{"id":5179,"date":"2015-11-14T15:08:10","date_gmt":"2015-11-14T15:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/?p=5179"},"modified":"2015-11-14T15:13:06","modified_gmt":"2015-11-14T15:13:06","slug":"john-5-speaks-to-the-phoenix-new-times-always-create-always-try-to-improve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2015\/11\/14\/john-5-speaks-to-the-phoenix-new-times-always-create-always-try-to-improve\/","title":{"rendered":"John 5 speaks to the Phoenix New Times: &#8220;Always create. Always try to improve.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5180\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2015\/11\/14\/john-5-speaks-to-the-phoenix-new-times-always-create-always-try-to-improve\/john-5-alfred_nitsch-phoenix-new-times\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/john-5-alfred_nitsch-phoenix-new-times.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=\"john-5-alfred_nitsch-phoenix-new-times\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/john-5-alfred_nitsch-phoenix-new-times.jpg?fit=550%2C307&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/john-5-alfred_nitsch-phoenix-new-times.jpg?fit=550%2C307&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5180 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/john-5-alfred_nitsch-phoenix-new-times.jpg?resize=550%2C307\" alt=\"John 5 Phoenix New Times Alfred Nitsch\" 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>John 5 speaks to the Phoenix New Times about not getting bored;\u00a0\u201c<em>How could I ever get bored<\/em>?\u201d he laughs. \u201c<em>There\u2019s too many crazy and innovative things I\u2019m trying to do<\/em>&#8220;; whether he might burn out with how busy he is:\u00a0\u201c<em>It\u2019s a very true thing, but I don\u2019t ever notice i<\/em>t,\u201d and about scoring the new Rob Zombie movie 31.<\/p>\n<p>John 5 also talks about his next instrumental record for which he is already 5 songs in and Alice Cooper.<\/p>\n<p>To read the interview in full, go here:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.phoenixnewtimes.com\/music\/john-5s-upcoming-solo-record-is-like-an-instrumental-alice-cooper-show-7798846\" target=\"_blank\">phoenixnewtimes.com\/john-5s-upcoming-solo-record<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John 5 talks to Phoenix New Times about not getting bored, burnout, a new solo record, scoring Rob Zombie&#8217;s 31 and much more<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5180,"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":[542,620,13,603,14],"class_list":["post-5179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interview","tag-542","tag-interview","tag-john-5","tag-phoenix-new-times","tag-rob-zombie","tw-post-no-content"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/john-5-alfred_nitsch-phoenix-new-times.jpg?fit=550%2C307&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1qFj4-1lx","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3188,"url":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2013\/02\/22\/john-5-talks-scoring-the-lords-of-salem-and-new-zombie-album\/","url_meta":{"origin":5179,"position":0},"title":"John 5 talks scoring Lords of Salem and new Zombie album","author":"Dillon - Team John 5","date":"February 22, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Blabbermouth has reported on a new interview John 5 has made where he speaks about working on his first full film score - Rob Zombie's The Lords of Salem (out April 19 2013). and the forthcoming Rob Zombie studio album Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor (out April 23, 2013)","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Interview&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Interview","link":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/category\/interview\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"john-5-score-tlos","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/john-5-score-tlos.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/john-5-score-tlos.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/john-5-score-tlos.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5346,"url":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2016\/02\/17\/j5-talks-solo-tour-new-zombie-record-more-with-pittsburgh-music-mag\/","url_meta":{"origin":5179,"position":1},"title":"J5 TALKS SOLO TOUR, NEW ZOMBIE RECORD, &#038; 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