Alex Skolnick
Alex Skolnick ( born September 29, 1968 in Berkeley, California) is an American jazz and metal guitarist. He was and is now again a member of the thrash metal band Testament, which was created in 1983 in San Francisco. Skolnick left the band in 1992, but later worked at a re-recording of old Testament classics for the album First Strike Still Deadly Reunion and at concerts, such as the thrash -of -the- Titans - concert in 2001, with.
After leaving Testament, he played for the American heavy metal band Savatage, as a replacement for the tragically crashed Savatage guitarist Criss Oliva, represent their studio album Handful of Rain, and was also on the following tour. On this and the live album and video Live Japan was '94. He also made recordings with the Stu Hamm band and later joined up with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra.
In the 1990s, he pursued various projects as Exhibit -A and Skol - Patrol and took albums with Attention Deficit on. Shortly thereafter, he returned to New York City and dealt exclusively with jazz music. There he founded the Alex Skolnick Trio, which is known to play pieces from the hard rock and heavy metal scene as a bebop versions. This project he is pursuing today.
In spring 2005, Skolnick went with the rest of the classic Testament lineup on a reunion tour through Europe and the United States. This tour was documented on the Live-CD/DVD Live in London.
Since 2008, Skolnick has made a permanent member at will. He also played the last two albums, The Formation of Damnation and Dark Roots of Earth, with a.
Style and equipment
Skolnicks solo play is marked by strong melodies. The raised Testament very different from the other thrash metal bands in the San Francisco Bay Area from, because the melody is in stark contrast to the most chromatic and fast riffs. He likes to use arpeggios.
Skolnick plays electric guitars and Hollow - Bodied models from Heritage. In the early years with his band Testament he was an endorser of the Ibanez company.