{"id":6942,"date":"2018-02-12T18:04:20","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T18:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/?p=6942"},"modified":"2018-02-12T18:05:30","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T18:05:30","slug":"listen-john-5-on-rock-talk-with-mitch-lafon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2018\/02\/12\/listen-john-5-on-rock-talk-with-mitch-lafon\/","title":{"rendered":"[Listen] John 5 on Rock Talk with Mitch Lafon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6943\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2018\/02\/12\/listen-john-5-on-rock-talk-with-mitch-lafon\/rocktalk-john5\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/rocktalk-john5.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=\"rocktalk-john5\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/rocktalk-john5.jpg?fit=550%2C307&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/rocktalk-john5.jpg?fit=550%2C307&amp;ssl=1\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/rocktalk-john5.jpg?resize=550%2C307&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"John 5 Rock Talk Interview\" width=\"550\" height=\"307\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6943 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 550px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 550\/307;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From Rock Talk with <a href=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/rock-talk-with-mitch-lafon\/rob-zombies-john-5-loverboy-guitarist-paul-dean\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mitch Lafon<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><em>On this episode of Westwood One&#8217;s ROCK TALK WITH MITCH LAFON:<\/p>\n<p>Mitch welcomes Rob Zombie guitarist JOHN 5. 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