{"id":85,"date":"2010-07-16T08:30:21","date_gmt":"2010-07-16T15:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/?p=85"},"modified":"2011-01-19T08:33:29","modified_gmt":"2011-01-19T15:33:29","slug":"press-record-online-interviews-john-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2010\/07\/16\/press-record-online-interviews-john-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Press Record Online interviews John 5"},"content":{"rendered":"

PRO recently sat down and interviewed John 5.\u00a0 You can read the interview here: pressrecordonline.squarespace.com\/interviews\/2010\/7\/14\/john-5.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Interview by Levi Buckley<\/p>\n

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John 5 <\/strong>is not a stranger to playing with great bands. In his career he has worked with Marilyn Manson, Garbage and currently is a part of Rob Zombie and Lynyrd Skynyrd. Levi Buckley<\/strong> caught up with John to talk about what he has going on at the moment.<\/p>\n

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It seems as though you\u2019re constantly busy these day, do you ever get time to sleep<\/strong><\/p>\n

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No I don\u2019t, which is good cuz I guess I\u2019ll sleep when I\u2019m dead right<\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/p>\n

So do you get much time to relax and do normal things like watch TV or is it just always work with another musicians and your solo stuff?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Actually I watch a lot of TV because that\u2019s where I do a lot of my song writing. When I watch TV I love it I find it very therapeutic, to play guitar and watch TV I love it.<\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/p>\n

Is there a particular TV show that inspired you more than others?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Well you know I love movies of course I love Family Guy, The Simpsons and Curb Your Enthusiasm and shows like that. I just love watching movies and TV you know and having a guitar in my hands<\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/p>\n

Your latest solo album is called The Art of Malice can you tell us about the album and the recording process?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Well this is my fifth instrumental record and you know with the whole John 5 and the fifth record it was very close to my heart. I wanted to have the album like it\u2019s hard to explain it but kind of like if you had you iPod on shuffle and you just never know what songs going to come on next. That\u2019s kind of how I wanted it I just wanted a bunch of different styles of music, it\u2019s kind of like a guitar players wet dream because there\u2019s so much on there is country, heavy rock, metal, acoustic work there\u2019s everything on there it\u2019s really fun I love it.<\/p>\n

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Do you find you have more freedom doing your own stuff?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Well yeah I can play whatever I want but in any other situation they would be like \u2018what are you doing that for?\u2019 and it\u2019s a lot of fun and that\u2019s why I think a lot of people recognize me because the music is so different I\u2019m not just another clone ripping off other guitar players<\/p>\n

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Well there\u2019s not many metal guitarist that have a bluegrass influence as well\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yeah I just love that kind of music and hopefully I can inspire some players out there because that\u2019s what happened to me and I love being inspired more than anything else and hopefully I\u2019ll do that for some guitar players<\/p>\n

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You\u2019re actually going to be playing two sets at the Rock star Mayhem festival, one with yourself and one with Rob Zombie are you looking forward to this festival?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yes actually we leave tomorrow, it\u2019s a month long tour it\u2019s going to be a blast Korn, Lamb of God, Shadows Fall, Five Finger Death Punch you know it\u2019s going to be a blast.<\/p>\n

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So what is the reaction like to your solo shows? Do you find it\u2019s mainly guitar nerds or are there Zombie and Manson fans there as well?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Actually lets there\u2019s Zombie fans, Manson fans, guitar shredders there\u2019s actually older men there too that love country stuff. It\u2019s really cool there\u2019s such a wide range of people and it\u2019s so much fun to do things like this because the shows get so packed it\u2019s really cool<\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/p>\n

Speaking of shows do you have any plans to bring your solo stuff or Rob Zombie to Australia?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Actually there is talk that Rob Zombie might come there in February, there\u2019s talk I don\u2019t know whether it will happen or now but there talking about it, and my favorite place besides the United States is Australia I love it there so much<\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/p>\n

So when was the last time you played in Australia?<\/strong><\/p>\n

It was awhile ago, and if were there in February that\u2019s your summer right?<\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sure is <\/strong><\/p>\n

So where are you Sydney or Melbourne?<\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/p>\n

No, were based in Brisbane<\/strong><\/p>\n

oh okay Brisbane I love it<\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/p>\n

Your regarded as one of the best guitarists you\u2019ve released a few instructional DVD\u2019s, is there any secrets or is it just practice, practice, practice?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Its practice and it\u2019s playing something you love, people say what should I learn and I say if you love Black Sabbath learn a Black Sabbath because you will never be able to put the guitar down because you\u2019re learning something you love. That\u2019s what you should do with everything learn something you love because you will always want to play it<\/p>\n

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So when you practice what exercises do you mainly do in your routine?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Usually what I do is I write instrumental songs with hopefully different styles. Right now I\u2019m really in Spanish flamenco guitar playing I\u2019m trying to incorporate that as much as possible I done that a bit on the new instrumental record. At the beginning of the song \u2018The Art of Malice\u2019 you will hear some of the Spanish style, that\u2019s what I usually practice when I\u2019m writing instrumentals because it\u2019s really difficult that stuff but it\u2019s fun to play and fun to write<\/p>\n

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There are a lot of guitarists out there that think you need drugs to be creative but I know you definitely don\u2019t think that way. Is it hard to stay away from that influence in the rock scene?<\/strong><\/p>\n

It is very hard because the norm so many people do it, the normal think to do is do drugs I\u2019m the abnormal one not doing drugs. There\u2019s so much around especially in the line of work I\u2019m in, there\u2019s so many musicians that drink and do drugs it\u2019s like working in a candy store and saying \u2018you know what I don\u2019t really like candy\u2019<\/p>\n

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So what vices do you have instead of drugs is it just playing guitar and music or is there something else<\/strong><\/p>\n

I like and think I spend too much money on vintage guitars and I think I play to much guitar because it sacrifices other parts of my life.<\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/p>\n

I actually watched something on YouTube about your telecaster collection how many are you up to now<\/strong><\/p>\n

I haven\u2019t really counted, counted but I think close to 200. I just love buying guitars and I love telecasters more than anything<\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/p>\n

It looked like you mainly just have telecasters do you have many Les Paul\u2019s and Stratocasters as well?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Oh I have Les Paul\u2019s I have Strats I have hollow bodies, Gretsch\u2019s, Flying V\u2019s I have everything.<\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/p>\n

What is it about Telecasters you love?<\/strong><\/p>\n

That\u2019s a great question it was our very first solid bodied electric guitar. I always have loved the telecaster it does a lot of different cool tricks you can do the wah-wah and you can play behind the nut and make it sound like a steel guitar, I just love the look of it and I love the history of it with Fender it being our first solid bodied electric guitar I love it<\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/p>\n

Over the years you have played with some massive artists from Meatloaf to Marilyn Manson to Lynyrd Skynyrd if you were to choose one favorite who would it be?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rob Zombie, it\u2019s the best band I\u2019ve ever been in the most fun I\u2019ve had in my whole life<\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you were to pick a second favorite who would it be?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s see I really love David Lee Roth I love everybody Dave and Manson and Paul Stanley and Skynyrd it\u2019s all a blast<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

John 5 is not a stranger to playing with great bands. In his career he has worked with Marilyn Manson, Garbage and currently is a part of Rob Zombie and Lynyrd Skynyrd. 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