{"id":2650,"date":"2012-09-30T13:13:40","date_gmt":"2012-09-30T13:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/?p=2650"},"modified":"2012-09-30T13:13:40","modified_gmt":"2012-09-30T13:13:40","slug":"john-5-talks-to-wrestling-with-pop-culture-about-the-tour-the-next-zombie-album-and-other-upcoming-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2012\/09\/30\/john-5-talks-to-wrestling-with-pop-culture-about-the-tour-the-next-zombie-album-and-other-upcoming-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"John 5 talks to Wrestling with Pop Culture about the tour, the next Zombie album and other upcoming projects"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Check out this new interview with John 5 conducted by Wrestling with Pop Culture<\/a> \u00a0just before the start of the Twins of Evil tour.<\/p>\n

John 5 shreds with Rob Zombie on the Twins of Evil tour<\/strong> by Jonathan Williams<\/em><\/p>\n

Though he received his first big jolt of recognition when he became\u00a0Marilyn Manson\u2018s guitarist in 1998, for the past seven years\u00a0John 5\u2018s shredding skills have been utilized as part of\u00a0Rob Zombie\u2018s band. So when Manson and Zombie take to the stage tonight at theDesert Uprising\u00a0festival in Phoenix for the first night of the Twins of Evil tour, it will be especially exciting for 5 given his history with both bands. Having released his latest solo CD\u00a0God Told Me To\u00a0<\/em>a few months ago, 5 also contributed some guitar work for Zombie\u2019s recent remix albumMondo Sex Head<\/em>. Before taking the stage for the Twins of Evil tour, 5 talks to\u00a0Wrestling with Pop Culture\u00a0about the tour, the next Zombie album and other upcoming projects.<\/p>\n

Rob Zombie\u2019s recent remix CD featured some of his older material remixed by several of today\u2019s top DJs and electronic musicians. But you also contributed some guitar work to the album. Which songs did you work on?<\/strong><\/p>\n

That\u2019s right. There\u2019s a lot going on right now. The remix CD just came out, we just finished up the new Zombie record, we\u2019re doing the\u00a0The Lords of Salem\u00a0<\/em>movie and the Twins of Evil tour is starting. A couple of DJs got a hold of me and said, \u201cHey, would you mind putting this, that and the other thing on there?\u201d And I said, \u201cAbsolutely. It\u2019ll be fun.\u201d And for Jonathan Davis\u2019\u00a0J Devil\u00a0remix I did a little work and it came out really great. I love that album. It was a lot of fun and it\u2019s cool to hear the songs remixed that way. I did some stuff on \u201cThunder Kiss\u201d and \u201cSuperbeast.\u201d<\/p>\n

You mentioned the new Rob Zombie record. What can you say about that at this point?<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong>I\u2019m not sure when it comes out, but I just listened to the whole record and it is an aggressive, in-your-face record. I\u2019ve been a fan of White Zombie and Rob Zombie since long before I was in the band, and from a fan\u2019s outlook when listening to this record I hear a lot of the live, raw aggressiveness of White Zombie. A lot of artists say, \u201cThis is our best record and blah blah blah blah blah,\u201d but I really am super excited about this and I think people are really going to enjoy it. It\u2019s still very early and Rob is definitely going to come up with something great for the title of the record. These are really great songs and people are going to dig it. I\u2019m looking forward to playing these songs live.<\/p>\n

This will be your first record since your former Marilyn Manson bandmate\u00a0Ginger Fish\u00a0joined Zombie\u2019s band. How involved was he in the recording process?<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong>I\u2019ve known Ginger forever and when we go in to record, I bring guitars and some pedals and this and that. Ginger came to the studio, I swear to God, with a semi full of drums and mics. I thought he was moving in or something. It was crazy all the stuff he brought. I was like, \u201cWhat is going on here? He\u2019s just playing drums!\u201d But he\u2019s great and he did a phenomenal job. That\u2019s another great thing about the record is that it\u2019s so alive with his crazy energy.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been a few years since you and Ginger played in the same band together. What has it been like playing with him again?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I always kept in touch with Ginger, so it\u2019s been like jamming with an old friend. It worked before and it just seemed to fit perfect. I told Rob that Ginger would be perfect because I had played with him before, he\u2019s loyal and he\u2019s a great drummer. And it\u2019s been working perfect. He\u2019s been in the band for a little while, we\u2019ve done a few tours with him and now we\u2019ve done a record with him. It really is a perfect fit. Now we\u2019re doing this tour together and it\u2019s really going to be a lot of fun. It\u2019s going to be a huge show and what better thing to do around Halloween time than go see Marilyn Manson and Rob Zombie?<\/p>\n

That\u2019s a pairing a lot of people have been wanting to see since the late \u201990s. But now with the added dynamic of yours and Ginger\u2019s history with both bands just makes it that much more interesting.
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong>It\u2019s going to be exciting, to say the least. A lot of people are going to really enjoy it and it\u2019s such a perfect time of year for it.<\/p>\n

Both bands are known for putting on huge stage shows. Have the two bands been communicating about coordinating their shows or will there be a bit of one-upsmanship going on during the tour?<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong>The only thing I\u2019m sure of is Rob Zombie has always had such a massive show, but this tour is going to be even bigger. Our show is going to be so big and mammoth that people are going to be holding their heads and saying, \u201cI can\u2019t believe what I just saw.\u201d<\/p>\n

You also mentioned the\u00a0The Lords of Salem<\/em>\u00a0movie. Are you involved with that in some way?<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong>Yeah, I did the music score for the movie. It was a challenge to score a movie, especially a Rob Zombie movie. I used a lot of weird things to create the sounds like violin bows, banging on the guitar, quarters on the strings and all sorts of weird instruments. I\u2019m really proud of how this music came out. It was one of the most challenging things I\u2019ve done in a long time.<\/p>\n

Was Zombie involved in the recording process at all?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rob was actually directing, editing and talking to me about the score. We did a couple of pieces together and the guy\u2019s a genius. I sit back and think about how he makes hit records and he does these movies, but for my birthday he painted me the\u00a0Creature from the Black Lagoon<\/em>. The guy can do everything. The painting is amazing, he does music, movies, but you know what? I can beat him at air hockey. That\u2019s what I can beat him at. We played air hockey at the movie and I beat him, so I\u2019ve got that going for me.<\/p>\n

You also released a new solo album a few months ago, which is probably your most ambitious solo effort to date. For those who haven\u2019t heard it, what would you like to say about that album?<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong>I really can\u2019t believe how well it\u2019s doing. People enjoy when I put out this instrumental music because they never know what they\u2019re going to get. They\u2019re kind of like Forrest Gump\u2019s box of chocolates. But with\u00a0God Told Me To<\/em>, there\u2019s a DVD that goes with the record and Rob Zombie painted the cover. I\u2019ve gotten a lot of love from that record and I appreciate that. And it really takes you on a journey, that\u2019s for sure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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