{"id":840504,"date":"2021-11-03T12:05:16","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T12:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/?p=840504"},"modified":"2021-11-03T12:05:29","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T12:05:29","slug":"john-5-speaks-to-louder-than-war-if-i-can-inspire-some-people-or-if-i-can-influence-some-people-then-thats-good-enough-to-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2021\/11\/03\/john-5-speaks-to-louder-than-war-if-i-can-inspire-some-people-or-if-i-can-influence-some-people-then-thats-good-enough-to-me\/","title":{"rendered":"John 5 speaks to Louder Than War; &#8220;If I can inspire some people or if I can influence some people, then that\u2019s good enough to me&#8221;."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-d0b3c9c8 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-primary-color has-background-background-color has-text-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"--col-width:100%;flex-basis:100%\">\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">From Louder Than War:<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-default is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Prior to our conversation, John 5 told me that the new Sinner LP perfectly represents who he is as an artist. Quite an important comment, especially taking into account how much has John tried over the years \u2013 from being a staff-songwriter at Chrysalis to joining Marilyn Manson in the mid \u201990s and John\u2019s long-term creative relations with Rob Zombe.<\/p><p>Sinner is not a typical John 5 record, in all senses. It discloses the figure of guitarist from various angles; whether it\u2019s distorted technicality of John\u2019s electrified riffs or tapping into mellow acoustic-ness of songs like Georgia On My Mind or How High The Moon.<\/p><p>Louder Than War talks to John 5 about writing Sinner and switching from collaborator to main writer, about challenging himself and covering Les Paul, about performing live and ideas.<\/p><cite>Louder Than War | John 5 Interview | November 2, 2021<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100 is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background-background-color has-background\" href=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click Here To Read the Interview with John 5 In Full<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Louder Than War talks to John 5 about writing Sinner and switching from collaborator to main writer, about challenging himself and covering Les Paul, about performing live and ideas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":840505,"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":[951,947,620,13,559,30,943,14,945],"class_list":["post-840504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interview","tag-carla-harvey","tag-dave-mustaine","tag-interview","tag-john-5","tag-john-5-and-the-creatures","tag-marilyn-manson","tag-peter-criss","tag-rob-zombie","tag-sinner","tw-post-no-content"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/john_5_vlad_the_cat.jpg?fit=1980%2C1485&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1qFj4-3wEw","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":839265,"url":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2021\/10\/15\/listen-to-john-5-on-greg-kochs-chewing-the-gristle-podcast\/","url_meta":{"origin":840504,"position":0},"title":"Listen to John 5 on Greg Koch&#8217;s &#8220;Chewing The Gristle&#8221; podcast","author":"Dillon - Team John 5","date":"October 15, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"John 5 was a recent guest on Greg Koch's \"Chewing The Gristle\" podcast. 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