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When Scott McKenzie was a young man, he thought he saw God . . .<\/em><\/p>\nThe deity was all in black with knee-high silver boots, a patent-leather breastplate, and full face makeup, clutching a beautiful, custom Les Paul guitar. Ace Frehley, lead guitarist for the rock group KISS, wasn’t God\u2014but hearing his piercing, shrieking, screaming, outrageous guitar solos was a transcendent spiritual experience for a boy from rural Kentucky, making him feel uplifted, a witness to a higher power.<\/em><\/p>\nTwo decades later, a grown-up Scott McKenzie vowed to meet Ace Frehley in the flesh\u2014as well as the other gods and demigods who have held divine power over a generation of worshipful metal fans: legendary guitar champions like Glenn Tipton of Judas Priest and Phil Collen of Def Leppard, hallowed names like Steve Vai, Warren DeMartini, and John 5.<\/em><\/p>\nPower Chord is a chronicle of Scott McKenzie’s epic quest to stand in the presence of metal greatness\u2014to meet his omnipotent guitar gods face-to-face and get them to divulge their otherworldly secret.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"John 5 will be apearing in a book by Premier Guitar Magazine writer Thomas Scott McKenzie in a new book charting one man’s journey to meet his guitar heroes..<\/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":[1],"tags":[13,304,305],"class_list":["post-2274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-john-5","tag-power-chord-one-mans-ear-splitting-quest-to-find-his-guitar-heroes","tag-thomas-scott-mckenzie","tw-post-no-content"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1qFj4-AG","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6354,"url":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2017\/04\/26\/john-5-wired-and-inspired-with-premier-guitar\/","url_meta":{"origin":2274,"position":0},"title":"John 5: Wired and Inspired with Premier Guitar","author":"Dillon - Team John 5","date":"April 26, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"On May 15th John 5 will be the featured cover star of Premier Guitar. 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John 5 will be appearing in a book by Premier Guitar Magazine writer Thomas Scott McKenzie in a new book charting one man’s journey to meet his guitar heroes..<\/p>\n