Guitar Hero: Metallica Series Goody's Fast Relief 500 run during the weekend of the game's release. Two television commercials, in the same style as those for "Guitar Hero World Tour" that parody the scene from "Risky Business" where Tom Cruise dances in his underwear during Bob Seger's song "Old Time Rock and Roll", were prepared for the game and were directed by Brett Ratner. The ads, which first aired during the 2009 NCAA Basketball Tournament, features NCAA coaches Bob Knight, Mike Krzyzewski, Roy Williams, and Rick Pitino along with the current members of Metallica. "Guitar Hero: Metallica" features 49 songs based on master
Old Time Rock and Roll Studio in Sheffield, Alabama and Sound Suite Studios in Detroit, Michigan. Originally, the Silver Bullet Band was displeased with its inclusion on "Stranger in Town", claiming, according to Seger, that the song was not "Silver Bullety". However, upon hearing audience reactions to it during their tour in Europe, the band grew to like the song. In 1990, Seger joined Billy Joel on one occasion and Don Henley on another to play the song during their concerts in Auburn Hills, Michigan. He also performed the song at his Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. The song was featured in