{"id":5375,"date":"2016-03-03T19:05:16","date_gmt":"2016-03-03T19:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/?p=5375"},"modified":"2016-03-03T19:05:16","modified_gmt":"2016-03-03T19:05:16","slug":"john-5-talks-life-altering-albums-with-music-radar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2016\/03\/03\/john-5-talks-life-altering-albums-with-music-radar\/","title":{"rendered":"John 5 talks life-altering albums with Music Radar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5376\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2016\/03\/03\/john-5-talks-life-altering-albums-with-music-radar\/john-5-650-80\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/john-5-650-80.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-5-650-80\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/john-5-650-80.jpg?fit=550%2C307&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/john-5-650-80.jpg?fit=550%2C307&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5376 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/john-5-650-80.jpg?resize=550%2C307\" alt=\"John 5\" 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 and The Creatures are out on the road for their March tour. \u00a0However before they went out, Music Radar sat with John as he shared his top ten records that changed his life with them.<\/p>\n<p>The list includes artists such as <em>The Monkees<\/em>, <em>Metallica<\/em> and <em>Joe Maphis<\/em>. John 5 credits Maphis\u00a0with being one of the inspirations for the first song he released this year Black Grass Plague.\u00a0\u201c<em>I want everyone that reads this to go on YouTube and type in Joe Maphis to check out a few of his videos. He was from the 50s so there\u2019s not many floating around, but you\u2019ll be able to see how much of an inspiration he\u2019s been to me, especially my first single this year, Black Grass Plague. Please do this\u2026 because inspiration is hard to find and this is something you all need to see<\/em>!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To view the list on full and read why these albums have had such an influence on\u00a0John 5, go to:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.musicradar.com\/news\/guitars\/john-5-the-10-records-that-changed-my-life-635233\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.musicradar.com\/news\/guitars\/john-5-the-10-records-that-changed-my-life-635233<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John 5 shares the ten albums that changed his life<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5376,"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":[642,13,677,679,678,249],"class_list":["post-5375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interview","tag-joe-maphis","tag-john-5","tag-metallica","tag-nine-inch-nails","tag-the-monkees","tag-van-halen","tw-post-no-content"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/john-5-650-80.jpg?fit=550%2C307&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1qFj4-1oH","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5085,"url":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2015\/10\/06\/j5-picks-his-fav-guitar-albums-with-classic-rock\/","url_meta":{"origin":5375,"position":0},"title":"J5 picks his fav guitar albums with Classic Rock","author":"Dillon - 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