THE ART OF MALICE

TRACKLIST:

1	The Nightmare Unravels	4:54
2	The Art of Malice	1:46
3	Ill Will Or Spite	4:03
4	J.W.	3:10
5	Ya Dig? (featuring Billy Sheehan)	3:52
6	Can I Live Again	4:02
7	Portrayed As Unremorseful	3:29
8	Steel Guitar Rag	3:00
9	Wayne County Killer	3:42
10	Fractured Mirror (Ace Frehley cover)	5:09
11	The S. Lot	4:13
12	The Last Page Turned	3:35

JOHN 5 ON THE ART OF MALICE:

“With guitar instrumental records, you get one thing and it’s hard to listen to [one thing] all the way through. Even for guitar players it’s kinda tough. I like to put together different styles to keep the listener entertained. It’d be like eating the same meal again and again; it’d get tiresome. I just put some different styles in there, and put a cover of Ace Frehley’s “Fractured Mirror” on the record. It was the first instrumental I heard and I loved KISS so much. It turned out to be one of my favorite songs for quite a long time – and I was only eight or nine years old when it came out. To do a cover of that song was something special.”

John 5 speaking to Metal Sucks: April 21, 2010

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LINEAR NOTES:

• John 5: All guitars and bass
• Billy Sheehan: Bass on “Ya Dig”
• Greg Hanna: Additional bass
• Tommy Clufetos: Drums & Percussion
• Chris Baseford: Keyboards
• Produced by: Chris Baseford & John 5
• Mastered: Undercurrent Studios
• Engineered by: Chris Baseford
• Recorded: Doghouse Studios, Los Angeles
• Photography & Design: Ray Gutierrez/StrangeBeautiful.com
• Make-up: Roxxi Dott
• Hair Stylist: Rita Aghajani
• Management: Mark Friedman/Wawazat Music
• Publicity: Nancy Sayle/VQPR
• All Songs written by: John 5/John5 music (ASCAP)
  Except “Fractured Mirror” written by Ace Frehley
• Special Thanks: Rita Lowery, Nicole & Jeremy Lowery, Mary K Kirtley, Mary “Say” Sylvia, Hayley, Alex Friedman, Rob & Sheri Zombie, Tommy Clufetos, Piggy D, Ray Gutierrez, Richard McDonald, Alex Perez & everyone at Fender Musical Instruments, Paul Marshall & everyone at Marshall Amplification, Kevin Day & everyone at Rocket Science, Ed Van Zijl & everyone at Mascot records, Matt Larson, Rodger Carter, Mark Colis, Ben Cole & everyone at GHS Strings, Jeff Shroedel at Hal Leonard, Mark Menghi & everyone at Samson/Zoom, Ruben Velasco, Karen Keeler, Emma Ludford, Annette & Chris McGill and oh yeah, “Shit Neck”.
• John 5 exclusively plays Fender Guitars, Marshall Amps, GHS Strings and Samson/Zoom pedals.
• All info please go to www.john-5.com or myspace.com/john5official