So I've been thinking about how rock artists over the past 30 years or so have always run in tight circles. This guy used to play in this band, introduced someone to another band, used to date the same person, who auditioned for someone else, and so on.

Growing up playing guitar in high school, talking trivia about rock artists was a big pastime. My friends and I would talk about players and singers like we were trading baseball cards...the more esoteric the trivia, the cooler you were. Who played drums for Zappa ? how about *just* in the 70s only ? Who has played bass for AC/DC ? On and on.

Some pieces of trivia always fascinated me...missed or lucky opportunities. For example, one juicy tidbit is that the guitarist mostly known for playing in the 80s band "Mr. Mister":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr_Mister had once auditioned for replacing famed guitarist Ace Frehley of KISS. The band clearly liked Farris' chops, because he has a solo on "Creatures of the Night":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creatures_of_the_Night#Uncredited_musicians, on the title track, which Farris doesn't receive credit for.So what happened ? Did Farris somehow piss off Paul Stanley or Gene Simmons ? Did he not have the KISS "look" ? However it went, KISS went on to attempt a comeback, passing on Farris, and moving on with guitarist "Vinny Vincent":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinnie_Vincent, and it would seem that Farris missed out. But they never saw the same fame as they did in the 1970s.Meanwhile, Farris joined Mr. Mister, and enjoyed a US #1 hit album with them before splitting up. He later toured with "Whitesnake":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitesnake , and worked with "Tori Amos":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tori_Amos and "4 Non Blondes":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4_Non_Blondes.So what do you think ? Would Farris have been better off if he had gotten the gig with KISS ?