{"id":452725,"date":"2019-01-15T16:04:49","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T16:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/?p=452725"},"modified":"2019-01-15T16:09:27","modified_gmt":"2019-01-15T16:09:27","slug":"performer-magazine-talks-new-lp-new-tour-and-more-with-john-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2019\/01\/15\/performer-magazine-talks-new-lp-new-tour-and-more-with-john-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Performer Mag talks new LP, new tour &#038; more with John 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/john-5-performer-mag.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"452742\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2019\/01\/15\/performer-magazine-talks-new-lp-new-tour-and-more-with-john-5\/john-5-performer-mag\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/john-5-performer-mag.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;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"john-5-performer-mag\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/john-5-performer-mag.jpg?fit=550%2C307&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/john-5-performer-mag.jpg?fit=550%2C307&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-452742 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/john-5-performer-mag.jpg?resize=550%2C307&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"John 5 Performer Magazine\" 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>John 5 is the cover artist for Performer Magazines big interview in their Dec\/Jan &#8217;19 issue out now.<\/p>\n<p>In the article which is available to purchase <a href=\"http:\/\/performermag.com\/magazine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>, or read online, John talks about his upcoming Invasion tour with Jared James Nichols,\u00a0releasing the next Creatures album via a series of unique music videos (see the first video ZOINKS! <a href=\"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2019\/01\/01\/zoinks-the-new-single-from-john-5-and-the-creatures-is-available-now-to-buy-stream\/\">here<\/a>), his influences, his work with Rob Zombie, advice for fellow musicians and how his creative process works:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I\u2019m always honest with myself. So, what that means is\u2026it\u2019s hard to explain. I love to play a certain way, I love to sit on the couch and play guitar. That\u2019s all that I do, and I love playing different styles of music. If something is done really well, I\u2019m into it. So, that\u2019s what keeps me always playing, and keeps me trying to master all these different styles.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em>So that\u2019s what I do on my records. If I love Chet Atkins, I\u2019m going to put that on my record. It\u2019s a little unorthodox, with all these different kinds of styles, but I love it and it\u2019s honest. And I think that\u2019s what people enjoy about the records; it\u2019s just who I am. I\u2019m not trying to be something I\u2019m not.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>To read the interview in full, go here:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/performermag.com\/new-music-and-video\/interviews-and-features\/john-5-invasion-cover-story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">performermag.com\/interviews\/john-5-invasion-cover-story\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John 5 is the cover artist for Performer Magazines big interview in their Dec\/Jan &#8217;19 issue out now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":452742,"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":[620,813,812,13,559,814],"class_list":["post-452725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interview","tag-interview","tag-invasion-2019","tag-jared-james-nichols","tag-john-5","tag-john-5-and-the-creatures","tag-zoinks","tw-post-no-content"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/john-5-performer-mag.jpg?fit=550%2C307&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1qFj4-1TM1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":483543,"url":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2019\/02\/28\/john-5-speaks-to-consequences-of-sound-the-guitar-is-strong-and-powerful-and-will-never-die\/","url_meta":{"origin":452725,"position":0},"title":"John 5 speaks to Consequences of Sound: &#8220;the guitar is strong and powerful and will never die&#8221;","author":"Dillon - Team John 5","date":"February 28, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"John 5 speaks to Consequences of Sound about touring, social media, recording with Rob Zombie, the state of heavy metal music plus MUCH more in this wide-ranging interview.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Interview&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Interview","link":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/category\/interview\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"John 5 Consequences of Sound","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/consequences-of-sound-john-5.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\/consequences-of-sound-john-5.jpg?fit=550%2C307&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/consequences-of-sound-john-5.jpg?fit=550%2C307&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":409145,"url":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2018\/11\/16\/john-5-and-the-creatures-announce-new-album-details-winter-spring-2019-tour-dates\/","url_meta":{"origin":452725,"position":1},"title":"JOHN 5 AND THE CREATURES Announce New Album Details &#038; 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