Metallica is being honored with their own version of Guitar Hero in 2009. Song selection might be a problem for the band, especially deciding whether to feature any of their new material. The Metallica version of Guitar Hero will probably include mostly tracks from the new album to up record sales.

Choosing the entire album Kill ‘Em All is unlikely but seems like it would make the most Metallica fans happy. Ride The Lightning may be a better choice for Guitar Hero because the featured songs are perfect for smashing buttons on a plastic guitar. This album could potentially be problematic on a game that plenty of youngsters play because it discusses the death penalty, etc. This would probably have to have a mature rating, limiting sales. Master of Puppets would be a better choice for Guitar Hero because after coming out, it reached a large and diverse audience. Metal fans who consider Master of Puppets the best metal album of all time could have a problem with it entering the video game world, but who knows? And Justice For All will most likely be included, or at least the popular track “One.” For now we’ll just have to wait and keep playing the Aerosmith edition.

We just got a press release from Steven Tyler’s publicist regarding the Aerosmith frontman’s recent recuperation in rehab:

Steven Tyler checked himself into a rehab facility earlier this month after a series of surgeries and post-operative physical therapy (to correct long-time foot injuries resulting from his trademark athletic performance onstage).
 
“The doctors told me the pain in my feet could be corrected but it would require a few surgeries over time,” Tyler says.  “The ‘foot repair’ pain was intense, greater than I’d anticipated. The months of rehabilitative care and the painful strain of physical therapy were traumatic.  I really needed a safe environment to recuperate where I could shut off my phone and get back on my feet.  Make no mistake, AEROSMITH has no plans to stop rocking.  There’s a new album to record, then another tour.

So…accordign to this his rehab stay has nothing to do with dionysian partying and drug use? This is jut a little fishy, innit?

I guess this kinda makes sense, though. If old Jagger lips were dipping into the horse again maybe his band wouldn’t need to hire pro songwriters to crank out the radio hits.  And with their legendary association with drugs, why woudln’t Tyler admit to poppin pain killers? I dont’ know about you, but I’m just about over tolerating his elder statesman of rock sobriety.