The lead guitar player of Testament isn’t your typical metalhead, as you’ll soon hear.  He’s had a long, varied, and surprisingly moving career in music.  In this episode, Alex talks with Discograffiti about: The evolution of the types of guitars he’s played through his life; The exciting road to becoming Testament’s lead guitar player; And the epiphany he experienced in the late 1980s watching a Miles Davis gig, and the profound effect it had on his career.  Listen: https://podfollow.com/1592182331  2-3 podcasts / week: Patreon.com/Discograffiti  There are now over 100 Patreon episodes. That's an entire universe of indispensable music podcasts available to you for the price of a cup of coffee a week. Please Pledge/Share: Gofund.me/d316c87c Coming Monday: Alex Skolnick: Bonus Shredding CONNECT Join our Soldiers of Sound Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1839109176272153 Patreon: www.Patreon.com/Discograffiti Podfollow: ⁠⁠https://podfollow.com/1592182331⁠⁠ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/discograffitipod/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Discograffiti/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Discograffiti YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClyaQCdvDelj5EiKj6IRLhw Web site: http://discograffiti.com/ CONTACT DAVE Email: [email protected] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hooligandave Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/davidgebroe/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DaveGebroe #alexskolnick #testament #thrashmetal #chuckbilly #ericpeterson #heavymetal #testamentband #metal #metalhead #thrash #testamentlegions #genehoglan #gregchristian #bayareathrash #testamentofficial #stevedigiorgio #testamentfans #bayareathrashmetal #bayarea #bayareametal #thrashtilldeath #metalforever #metalforlife #louieclemente #thrashforlife #thrashforever #openthepit #raiseyourhorns #metalmachinemuzak #discograffiti  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/discograffiti/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/discograffiti/support