{"id":3342,"date":"2013-03-26T17:09:19","date_gmt":"2013-03-26T17:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/?p=3342"},"modified":"2013-03-26T17:09:19","modified_gmt":"2013-03-26T17:09:19","slug":"john-5-rising-flashwounds-interviews-j5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2013\/03\/26\/john-5-rising-flashwounds-interviews-j5\/","title":{"rendered":"John 5 Rising – Flashwounds interviews J5"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Check out this interview from independent website Flashwounds<\/a>, with John 5, where he talks about forthcoming albums, working with Rob Zombie and more, in a recent phone conversation.<\/p>\n

To read the full interview\u00a0<\/p>\n

John 5 Rising<\/strong> By Craig Lindberg<\/em><\/p>\n

What do you get when you cross Bela Lugosi with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?<\/p>\n

You get a twisted, dark genius of a musician known simply as John 5. The enigmatic guitarist who provides the shred behind the immortal Rob Zombie\u2019s latest album Venomous Rat Regenerator Vendor (which hits stores on April 23rd ) shared his thoughts on the new album and on scoring Rob\u2019s new film The Lords of Salem during a recent phone conversation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are all very excited about the new album,\u201d said John. \u201cWe tried some new things that all just felt\u2026right. We are all best friends, which makes our writing process that much easier. When you\u2019re on the same page with everyone else in the band it isn\u2019t work, it\u2019s a pleasure.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Egos are in no short supply when it comes to musicians; even the mediocre or completely untalented ones can have an [unearned] air of arrogance about them, so it\u2019s only natural to expect a bit of narcissism from an acclaimed virtuoso like John 5. Being known primarily as the guitarist for another musician ~ a hired gun, if you will ~ can be awkward for someone of such talent, but John not only acknowledges it sans ego, but also embraces it wholeheartedly.<\/p>\n

\u201cRob is a super guy and great friend, we work very well together but at the end of the day it comes down to a mutual respect. He\u2019s the boss, I understand that. My solo work allows me to shred the way I need to, playing the Zombie stuff is fun\u2026it\u2019s just good music and we all understand it\u2019s about the music. This was a huge challenge for me,\u201d he admitted. \u201cIt was like 10 times the intensity of writing a record. It took months and months as the timing is key to each scene. The music was very challenging and sometimes there was no key signature or time signature for this music, which is all orchestral and acoustic with the exception of one Death Metal song. You had to be able to follow the story and create emotions for each scene with the music.\u201d
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\nWhile the jury is still out on the success of the score, and while we\u2019re forced to stifle our anticipation of the film\u2019s release for another month, the rate at which the first single ~ \u201cDead City Radio and the New Gods of Supertown\u201d ~ off the new record is climbing the rock chart makes it pretty safe to assume that the John 5\/Rob Zombie collaborative will be rocking our world for some time to come\u2026And that no creative medium is safe from this diabolical duo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Check out this interview from independent website Flashwounds, with John 5, where he talks about forthcoming albums, working with Rob Zombie and more, in a recent phone conversation.<\/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":[379,620,13,14],"class_list":["post-3342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interview","tag-flashwounds","tag-interview","tag-john-5","tag-rob-zombie","tw-post-no-content"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1qFj4-RU","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4347,"url":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2014\/07\/21\/illinois-entertainment-speaks-to-john-5-ahead-of-us-tour\/","url_meta":{"origin":3342,"position":0},"title":"Illinois Entertainer speaks to John 5 ahead of US tour","author":"Dillon - Team John 5","date":"July 21, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"On the eve of the current US tour with Rob Zombie, Kelley Simms of Illinois Entertainer spoke to John 5 over the phone. 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