Next week the deceased rocker, Jimi Hendrix, storms onto the Rock Band scene with a host of tunes from the man’s storied career, specifically his “Axis: Bold As Love” album.

The news comes by way of Rolling Stone magazine, which also reports that Jimi Hendrix avatars and props are also coming to as part of the studio’s commitment to releasing “a wave of downloadable content” from Hendrix’s career.

Below are the goods, headed to Rock Band and Rock Band 2 gamers, beginning March 30.

• “Up From the Skies”
• “Spanish Castle Magic”
• “Wait Until Tomorrow”
• “Ain’t No Telling”
• “Little Wing”
• “If 6 Was 9″
• “You Got Me Floatin’”
• “Castles Made of Sand”
• “She’s So Fine”
• “One Rainy Wish”
• “Little Miss Lover”
• “Bold As Love”
• “Valleys of Neptune”

Guitar Hero World Tour will add to its growing collection of downloadable tracks this month with over a dozen hit tunes from Jimi Hendrix, Queen, and a host of European bands.

On March 5^th, the third European track pack will release featuring “Break it Out” by the Italian pop punk ‚ band Vanilla Sky, and “In the Shadows,” a track performed by one of Finland’s most successful bands, The Rasmus.‚  The third in the pack, “C’est Comme Ca,” is a top single from French pop rock Les Rita Mitsouko.‚  Clearly, the boys over at Activision have done some globe trekkin to find their latest digs, and from past European iterations I can’t help but be excited.

March 19^th brings the music of Dutch symphonic rock/metal band Within Temptation to the stage with “What have you done.”‚  Already famous for their work on Guitar Hero 3, German punk band Die Toten Hosen (that is so fun to say) will perform the full band experience of their 1988 hit “Hier Kommit Alex.”‚  Finally, rounding out Europe is Spanish rock band M-Clan with “Carolina.”

World Tour returns stateside with three Jimmy Hendrix classics, “Angel,” “Freedom,” and a 1969 live from Woodstock rendition of “Foxey Lady.” ‚ ‚ Hendrix, known for his chop busting, face melting solos, is sure to challenge even the hardened guitar hero fan.‚  All 3 songs will be available March 19^th.

Furthermore, Wii fans are also getting love with the songs from the first Jimi Hendrix Track Pack “If 6 was 9,” “Little Wing” and “Fire” also available on March 19th as downloadable singles.

Why stop there? Activision sees no reason to.‚  On March 26^th 3 iconic tracks from Rock and Roll hall of fame legends Queen will go live.‚  “We are the champions,” “Fat Bottom Girls,” and “C-lebrity” round out the trifecta.‚  I can’t wait for my vocal session. “And we’ll keep on fighting to the end.”

Also on the 26^th, James Bond fans everywhere can raise their axes in harmony to the tune of a new recording of the James Bond Theme.‚  I’m a bit skeptical over the *new* but I’m sure justice will be done to arguably the most memorable and recognizable audio tracks in all of film.

If there is one guarantee for virtual currency well spent, it would have to be extra songs for your favorite music game.‚  A quick Youtube search reveals everything you could ask for, and with songs available for purchase individually, the biggest mistake you could make would cost only a couple dollars.

Sure, Guitar Hero doesn’t churn out songs at the rate of Rock Band, but it also doesn’t feature tracks by Miranda Cosgrove and the Jonas Brothers.

The songs in the two European Track Packs, Queen Track Pack and the James Bond Track will be released as downloadable singles for Xbox 360 for 160 Microsoft Points, PLAYSTATION 3 system for $1.99 and Wii for 200 Wii Points each. The Jimi Hendrix tracks will be available as downloadable singles for Wii for 200 Wii Points.

If you like purchasing in bulk and saving some scratch, the two European track packs, Jimi Hendrix pack, and the Queen pack will be available for 440 MS points on Xbox 360 or $5.49 for PS3.

LOS ANGELES — There will be a slight hint of haze in this year’s latest installment of the Guitar Hero franchise.

Jimi Hendrix, one of the most influential and iconic music makers of the 20th century will be featured in Guitar Hero: World Tour as both a playable character and with two of his songs: “”Purple Haze” (Live edition)” recorded in 1969 at the San Diego Sports Arena and ““The Wind Cries Mary.””

Additional songs will follow as downloadable content.

“”Guitar Hero games have become the virtual rock stage for the industry’s most beloved artists and Guitar Hero World Tour continues that tradition by honoring the great Jimi Hendrix and celebrating some of his greatest work,”” said Tim Riley, vice president of music affairs for Activision Blizzard. “”His presence in the game will serve to satisfy multiple generations of his fans and Guitar Hero devotees, as well as create new fans by reintroducing his genre-defining guitar style through the unique Guitar Hero experience.””

Being developed by Neversoft for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, Vicarious Visions for Wii and BUdcat for PlayStation 2, Guitar Hero: World Tour is slated for a launch later this year.