Alex Skolnick

It's cool that this vid ( which is probably not that technical ) has one of the best ratings, besides to chris brodericks in the 'betcha can't play this' series! Skolnick is one of the most original and awesomest(?) metalguitarists.

You see those Jazz scales? Super complex and hardcore.

Its no wonder that many of the really great hardcore metal shredders have found a common bond with the Jazz legends.

Jazz and the Blues WAS the "thrash" scene back in the day.

Those scales are totally amazing.

dude not blues, jazz to a certain extent, but blues was never known to be a very technical musical genre

Such a versatile player! And he plays everything perfectly, whether it's Testament, his solo jazz work, or Trans - Siberia Orchestra.

Yeah, Joe taught Alex and Rudy Escobar too.

yo it's not Joe TEACHED Vai, TEACHED is not a word, the proper word to use in this ins-tense is TAUGHT.

"ins-tense"
lol

yo dude get a fucking life I don't give a shit about how I spelled the past tense of Teach,you should write something about the video,not about the grammar of others

Joe taught Alex, Vai, Kirk Hammett, David Bryson, Kevin Cadogan, Larry LaLonde, Rick Hunolt, Phil Kettner, Geoff Tyson.. and im sure im forgetting some.

you're in a big mistake,Steve Vai and joe said that they learned from each other in an interview for Guitar World when they were on their G3 tour with Yngwie Malmsteen