{"id":602147,"date":"2019-08-22T17:33:48","date_gmt":"2019-08-22T16:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/?p=602147"},"modified":"2019-08-22T17:33:48","modified_gmt":"2019-08-22T16:33:48","slug":"j5-speaks-to-guitar-world-i-play-so-much-guitar-that-it-might-not-even-be-healthy-and-im-not-joking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2019\/08\/22\/j5-speaks-to-guitar-world-i-play-so-much-guitar-that-it-might-not-even-be-healthy-and-im-not-joking\/","title":{"rendered":"J5 speaks to Guitar World: “I play so much guitar that it might not even be healthy – and I\u2019m not joking”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"John<\/a><\/p>\n

From Guitar World<\/a>:<\/p>\n

John 5 might just be the most subversive artist working in the music business today. Yes, he rocks the corpse-paint vibe and has spent a goodly chunk of his career playing electric guitar with master of controversy Marilyn Manson and his current bandleader, Rob Zombie, so the obvious conclusion is that he\u2019s working the ‘horror metal’ groove to the max.<\/p>\n

But even the most rudimentary investigation into his solo albums and videos reveals a very different reality. Sure, you\u2019ll uncover some scary monster sounds, serial-killer-inspired titles and sound clips, and an eerie, unsettling sense at work in many of the songs. But what you\u2019ll also find is some of the most sublimely gnarly country-style picking this side of Robert\u2019s Western World in Nashville…<\/p>\n

John took time out from his relentless schedule to discuss his new album, Invasion, his career to date and how he\u2019s managed to steer a successful and lucrative course through the difficulties of monetizing a career in a ravaged music industry.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the interview in full here: guitarworld.com\/john-5-i-play-so-much-guitar<\/a><\/p>\n

Image by Tour Bus Live.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

John 5 speaks to Guitar World “to discuss his new album, Invasion, his career to date and how he\u2019s managed to steer a successful and lucrative course through the difficulties of monetizing a career in a ravaged music industry”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":602155,"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":[59,620,824,13,559,30,14,60],"class_list":["post-602147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interview","tag-fender","tag-interview","tag-invasion","tag-john-5","tag-john-5-and-the-creatures","tag-marilyn-manson","tag-rob-zombie","tag-telecaster","tw-post-no-content"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/john-5-guitar-world-int-aug-2019.jpg?fit=550%2C307&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1qFj4-2wE3","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":585974,"url":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2019\/07\/29\/listen-john-5-speaks-to-puregrainaudio-about-touring-anti-freeze-guitars-his-kiss-collection-and-much-much-more\/","url_meta":{"origin":602147,"position":0},"title":"[Listen] John 5 speaks to PureGrainAudio about touring, anti-freeze guitars, his KISS collection and much much more.","author":"Dillon - 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