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Alex Skolnick

1968 - Today

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Alex Skolnick (born September 29, 1968) is an American musician. 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, between The Legacy (1987) and The Ritual (1992). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alex Skolnick has received more than 709,556 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Alex Skolnick is the 2,167th most popular musician (down from 1,889th in 2019), the 11,346th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,772nd in 2019) and the 910th most popular American Musician.

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  • 710k

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  • 39.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Alex Skolnick ranks 2,167 out of 2,662Before him are Maria Schneider, Kim Thayil, Salil Chowdhury, Maxim Fadeev, Sverre Kjelsberg, and Diplo. After him are Sean Kinney, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Gerald Wilson, Mick Harvey, Jon Oliva, and Gail Ann Dorsey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Alex Skolnick ranks 414Before him are Nikolaos Kaklamanakis, James Allison, Vlado Šola, John Singleton, Hauwa Ibrahim, and Maxim Fadeev. After him are José Carlos de Almeida, Byron Howard, Michael Obiku, Artur Dmitriev, Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu, and Masahiko Harada.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alex Skolnick ranks 11,346 out of 18,182Before him are Nellie Connally (1919), Lita (1975), Irene Worth (1916), John Seigenthaler (1927), Nathan Chen (1999), and Howell Cobb (1815). After him are Cameron Monaghan (1993), Sean Kinney (1966), Mark Romanek (1959), Michelle Kwan (1980), Arlene Francis (1907), and Timmy Mayer (1938).

Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Alex Skolnick ranks 910Before him are Uri Caine (1956), Tyler Joseph (1988), Johnny Van Zant (1960), Maria Schneider (1960), Kim Thayil (1960), and Diplo (1978). After him are Sean Kinney (1966), Gerald Wilson (1918), Jon Oliva (1959), Gail Ann Dorsey (1962), Synyster Gates (1981), and James Iha (1968).

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