From Monkees to Metallica, John 5 shares with Revolver Mag, stories behind the records that shaped his life.
Tag: Van Halen
John 5 shares the ten albums that changed his life
John 5 shares with Classic Rock Magazine the guitar albums that influenced, inspired and moved him.
On his upcoming album, God Told Me To, guitarist John 5 covers Michael Jackson’s Beat It – and does a spot-on rendition of Eddie Van Halen’s famous solo. “It’s one of the most incredible leads ever,” he admits. “For me to play it any other way would have been wrong somehow. A solo like that, you have to do it perfectly.”