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Alexander Nathan Skolnick (born September 29, 1968), is an American musician who is best known as the lead guitarist in the thrash metal band Testament. After leaving Testament, he led a jazz group, the Alex Skolnick Trio, and recorded an album of world music.

According to a Guitar World magazine readers' poll, he is considered one of the greatest guitarists of all time and one of the fastest guitarists in the world.

Skolnick was born and raised in Berkeley, California, in a non-traditional Jewish family. His parents, Jerome Skolnick and Arlene, both PhD graduates from Yale University, taught sociology at New York University and University of California, Berkeley.

Skolnick began playing guitar at age nine. He was influenced by Eddie Van Halen, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Johnny Winter, Randy Rhoads, Yngwie Malmsteen, Kiss, and Scorpions.He was a student of guitarist Joe Satriani.