MUSICIAN

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 763,453 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Alex Skolnick is the 2,396th most popular musician (down from 2,159th in 2019), the 12,955th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,320th in 2019) and the 983rd most popular American Musician.

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  • 760k

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  • 39.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Alex Skolnick ranks 2,396 out of 3,175Before him are Tex Beneke, Julian Rachlin, Atticus Ross, Andy Bell, Aurora, and Robb Flynn. After him are Tyler Joseph, Paul Horn, Charlie Clouser, John Rutsey, Albert Heath, and Jeff Baxter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Alex Skolnick ranks 510Before him are Lina Cheryazova, Kathleen Hanna, Graeme Le Saux, Atticus Ross, Michael Bartels, and Maja Blagdan. After him are Joseph Cedar, Ján Svorada, Leila Meskhi, Kim Young-ha, Lisa Paus, and Bill Lawrence.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alex Skolnick ranks 12,955 out of 20,380Before him are Crystal Gayle (1951), Robb Flynn (1967), Amanda Peterson (1971), John Patrick Shanley (1950), Gunning Bedford Jr. (1747), and Alan Dundes (1934). After him are Eva Amurri (1985), Linda M. Godwin (1952), Joel Gretsch (1963), Marillyn Hewson (1953), Catherine Dent (1965), and Bill Pope (1952).

Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Alex Skolnick ranks 983Before him are Ontronik Khachaturian (1975), Vonda Shepard (1963), Joe Boyd (1942), Kathleen Hanna (1968), Tex Beneke (1914), and Robb Flynn (1967). After him are Tyler Joseph (1988), Paul Horn (1930), Charlie Clouser (1963), Albert Heath (1935), Jeff Baxter (1948), and Josh White (1914).