{"id":4616,"date":"2015-01-17T13:50:14","date_gmt":"2015-01-17T13:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/?p=4616"},"modified":"2015-01-17T13:50:14","modified_gmt":"2015-01-17T13:50:14","slug":"listen-john-5-speaks-to-axs-into-the-pit-about-his-creatures-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2015\/01\/17\/listen-john-5-speaks-to-axs-into-the-pit-about-his-creatures-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"[LISTEN] John 5 speaks to AXS &#8216;Into The Pit&#8217; about his Creatures tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4148\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2014\/03\/22\/john-5-begins-tracking-his-new-solo-album-careful-with-that-axe\/john-5-new-album\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/john-5-new-album.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;}\" data-image-title=\"john-5-new-album\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/john-5-new-album.jpg?fit=550%2C307&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/john-5-new-album.jpg?fit=550%2C307&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4148 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/john-5-new-album.jpg?resize=550%2C307\" alt=\"John 5 Careful with that Axe\" width=\"550\" height=\"307\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 550px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 550\/307;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"AXS\" href=\"http:\/\/m.axs.com\/into-the-pit-john-5-37008\" target=\"_blank\">AXS contributor Jay Nanda<\/a>, called John 5 to talk ahead of his John 5 and The Creatures show in San Antonio, about\u00a0the inspiration for his song titles and on-stage masks, his experience working with a who&#8217;s-who of musicians, channeling his inner Michael Jackson and all things in his world.<\/p>\n<p>To listen to the interview, click &gt;&gt;&gt;\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"450\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F186054560&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=true&show_comments=true&color=false&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\"><\/iframe>\n<p><strong>Get your tickets to the show:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHEN:<\/strong>\u00a08 p.m. on Tues. Feb. 24<br \/>\n<strong>WHERE:<\/strong>\u00a0210 Kapone&#8217;s (1223 E. Houston St.)<br \/>\n<strong>TICKETS:<\/strong>\u00a0$13 plus fees at frontgatetickets.com. Buy\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/210kapones.com\/event\/john-5\/?instance_id=285\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen to John 5&#8217;s interview with AXS, In the Pit, as he discusses the inspiration for his song titles and on-stage masks, his experience working with a who&#8217;s-who of musicians, channeling his inner Michael Jackson and all things in his world.<\/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":[533,620,559,507],"class_list":["post-4616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interview","tag-careful-with-that-axe","tag-interview","tag-john-5-and-the-creatures","tag-tour-dates","tw-post-no-content"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1qFj4-1cs","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5089,"url":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2015\/10\/07\/listen-music-junkie-press-chats-to-john-5\/","url_meta":{"origin":4616,"position":0},"title":"[LISTEN] Music Junkie Press chats to John 5","author":"Dillon - Team John 5","date":"October 7, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Before heading out on tour, John 5 gave a phone interview to our friends at Music Junkie Press. 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