{"id":6938,"date":"2018-02-09T21:16:39","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T21:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/?p=6938"},"modified":"2018-02-09T21:16:39","modified_gmt":"2018-02-09T21:16:39","slug":"interview-john-5-speaks-to-the-morning-call-about-touring-recording-performing-and-more-this-is-by-far-the-happiest-time-of-my-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2018\/02\/09\/interview-john-5-speaks-to-the-morning-call-about-touring-recording-performing-and-more-this-is-by-far-the-happiest-time-of-my-life\/","title":{"rendered":"[Interview] John 5 speaks to the Morning Call about touring, recording, performing and more: &#8220;this is by far the happiest time of my life&#8221;."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6676\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2017\/12\/01\/john-5-and-the-creatures-to-release-its-alive-album-in-2018\/john_5_creatures_itsalive_album\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/john_5_creatures_itsalive_album.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_itsalive_album\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/john_5_creatures_itsalive_album.jpg?fit=550%2C307&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/john_5_creatures_itsalive_album.jpg?fit=550%2C307&amp;ssl=1\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/john_5_creatures_itsalive_album.jpg?resize=550%2C307&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"John 5 and The Creatures Live album 2018\" width=\"550\" height=\"307\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6676 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 550px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 550\/307;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Another interview ahead of the Sellersville, PA show on February 10th, this time with the Morning Call who talk in depth with John 5 about the making of the &#8220;It&#8217;s Alive&#8221; album, including why he decided to release it on vinyl; &#8220;<em>What a fun thing. Let\u2019s put it out on vinyl because it really feels like an old-time record,\u201d he says. \u201cBecause there was no overdubs; there wasn\u2019t anything done to this record. So it really feels like one of those old-school records. And that\u2019s why I was, like, \u2018Let\u2019s put it out on vinyl. It\u2019ll be fun for people to have<\/em>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p>John 5 also talks about his relationship with Rob Zombie &#8220;<em>&#8230;the guy\u2019s taught me so much about the business, and he\u2019s taught me so much in general. So I\u2019m thankful for him<\/em>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p>To read the interview in full, go here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcall.com\/entertainment\/lehigh-valley-music\/mc-ent-john-5-live-album-solo-sellersville-20180204-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mcall.com\/entertainment\/john-5-live-album-solo-sellersville-story<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For all \u201cIt\u2019s Alive\u201d tour tickets, go here; <a href=\"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/tour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">john-5.com\/main\/tour\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John 5 talks to Morning Call, about how &#8220;It&#8217;s Alive&#8221; came to be, his relationship with Rob Zombie and why he&#8217;s &#8220;never felt better in my life&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6676,"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],"class_list":["post-6938","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","tw-post-no-content"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/john_5_creatures_itsalive_album.jpg?fit=550%2C307&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1qFj4-1NU","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6960,"url":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2018\/02\/19\/watch-john-5-speaks-to-rock-titan-music-television\/","url_meta":{"origin":6938,"position":0},"title":"[Watch] John 5 speaks to Rock Titan Music Television","author":"Dillon - Team John 5","date":"February 19, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Rock Titan Music TV caught up with John 5 when the Creatures returned to the Sellersville Theater where their latest album \"It's Alive\" was recorded. 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