{"id":6236,"date":"2017-03-15T12:00:54","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T12:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/?p=6236"},"modified":"2017-03-29T18:13:58","modified_gmt":"2017-03-29T17:13:58","slug":"review-john-5-and-the-creatures-slay-the-dna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2017\/03\/15\/review-john-5-and-the-creatures-slay-the-dna\/","title":{"rendered":"[Review] John 5 and The Creatures slay the DNA Lounge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6237\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2017\/03\/15\/review-john-5-and-the-creatures-slay-the-dna\/john-5-creatures-dnalounge-elizabethgour\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/john-5-creatures-dnalounge-elizabethgour.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-creatures-dnalounge-elizabethgour\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/john-5-creatures-dnalounge-elizabethgour.jpg?fit=550%2C307&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/john-5-creatures-dnalounge-elizabethgour.jpg?fit=550%2C307&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6237 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/john-5-creatures-dnalounge-elizabethgour.jpg?resize=550%2C307\" alt=\"John 5 and The Creatures DNA Lounge Elizabeth Tour photo\" 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 currently on tour in support of their new album <em>Season of the Witch<\/em>, which came out on March 3rd.<\/p>\n<p>Over the weekend, the band played at the DNA Lounge in San Francisco and <a href=\"https:\/\/sfsonic.com\/concerts\/john-5-and-the-creatures-slay-the-dna\/\" target=\"_blank\">SF Sonic were there to watch and review the show<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Making his way to the stage through the tightly compacted smaller venue at DNA, John 5 instantly generated an auditory tornado of extremely fast finger tapping and incredible super sweeps with a new song, \u201cGuitars, Tits &amp; Monsters.\u201d The pale, painted, grim axeman stuns with his limitless capabilities for capturing every maneuver possible and with a diverse array of guitars to do so with his main rig being the very sleek signature Squire, the great golden J5 Telecaster perfectly equipped with the well-used secret weapon of the kill switch<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To read the review in full, go here: <a href=\"https:\/\/sfsonic.com\/concerts\/john-5-and-the-creatures-slay-the-dna\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/sfsonic.com\/concerts\/john-5-and-the-creatures-slay-the-dna\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Photo by Elizabeth Gohr<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Get <a href=\"http:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/discography\/season-of-the-witch-2017\/\" target=\"_blank\">Season of the Witch<\/a> on Cd exclusively at the official John 5 store, on Amazon\/iTunes\/Google Play and stream on Spotify and Apple Music: <a href=\"http:\/\/smarturl.it\/SOTWpurchase\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/smarturl.it\/SOTWpurchase<\/a> (click to choose your preferred service).<\/p>\n<p>John 5 is currently on tour with The Creatures \u2013 get show info here:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.john-5.com\/main\/tour\/\" target=\"_blank\">john-5.com\/main\/tour\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SF Sonic watched John 5 and The Creatures slay the DNA Lounge on March 12.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6237,"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":[4],"tags":[13,559,621,715,17],"class_list":["post-6236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-review","tag-john-5","tag-john-5-and-the-creatures","tag-review","tag-season-of-the-witch","tag-tour-2","tw-post-no-content"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/john-5-creatures-dnalounge-elizabethgour.jpg?fit=550%2C307&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1qFj4-1CA","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5176,"url":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2015\/11\/14\/watch-backstage-john-5-at-the-dna-lounge-for-meet-and-greet-and-sound-check\/","url_meta":{"origin":6236,"position":0},"title":"[Watch] Backstage John 5 at the DNA Lounge for meet and greet and Sound check","author":"Dillon - Team John 5","date":"November 14, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's some footage taken by YouTuber mrbsellers, of the meet and greet and sound check for the recent John 5 and The Creatures show at the DNA Lounge in SF, CA.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Tour News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Tour News","link":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/category\/tour\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"John 5 and The Creatures","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/john-5-creatures-soundcheck.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\/2015\/11\/john-5-creatures-soundcheck.jpg?fit=550%2C307&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/john-5-creatures-soundcheck.jpg?fit=550%2C307&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6208,"url":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2017\/03\/08\/review-yesterdaze-news-reviews-john-5-and-the-creatures-killer-show-at-tony-vs-garage\/","url_meta":{"origin":6236,"position":1},"title":"[Review] Yesterdaze News reviews John 5 and The Creatures &#8220;killer&#8221; 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