Long before he joined Megadeth in early 1990, Marty Friedman had a reputation as one of America's hottest up-and-coming guitarists, largely due to his work alongside the equally-gifted Jason Becker in Shrapnel Records act Cacophony. Which is why, in the late '80s, the guitarist received a call from Sharon Osbourne's office asking him to try out for Ozzy Osbourne's solo band, after Jake E. Lee's 1987 exit.
As Friedman explained during a Q&A interview staged at the Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy Camp's "Metalmania III" event in Los Angeles on November 20, he "failed miserably" at the audition, but not because his guitar skills suddenly deserted him.
