{"id":500499,"date":"2019-03-22T14:44:47","date_gmt":"2019-03-22T14:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/?p=500499"},"modified":"2019-03-22T14:46:24","modified_gmt":"2019-03-22T14:46:24","slug":"metal-titans-interviews-john-5-hold-on-to-you-cranium-its-going-to-be-great","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2019\/03\/22\/metal-titans-interviews-john-5-hold-on-to-you-cranium-its-going-to-be-great\/","title":{"rendered":"Metal Titans interviews John 5: &#8220;Hold on to you cranium, it\u2019s going to be great!&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/john-5-metal-titans-2019-interview.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"500510\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2019\/03\/22\/metal-titans-interviews-john-5-hold-on-to-you-cranium-its-going-to-be-great\/john-5-metal-titans-2019-interview\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/john-5-metal-titans-2019-interview.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-metal-titans-2019-interview\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/john-5-metal-titans-2019-interview.jpg?fit=550%2C307&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/john-5-metal-titans-2019-interview.jpg?fit=550%2C307&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-500510 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/john-5-metal-titans-2019-interview.jpg?resize=550%2C307&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"John 5 Interview Metal Titans 2019\" 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>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metaltitans.com\/john-5-exclusive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Metal Titans<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Metal Titans spoke with John 5 on February 20th&#8230;. The guitar virtuoso has played with the likes of K.D. Lang, Rob Halford\u2019s 2wo, David Lee Roth, Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie and he\u2019s got a pretty good solo career, too. He\u2019s got a new album, \u2018Invasion&#8217; &#8230; once again he&#8217;s backed by The Creatures. John 5 and The Creatures are set to hit the road on February 26th for a late winter\/spring tour of North America with special guest Jared James Nichols in tow.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Read the interview, which looks at John&#8217;s KISS collection, his new music videos, working with Motley Crue and what he thought of the Freddie Mercury biopic &#8220;Bohemian Rhapsody&#8221; and much much more: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metaltitans.com\/john-5-exclusive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.metaltitans.com\/john-5-exclusive\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: <em>Charlene Tupper\/Metal Titans<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Read this brand new interview with John 5 from Metal Titans which looks at John&#8217;s KISS collection, his new music videos, working with Motley Crue and what he thought of the Freddie Mercury biopic &#8220;Bohemian Rhapsody&#8221; and much much more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":500510,"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":[620,813,13,559,108,14],"class_list":["post-500499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interview","tag-interview","tag-invasion-2019","tag-john-5","tag-john-5-and-the-creatures","tag-nikki-sixx","tag-rob-zombie","tw-post-no-content"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/john-5-metal-titans-2019-interview.jpg?fit=550%2C307&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1qFj4-26cz","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4479,"url":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2014\/10\/01\/watch-john-5-speaks-to-metal-titans\/","url_meta":{"origin":500499,"position":0},"title":"[Watch] John 5 speaks to Metal Titans","author":"Dillon - Team John 5","date":"October 1, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Out on the recent Zombie tour, John 5 met up with our friends at Metal Titans who asked him about John 5 and The Creatures, working with Zombie, his favorite vintage guitar and he imparts his advice on what you should do if you want to learn guitar.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Interview&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Interview","link":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/category\/interview\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"John 5 Metal Titans","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/j-5-metal-titans.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/j-5-metal-titans.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/j-5-metal-titans.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":7049,"url":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2018\/04\/13\/john-5-discusses-its-alive-tour-and-working-with-rob-halford-dave-lee-roth-and-more-with-metal-titans\/","url_meta":{"origin":500499,"position":1},"title":"John 5 discusses &#8220;It&#8217;s Alive&#8221; 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