{"id":443421,"date":"2019-01-03T13:19:51","date_gmt":"2019-01-03T13:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/?p=443421"},"modified":"2019-01-03T13:21:01","modified_gmt":"2019-01-03T13:21:01","slug":"john-5-named-as-one-of-the-most-innovative-musicians-of-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2019\/01\/03\/john-5-named-as-one-of-the-most-innovative-musicians-of-today\/","title":{"rendered":"J5 named as one of the &#8220;most innovative musicians of today&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/john5-kirstinewalton.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6880\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2018\/01\/28\/john-5-speaks-to-the-national-rock-review-i-want-people-to-be-as-close-as-they-want-to-the-show\/john5-kirstinewalton\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/john5-kirstinewalton.jpg?fit=550%2C307&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"550,307\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"john5-kirstinewalton\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/john5-kirstinewalton.jpg?fit=550%2C307&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/john5-kirstinewalton.jpg?fit=550%2C307&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6880 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/john5-kirstinewalton.jpg?resize=550%2C307&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"John 5 Kirstine Walton\" width=\"550\" height=\"307\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 550px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 550\/307;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ultimate-guitar.com\/articles\/features\/friday_top_15_most_innovative_musicians_of_today-83316\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ultimate-Guitar.com<\/a> have named John 5 as one of the Top 15 Most Innovative Musicians of Today. The Top 15 includes\u00a0<em>John Frusciante,\u00a0St. Vincent,\u00a0Mike Patton<\/em> and\u00a0<em>Tosin Abasi <\/em>and is compiled from a list of discussions and voting from within the UG community.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about John 5, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ultimate-guitar.com\/articles\/features\/friday_top_15_most_innovative_musicians_of_today-83316\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UG<\/a> say:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;What makes John 5 so special is his unusual but rather balanced mix of country and metal. He&#8217;s mostly known for being a guitar player for Marilyn Manson and Rob Zombie, but he can do way more than just that.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>You can see the full list here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ultimate-guitar.com\/articles\/features\/friday_top_15_most_innovative_musicians_of_today-83316\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ultimate-guitar.com\/top_15_innovative_musicians<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ultimate-Guitar.com have named John 5 as one of the Top 15 Most Innovative Musicians of Today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6880,"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":[13,821,822,820,261],"class_list":["post-443421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-john-5","tag-most-innovative","tag-readers-poll","tag-top-15","tag-ultimate-guitar","tw-post-no-content"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/john5-kirstinewalton.jpg?fit=550%2C307&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1qFj4-1RlX","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":465201,"url":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2019\/02\/02\/ultimate-guitar-speaks-to-john-5-about-his-solo-work-rob-zombie-and-much-more\/","url_meta":{"origin":443421,"position":0},"title":"[Interview] Ultimate Guitar speaks to John 5 about his solo work, Rob Zombie, the gear he uses and much more","author":"Dillon - Team John 5","date":"February 2, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"UltimateGuitar.com recently caught up with John 5 to talk about his new album Invasion (coming later this year), his new singles from that album, his gear, his favorite non-Fender guitar and what fans can expect on the new Rob Zombie album, which is also out later this year.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Interview&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Interview","link":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/category\/interview\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"John 5 interview with UltimateGuitar.com","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/john-5-interview-ultimate-guitar.jpg?fit=550%2C307&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/john-5-interview-ultimate-guitar.jpg?fit=550%2C307&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/john-5-interview-ultimate-guitar.jpg?fit=550%2C307&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6012,"url":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2017\/02\/08\/interview-john-5-speaks-to-ultimate-guitar\/","url_meta":{"origin":443421,"position":1},"title":"[Interview] John 5 speaks to Ultimate Guitar","author":"Dillon - Team John 5","date":"February 8, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Ahead of the March 3 release of his new album Season of the Witch, and a huge tour across the US with The Creatures, John 5 called in to have a chat with Ultimate-Guitar.com about the new album, his Telecaster collection, the gear he owns and uses and how he\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Interview&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Interview","link":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/category\/interview\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/timr-2.jpg?fit=550%2C307&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/timr-2.jpg?fit=550%2C307&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/timr-2.jpg?fit=550%2C307&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4505,"url":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2014\/11\/01\/j5-shares-his-shreddin-surprises-with-guitar-com\/","url_meta":{"origin":443421,"position":2},"title":"J5 shares his &#8216;Shreddin&#8217; Surprises&#8217; with Guitar.com","author":"Dillon - Team John 5","date":"November 1, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"A few weeks ago, before the John 5 and The Creatures streaming show, John 5 sat down for a long chat with Adam St. James of Guitar.com. 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