{"id":2209,"date":"2012-05-20T18:50:37","date_gmt":"2012-05-20T18:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/?p=2209"},"modified":"2012-05-20T18:53:01","modified_gmt":"2012-05-20T18:53:01","slug":"coed-magazine-chats-with-john-5-about-marilyn-mansonalice-cooper-k-d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2012\/05\/20\/coed-magazine-chats-with-john-5-about-marilyn-mansonalice-cooper-k-d\/","title":{"rendered":"Coed Magazine chats with John 5 about Marilyn Manson, Alice Cooper, K.D. Lang and why it’s all Gods fault"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"JohnCo’ed Magazine <\/a>had a little chat with John 5. \u00a0Here it is.<\/p>\n

John 5: He\u2019s Rocked with Marilyn Manson, Alice Cooper, k.d. lang\u2013and It\u2019s all God\u2019s Fault<\/strong> by JRT<\/em><\/p>\n

John 5<\/strong>\u00a0is proud of his work with Meat Loaf. It\u2019s just not mentioned in the press release for his new\u00a0God Told Me To<\/em>\u00a0album. Of course, it\u2019s hard to list all the artists who\u2019ve brought in the guitarist to liven up their sound. You\u2019ve got Marilyn Manson, David Lee Roth, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Ricky Martin, Alice Cooper, k.d. lang, and plenty more. That\u2019s a lot of ground to cover.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah,\u201d says John from his L.A. studio, \u201cI guess they could only list a certain amount of people. Does it say Scorpions, or Paul Stanley? I\u2019ll tell you, I loved working with Meat Loaf. It was a big honor to be on a Bat Out of Hell album. I\u2019ve been really lucky, because everybody I\u2019ve worked with has been on projects that I\u2019m very proud of. I really try my best to get to a session whenever I get a call. I\u2019d love to work with Prince someday, and do even more things that are out in left field. I haven\u2019t done a classical session yet. I\u2019d like that a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n

Right now, John 5\u2013known to his parents as John Lowery\u2013is on the road playing guitar for Rob Zombie. The rock star\/director needs that kind of back-up, since it\u2019s a co-billing tour with Megadeth. John has also written the soundtrack to the upcoming Zombie film\u00a0The Lords of Salem<\/em>. You can hear how John got the job on\u00a0God Told Me To<\/em>. The instrumentals are an amazing mix of eerie blues, howling rock, and some spaghetti-western Cinemascope dramatics.<\/p>\n

\u201cI put a lot of time and effort into it,\u201d says John. \u201cEvery song is like a little symphony to me. I have to put enough melody in there, you know? It can be tough to do with an instrumental song, to put everything together and make it perfect. I wanted the album to sound like an iPod shuffle. You never know what\u2019s coming at you. Pantera one moment, and then Simon & Garfunkel. I mean, that\u2019s why my iPod is like.\u201d<\/p>\n

The album\u2019s twists even include John\u2019s epic cover of \u201cBeat It.\u201d He\u2019s not trying to be cool, or trying to goof on anything. (\u201cI\u2019m kind of paying tribute to Michael Jackson and Eddie Van Halen, but it was also a big part of my life.\u201d) The revved-up pop hit is just another way that\u00a0God Told Me To<\/em>\u00a0is an incredibly accessible album. As it turns out, even the creepy album title is meant to sound upbeat.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s really about one of the very few times I went to church,\u201d John explains. \u201cWhen I was a kid, I\u2019d only go on Christmas, or something like that. All I\u2019d ever pray for was to be a successful musician. Not even a rock star. Luckily, I got my wish of being a successful guitar player. Of course, it\u2019s also something that crazy people say when referring to awful murders they do. I just wanted to spin it into a positive.\u201d<\/p>\n

And\u00a0God Told Me To<\/em>\u00a0is also the title of a grindhouse classic from 1976 about an alien walking around Manhattan and inspiring a few human sacrifices. It\u2019s a fine film with the kind of depth that would really appeal to a smart guitarist.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh, yeah,\u201d agrees John. \u201cI\u2019ve seen it. That\u2019s a great movie. I need to watch it again.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Co’ed Magazine had a little chat with John 5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[295,129,620,13],"class_list":["post-2209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interview","tag-coed-magazine","tag-god-told-me-to","tag-interview","tag-john-5","tw-post-no-content"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1qFj4-zD","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":839265,"url":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2021\/10\/15\/listen-to-john-5-on-greg-kochs-chewing-the-gristle-podcast\/","url_meta":{"origin":2209,"position":0},"title":"Listen to John 5 on Greg Koch’s “Chewing The Gristle” podcast","author":"Dillon - Team John 5","date":"October 15, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"John 5 was a recent guest on Greg Koch's \"Chewing The Gristle\" podcast. 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