West Haven, CT. -- Rock House, the leader in music instruction, announced today the release of JAZZ GUITAR, Breaking the Traditional Barriers, a new Three DVD set featuring guitarist Alex Skolnick who ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Javier Bragado/Redferns Born in Berkeley California in 1968, Alex Skolnick was a key ...

Alex Skolnick, born in 1968, grew up in Berkeley, California. At age nine, a fascination with the rock group Kiss led to a desire to learn guitar. At age sixteen, Alex tried out for a local band ...

Berkeley’s Testament has now been shredding for almost three decades. Just the fact that they’re still making quality examples of the style they helped usher in says a great deal about the group’s ...

Late last month on our music blog, Sound of the City, we ran a handy chart to help readers determine whether something is “metal as fuck,” a highly contentious designation. A pile of leaves is not ...

Back in the late ‘80s, there was some scuttlebutt that Dave Mustaine had shortlisted Testament’s Alex Skolnick for the lead guitar position in Megadeth. Mustaine had an ear for hot-shot players, and ...