{"id":6928,"date":"2018-02-08T16:28:50","date_gmt":"2018-02-08T16:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/?p=6928"},"modified":"2018-02-08T16:28:50","modified_gmt":"2018-02-08T16:28:50","slug":"review-john-5-and-the-creatures-are-absolutely-masterful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2018\/02\/08\/review-john-5-and-the-creatures-are-absolutely-masterful\/","title":{"rendered":"[Review] John 5 and The Creatures are &#8220;absolutely masterful&#8221;."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6929\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2018\/02\/08\/review-john-5-and-the-creatures-are-absolutely-masterful\/john_5_review_ink19\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/john_5_review_ink19.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_review_ink19\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/john_5_review_ink19.jpg?fit=550%2C307&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/john_5_review_ink19.jpg?fit=550%2C307&amp;ssl=1\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/john_5_review_ink19.jpg?resize=550%2C307&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"John 5 and The Creatures review tour Ink19\" width=\"550\" height=\"307\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6929 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 550px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 550\/307;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ink19.com\/2018\/02\/magazine\/event-reviews\/john-5-and-the-creatures\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ink19.com<\/a> were at The Social in Orlando, FL on February 1, to see John 5 and The Creatures on their &#8220;It&#8217;s Alive&#8221; tour.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>The entire troupe was absolutely masterful \u2013 playing more precisely than most people can even think. For his part, J5 slayed \u2019em all \u2013 big guitars, little guitars, banjos too. And he wowed the faithful further when attacking an oil-filled, clear acrylic Telecaster with a violin bow, a la Jimmy Page. But he \u201cclosed\u201d the deal with a unique, retina-searing, multi laser-shooting Telecaster. Truly impressive<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Read the review in full here: <a href=\"https:\/\/ink19.com\/2018\/02\/magazine\/event-reviews\/john-5-and-the-creatures\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ink19.com\/2018\/02\/magazine\/event-reviews\/john-5-and-the-creatures<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ink19.com calls the John 5 and The Creatures show in Florida on February 1st &#8220;truly impressive&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6929,"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":[746,13,559,621,17],"class_list":["post-6928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-review","tag-its-alive","tag-john-5","tag-john-5-and-the-creatures","tag-review","tag-tour-2","tw-post-no-content"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/john_5_review_ink19.jpg?fit=550%2C307&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1qFj4-1NK","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6236,"url":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2017\/03\/15\/review-john-5-and-the-creatures-slay-the-dna\/","url_meta":{"origin":6928,"position":0},"title":"[Review] John 5 and The Creatures slay the DNA Lounge","author":"Dillon - Team John 5","date":"March 15, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"SF Sonic watched John 5 and The Creatures slay the DNA Lounge on March 12.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Review&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Review","link":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/category\/review\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"John 5 and The Creatures DNA Lounge Elizabeth Tour photo","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/john-5-creatures-dnalounge-elizabethgour.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\/2017\/03\/john-5-creatures-dnalounge-elizabethgour.jpg?fit=550%2C307&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/john-5-creatures-dnalounge-elizabethgour.jpg?fit=550%2C307&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5724,"url":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2016\/10\/20\/interview-john-5-talks-playing-guitar-at-home\/","url_meta":{"origin":6928,"position":1},"title":"[Interview] John 5 Talks Playing Guitar at Home","author":"Dillon - Team John 5","date":"October 20, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"John 5 talks playing at home, his Telecaster collection and much more with Guitar World","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Interview&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Interview","link":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/category\/interview\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"John 5 Guitar World William Baeck","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/John-5_BAECK_Guitar_World.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\/2016\/10\/John-5_BAECK_Guitar_World.jpg?fit=550%2C307&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/John-5_BAECK_Guitar_World.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":6928,"position":2},"title":"[Review] Yesterdaze News reviews John 5 and The Creatures &#8220;killer&#8221; show at Tony V\u2019s Garage","author":"Dillon - Team John 5","date":"March 8, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Read Yesterdaze News review of the John 5 and The Creatures show this last Saturday in Everett WA","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Review&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Review","link":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/category\/review\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"John 5. 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