{"id":505913,"date":"2019-03-29T13:55:46","date_gmt":"2019-03-29T13:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/?p=505913"},"modified":"2019-03-29T13:57:48","modified_gmt":"2019-03-29T13:57:48","slug":"listen-wired-in-the-empire-with-mike-x-in-wide-ranging-interview-with-john-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2019\/03\/29\/listen-wired-in-the-empire-with-mike-x-in-wide-ranging-interview-with-john-5\/","title":{"rendered":"[Listen] Wired in the Empire with Mike X in wide-ranging interview with John 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/wired-john-5-interview.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"505919\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2019\/03\/29\/listen-wired-in-the-empire-with-mike-x-in-wide-ranging-interview-with-john-5\/wired-john-5-interview\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/wired-john-5-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=\"wired-john-5-interview\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/wired-john-5-interview.jpg?fit=550%2C307&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/wired-john-5-interview.jpg?fit=550%2C307&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-505919 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/wired-john-5-interview.jpg?resize=550%2C307&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Wired in the Empire interview John 5\" 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=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/radioactivemikez\/john-5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wired In The Empire with Mike X<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>John 5 called in to talk about his new solo album and tour playing the Whisky A Go Go on 4\/6 and the Parish Room at HOB-Anaheim on 4\/7. Here&#8217;s what we talked about:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>New music and videos (0-3)<\/li>\n<li>Solo tour at Whisky 4\/6 and HOB 4\/7 (3-4)<\/li>\n<li>Dimebash 2019 remembering Dimebag and Vinnie (4-5)<\/li>\n<li>Drummer Randy Castillo (5-6:30)<\/li>\n<li>Wayne Static and guitar solo for &#8220;Cannibal&#8221; (6:30-8)<\/li>\n<li>Motley Crue Nikki Sixx and Mick Mars (8-9:30)<\/li>\n<li>Rob Zombie new music (9-11)<\/li>\n<li>Movie soundtracks (11-13)<\/li>\n<li>Flannel Five-Nirvana, Pearl Jam, STP, AIC, Soundgarden (14-16)<\/li>\n<li>Nu Metal Six Pack-RATM, Korn, Linkin Park, Slipknot, Disturbed, SOAD (16-end)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/592687146&amp;color=%23d51b89&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>Imagery above uses photo by Steve Brazill.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Wired In The Empire with Mike X: John 5 called in to talk about his new solo album and tour playing the Whisky A Go Go on 4\/6 and the Parish Room at HOB-Anaheim on 4\/7. Here&#8217;s what we talked about: New music and videos (0-3) Solo tour at Whisky 4\/6 and HOB 4\/7&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":505919,"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":[620,13,559,853,14,852],"class_list":["post-505913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interview","tag-interview","tag-john-5","tag-john-5-and-the-creatures","tag-motley-crue","tag-rob-zombie","tag-wayne-static","tw-post-no-content"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/wired-john-5-interview.jpg?fit=550%2C307&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1qFj4-27BT","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":854534,"url":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2023\/09\/07\/watch-john-5-on-the-that-rocks-show\/","url_meta":{"origin":505913,"position":0},"title":"[WATCH] John 5 on the THAT Rocks Show","author":"Dillon - Team John 5","date":"September 7, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"John 5 joins the guys on THAT Rocks show to talk Motley Crue, Rob Zombie, his solo band and tour and so much more. 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