Watch Testament’s Alex Skolnick Perform the National Anthem at an NBA Game

November 4th, 2019 at 12:38pm
Axl Rosenberg

Every American rock guitarist has wanted to their own spin on “The Star-Spangled Banner” since Hendrix did it at Woodstock fifty years ago. Luckily (if for reasons I’ve never quite understood), the National Anthem is played at every professional sports event, and Metallica will only appear at games for their hometown teams. Which means there are plenty of opportunities to fulfill this particular rite of passage.

The latest notable metal musician to convey patriotism through the power of the electric guitar is Alex Skolnick (Testament, Metal Allegiance), who performed “The Star-Spangled Banner” at the Chicago Bulls/ Detroit Pistons game this past Friday, November 1. Needless to say, he killed it. Or he shredded it, rather.

Rise to your feet, put your hat over your chest, and watch:

.@AlexSkolnick of Metal Allegiance and @Testament
performing the National Anthem at Yesterday’s @ChicagoBulls
game at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois! pic.twitter.com/qD4fT2AyQx— Metal Allegiance (@metalallegiance) November 2, 2019

Played our National Anthem last night for the Chicago Bulls, Detroit Pistons, proud US Service members and a packed house of all backgrounds, persuasions etc, all of us – as befitting the name of the arena – UNITED ???????????? Still taking it all in (More soon including vids…) pic.twitter.com/sI7ZresUG4— Alex Skolnick (@AlexSkolnick) November 2, 2019

[via Metal Injection]

Tags: Alex Skolnick, metal allegiance, testament

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