{"id":6907,"date":"2018-02-02T16:17:25","date_gmt":"2018-02-02T16:17:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/?p=6907"},"modified":"2018-02-02T16:17:25","modified_gmt":"2018-02-02T16:17:25","slug":"from-the-pit-to-the-mic-john-5-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2018\/02\/02\/from-the-pit-to-the-mic-john-5-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"From The Pit To The Mic: John 5 interview"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"John<\/p>\n

John 5 speaks with The Photo Pit<\/a> to look back at his career in great detail, from his early bands: Alligator Soup, to working with Rob Zombie and taking some time to chat about the latest Creatures album “It’s Alive”.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just wanted to be a session guy so it was really, really exciting for me just to be doing what I was doing, and now to be doing what I\u2019m doing is a complete shock<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

To read the article and listen to the 30 minute interview in full, go here: thephotopit.com\/pit-to-the-mic-interview-john-5<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Read and listen to this fascinating interview with John 5 which not only looks at his current music offering “It’s Alive” but looks back at his career from humble beginnings to the international stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6909,"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":[757,293,620,746,13,559,30,228,14],"class_list":["post-6907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interview","tag-alligator-soup","tag-dave-lee-roth","tag-interview","tag-its-alive","tag-john-5","tag-john-5-and-the-creatures","tag-marilyn-manson","tag-rob-halford","tag-rob-zombie","tw-post-no-content"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/john_5_photo_pit.jpg?fit=550%2C307&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1qFj4-1Np","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6942,"url":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2018\/02\/12\/listen-john-5-on-rock-talk-with-mitch-lafon\/","url_meta":{"origin":6907,"position":0},"title":"[Listen] John 5 on Rock Talk with Mitch Lafon","author":"Dillon - Team John 5","date":"February 12, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"John 5 appears on Westwood One's Rock Talk with Mitch Lafon to discuss \"It's Alive, his friendship with Peter Criss, working with Lynyrd Skynyrd and much more.","rel":"","context":"In "Interview"","block_context":{"text":"Interview","link":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/category\/interview\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"John 5 Rock Talk Interview","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/rocktalk-john5.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\/2018\/02\/rocktalk-john5.jpg?fit=550%2C307&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/rocktalk-john5.jpg?fit=550%2C307&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6921,"url":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2018\/02\/05\/interview-i-love-being-outside-my-comfort-zone-thats-what-makes-everything-challenging\/","url_meta":{"origin":6907,"position":1},"title":"[Interview] “I love being outside my comfort zone, that’s what makes everything challenging.”","author":"Dillon - Team John 5","date":"February 5, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"John 5 speaks to Metal-Temple.com about \"It's Alive\", the accompanying tour, his inspirations and how things are going on the making of the next Rob Zombie album.","rel":"","context":"In "Interview"","block_context":{"text":"Interview","link":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/category\/interview\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"John 5 Metal Temple Interview","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/john_5_interview_metal_temple.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\/2018\/02\/john_5_interview_metal_temple.jpg?fit=550%2C307&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/john_5_interview_metal_temple.jpg?fit=550%2C307&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":467134,"url":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2019\/02\/05\/interview-john-5-chats-to-the-rocknroll-beer-guy-podcast\/","url_meta":{"origin":6907,"position":2},"title":"[Interview] John 5 chats to the RocknRoll Beer Guy podcast","author":"Dillon - Team John 5","date":"February 5, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"John 5 talks to RocknRoll Beer Guy about his new solo album, his career, future plans and much more.","rel":"","context":"In "Interview"","block_context":{"text":"Interview","link":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/category\/interview\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"John 5 interview RocknRoll Beer Guy","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/john-5-podcast-rocj-roll-beer-guy.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\/2019\/02\/john-5-podcast-rocj-roll-beer-guy.jpg?fit=550%2C307&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/john-5-podcast-rocj-roll-beer-guy.jpg?fit=550%2C307&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5075,"url":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2015\/09\/30\/a-career-spanning-interview-with-john-5-from-screamer-magazine\/","url_meta":{"origin":6907,"position":3},"title":"A career spanning interview with J5 from Screamer Magazine","author":"Dillon - Team John 5","date":"September 30, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"This is one of those interviews worth taking the time over. 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