code for acquiring three additional in-game tracks. Purchasers of the Guitar Hero III tracks on iTunes will be out of luck, but soundtrack buyers can redeem the pack-in code at Interscope's website and obtain an Xbox Live code for AFI's "Carcinogen Crush," Flyleaf's "Tina," and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs guitarist Nick Zinner's remix of Marilyn Manson's "Putting Holes in Happiness."