Marty Friedman , the former lead guitarist of Megadeth , recently shared a surprising story about how he missed out on a chance to join KISS because he was “too short”. See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news In an interview with Sam Ash Music , Friedman, best known for his decade-long tenure with Megadeth from 1990 to 2000, was asked if there was any KISS song he would have liked to play guitar on. His response revealed a fascinating piece of rock history: “I would’ve wanted to be on any KISS song.
I’ll give you a quick story about that – when they were changing guitar players a long time ago, I got a call from KISS’ people.” The conversation quickly took an unexpected turn when KISS’s management started asking Friedman a series of questions, seemingly unrelated to his guitar skills. “They say like, ‘Do you think you’d be interested in auditioning for KISS?’ I’m like, ‘Tell me when and where.
’ They came back and were like, ‘We’ve got a couple of questions for you. You don’t have any facial hair, do you?’ No. ‘You got long hair right?’ Right.
‘You’re skinny right?’ Right. ‘And you’re over 6 feet tall?’ and I’m like, ‘What? I’m 5’7 but I’ll have an operation, I’ll do something.'” Unfortunately for Friedman, his height proved to be a deal-breaker.
“They were like, ‘I’m sorry, it’s not going to work out.’ I was so bummed.” Despite the disappointment, Friedman acknowled.