{"id":5188,"date":"2015-11-17T20:35:29","date_gmt":"2015-11-17T20:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/?p=5188"},"modified":"2015-11-17T20:48:25","modified_gmt":"2015-11-17T20:48:25","slug":"john-5-i-just-really-enjoy-having-a-guitar-around-me-and-being-involved-with-really-good-musicians-who-are-serious-and-who-are-doing-a-great-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2015\/11\/17\/john-5-i-just-really-enjoy-having-a-guitar-around-me-and-being-involved-with-really-good-musicians-who-are-serious-and-who-are-doing-a-great-job\/","title":{"rendered":"John 5: &#8220;I just really enjoy having a guitar around me and being involved with really good musicians.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4954\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2015\/09\/09\/john-5-and-the-creatures-announce-new-dates-for-november-2015\/5-creatures-fall-2015\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/5-creatures-fall-2015.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=\"5-creatures-fall-2015\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/5-creatures-fall-2015.jpg?fit=550%2C307&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/5-creatures-fall-2015.jpg?fit=550%2C307&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4954 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/5-creatures-fall-2015.jpg?resize=550%2C307\" alt=\"John 5 and The Creatures fall 2015\" 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 href=\"http:\/\/brokenrecordsonline.com\/interviews\/john-5-the-mad-monster-tour\" target=\"_blank\">Broken Records Online chat with John 5<\/a> about touring, why he picked Doyle as his first choice touring partner (&#8220;<em>[he&#8217;s a]\u00a0real life superhero<\/em>&#8220;), what defines music for John 5 and how he lights the creative spark.<\/p>\n<p>They also talk about why he created a &#8220;Greatest Hits&#8221; album and what shaped his career &#8211; including speaking about length about his time in Marilyn Manson and his continued work with Rob Zombie; &#8220;<em>I\u2019m a sponge.\u00a0 There\u2019s a reason why Marilyn Manson and Rob Zombie are so successful.\u00a0 They\u2019re making the right decisions.\u00a0 They understand what\u2019s going on<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This is a really interesting interview. \u00a0Enjoy:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/brokenrecordsonline.com\/interviews\/john-5-the-mad-monster-tour\" target=\"_blank\">brokenrecordsonline.com\/interviews\/john-5<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John 5 talks to Broken Records Online about music, working with Rob Zombie and Marilyn Manson and why he picked Doyle as a touring partner, PLUS lots more. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4954,"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":[625,620,13,30,14],"class_list":["post-5188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interview","tag-doyle","tag-interview","tag-john-5","tag-marilyn-manson","tag-rob-zombie","tw-post-no-content"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/5-creatures-fall-2015.jpg?fit=550%2C307&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1qFj4-1lG","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6092,"url":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2017\/02\/13\/music-mania-podcast-interviews-john-5\/","url_meta":{"origin":5188,"position":0},"title":"Music Mania Podcast interviews John 5","author":"Dillon - Team John 5","date":"February 13, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Ahead of the release of the new album \"Season of the Witch\" Music Mania had John 5 on their podcast to chat about the new album, touring with Rob Zombie, working with David Lee Roth, Rob Halford, Marilyn Manson and much much more.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Interview&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Interview","link":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/category\/interview\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"John 5 Music Mania Podcast","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/john-5-music-mania.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\/2017\/02\/john-5-music-mania.jpg?fit=550%2C307&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/john-5-music-mania.jpg?fit=550%2C307&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2622,"url":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2012\/09\/10\/john-5-talks-to-yahoo-voices-about-the-upcoming-co-headliner-with-marilyn-manson\/","url_meta":{"origin":5188,"position":1},"title":"John 5 talks to Yahoo voices about the upcoming co-headliner with Marilyn Manson","author":"Dillon - Team John 5","date":"September 10, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"With just a few weeks to go, Yahoo Voices caught up with John to talk about the upcoming co-headliner between Rob Zombie and Marilyn Manson as well as his new solo album and scoring The Lords of Salem. 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