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Alex Skolnick

1968 - Today

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Alex Skolnick (born September 29, 1968) is an American musician from Berkeley, California. He is best known as the lead guitarist and one of the songwriters of the thrash metal band Testament and has played with several other bands, including The Alex Skolnick Trio, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Savatage and the heavy metal supergroup Metal Allegiance. Skolnick began his musical career at the age of 15 when he joined the local Bay Area thrash metal band Legacy, which eventually became Testament, and performed on five albums with them, from The Legacy (1987) to The Ritual (1992). By the time he left Testament in 1992, Skolnick had found considerable fame among the thrash metal and guitar communities; Guitar World magazine named him one of the greatest guitarists of all time, and as one of the "fastest guitarists of all time". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). Alex Skolnick is the 2,326th most popular musician (up from 2,399th in 2024), the 12,690th most popular biography from United States (up from 12,959th in 2019) and the 945th most popular American Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Alex Skolnick ranks 2,326 out of 3,175. Before him are Hughie Thomasson, Ulf Ekberg, James Newman, Thomas G:son, Slide Hampton, and Leon Wilkeson. After him are Flemming Rasmussen, DJ Premier, Bucky Pizzarelli, Mick Harvey, David Murray, and Randy Bachman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Alex Skolnick ranks 481. Before him are Eric Van Meir, Nikolaos Kaklamanakis, Fernando León de Aranoa, Petar Naumoski, Monchi, and Thomas G:son. After him are Almudena Muñoz, Fernando Escartín, Kunio Kitamura, Vicente Ehate Tomi, Tim Commerford, and Éric Vuillard.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alex Skolnick ranks 12,694 out of 20,380. Before him are Gene Okerlund (1942), Andy Tennant (1955), Zak Brown (1971), Lou Adler (1933), Ellie Greenwich (1940), and Marissa Mayer (1975). After him are Lot M. Morrill (1813), Ben Vereen (1946), Gene Sarazen (1902), Jerome Apt (1949), Melody Thomas Scott (1956), and Reid Hoffman (1967).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Alex Skolnick ranks 945. Before him are John 5 (1971), Eugene Wright (1923), Ryan Tedder (1979), Hughie Thomasson (1952), Slide Hampton (1932), and Leon Wilkeson (1952). After him are DJ Premier (1966), Bucky Pizzarelli (1926), David Murray (1955), Charlie Barnet (1913), Buck Owens (1929), and Erich Kunzel (1935).

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