{"id":717688,"date":"2020-01-07T14:14:28","date_gmt":"2020-01-07T14:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/?p=717688"},"modified":"2020-01-07T15:27:02","modified_gmt":"2020-01-07T15:27:02","slug":"5-speaks-to-the-rock-pit-its-from-the-heart-and-i-think-people-understand-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2020\/01\/07\/5-speaks-to-the-rock-pit-its-from-the-heart-and-i-think-people-understand-that\/","title":{"rendered":"5 speaks to The Rock Pit: &#8220;It\u2019s from the heart and I think people understand that.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">In April 2020, John 5 and The Creatures will be heading to Australia for the first time to unleash their &#8220;Invasion&#8221; album. Ahead of the show, John spoke to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"TheRockPit.com abo (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.therockpit.net\/2020\/interview-john-5-and-the-creatures\/?ref=john5website\" target=\"_blank\">TheRockPit.com<\/a> about his excitement of visiting &#8216;down under&#8217;, what fans can expect from the show &#8211; which will include recording for his future &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2019\/12\/10\/listen-john-5-speaks-to-sticks-for-stones-ahead-of-australian-tour-and-teases-live-invasion-album\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Live Invasion (opens in a new tab)\">Live Invasion<\/a>&#8221; album &#8211; why he uses YouTube to promote videos and much more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.therockpit.net\/2020\/interview-john-5-and-the-creatures\/?ref=john5website\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"TheRockPit.com (opens in a new tab)\">TheRockPit.com<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>John 5 is one of the most influential guitarists of our generation. Best known for his time in&nbsp;Marilyn Manson and as the current guitarist for Rob Zombie, John 5 has been a guitar player for some of the biggest headlining rock bands in the world as well as playing session with Paul Stanley, Rod Stewart, Lynyrd Skynyrd and more. Now John 5 is heading to Australia, for his first ever solo shows here, to shred our nation to pieces thanks to Silverback Touring. We caught up with John 5 himself to discuss the shows, his latest album and how he got into music.<\/p><cite>The Rock Pit &#8211; January 2020<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.therockpit.net\/2020\/interview-john-5-and-the-creatures\/?ref=john5website\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click here to read the interview in full<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John 5 chats to The Rock Pit ahead of April&#8217;s shows in Australia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":717655,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"templates\/template-cover.php","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[466,886,812,13,559],"class_list":["post-717688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interview","tag-australia","tag-invasion-2020","tag-jared-james-nichols","tag-john-5","tag-john-5-and-the-creatures","tw-post-no-content"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/john-5-pendergrass-image.jpg?fit=1980%2C1485&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1qFj4-30HC","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":693420,"url":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2019\/12\/10\/listen-john-5-speaks-to-sticks-for-stones-ahead-of-australian-tour-and-teases-live-invasion-album\/","url_meta":{"origin":717688,"position":0},"title":"[Listen] John 5 speaks to Sticks For Stones ahead of Australian tour and teases &#8220;Live Invasion&#8221; album","author":"Dillon - Team John 5","date":"December 10, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"In April 2020, John 5 and The Creatures will be heading to Australia for the first time, for a series of dates as part of their Invasion tour. 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