{"id":6921,"date":"2018-02-05T14:44:08","date_gmt":"2018-02-05T14:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/?p=6921"},"modified":"2018-02-05T14:44:08","modified_gmt":"2018-02-05T14:44:08","slug":"interview-i-love-being-outside-my-comfort-zone-thats-what-makes-everything-challenging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2018\/02\/05\/interview-i-love-being-outside-my-comfort-zone-thats-what-makes-everything-challenging\/","title":{"rendered":"[Interview] “I love being outside my comfort zone, that’s what makes everything challenging.”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"John<\/p>\n

From Metal-Temple.com<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Due to the new JOHN 5 & THE CREATURES live album titled “It’s Alive!”, Metal Temple’s Harel Golstein was lucky enough to chat with world-renowned guitarist John 5 (ROB ZOMBIE, EX- MARILYN MANSON) on the new album (also his first release with The Creatures to be featured on vinyl). John 5 talked about “It’s Alive!” and the upcoming american tour, about his own inspirations; on the new Rob Zombie album (“all we have to do is Drums”), and even on SLAYER’s farewell (“Too soon”). <\/em><\/p>\n

Read the interview in full here: metal-temple.com\/site\/musicians\/john-5-and-the.htm<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6922,"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":[620,746,13,559,14,78],"class_list":["post-6921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interview","tag-interview","tag-its-alive","tag-john-5","tag-john-5-and-the-creatures","tag-rob-zombie","tag-slayer","tw-post-no-content"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/john_5_interview_metal_temple.jpg?fit=550%2C307&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1qFj4-1ND","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6948,"url":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2018\/02\/15\/john-5-speaks-to-metal-insider-about-its-alive-im-very-proud-of-it-thats-why-i-wanted-to-put-it-out-tour-it-and-celebrate-it\/","url_meta":{"origin":6921,"position":0},"title":"John 5 speaks to Metal Insider about ‘It’s Alive’: “I\u2019m very proud of it that\u2019s why I wanted to put it out, tour it, and celebrate it”","author":"Dillon - 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