Guitar Hero: Greatest Hits details sound familiar

IGN has an interview with Paul Gadbois, producer on Guitar Hero: Greatest Hits, the franchise-milking upcoming compilation of what Activision has determined are the most popular songs from every console GH title to date. Canadian development studio and port-expert, Beenox, is putting together the disc, which hits 360, PS3, PS2 and Wii in June. (It's confirmed at $60 for the 360/PS3 release, $40 on Wii and $30 on PS2.)

According to Gadbois, this mash-up of previous Guitar Hero games will offer full band play on all 48 of its included (master) tracks, while also including the music studio, character creation, and online features introduced in Guitar Hero World Tour. Eight tracks-from-the-past have been revealed so far:

• "Barracuda" by Heart

• "I Love Rock N Roll" by Joan Jett and The Blackhearts

• "I Wanna Rock" by Twisted Sister

• "Killer Queen" by Queen

• "Killing in the Name" by Rage Against The Machine

• "Nothin' But A Good Time" by Poison

• "Them Bones" by Alice in Chains

• "Through the Fire and Flames" by Dragonforce

What was it The Smiths once sang? "Re-issue! Re-package! Re-package!"