Metallica turned down Guitar Hero for Xbox until royalties were offered

October 31, 2007

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Metallica originally turned down to license their tracks, "One" and "Enter the Sandman" was submitted for tracks for Guitar Hero. Things changed once the software publisher offered royalties based on sales as opposed to flat fes.

Manager Marc Reiter, who works for Q Prime, said "We felt we were remiss in not being in there."