{"id":855679,"date":"2023-09-20T15:01:40","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T14:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/?p=855679"},"modified":"2023-09-20T15:01:45","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T14:01:45","slug":"interview-john-5-chats-to-meltdown-on-wrif-about-joining-motley-crue-and-taking-chances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2023\/09\/20\/interview-john-5-chats-to-meltdown-on-wrif-about-joining-motley-crue-and-taking-chances\/","title":{"rendered":"[INTERVIEW] John 5 chats to Meltdown on WRIF about joining M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce and taking chances"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide has-primary-color has-text-color has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-d0b3c9c8 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"background:radial-gradient(rgb(5,5,5) 0%,rgba(155,81,224,0) 100%)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"WRIF Virtual Rock Room with John 5\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/866052556?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch this brand new interview with John 5 from our friends at <a href=\"https:\/\/wrif.com\/listicle\/detroits-john-5-talks-joining-motley-crue-and-taking-chances\/?ref=john5website\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Talkin&#8217; Rock with Meltdown (WRIF)<\/a> where he talks first concerts, the brand new documentary he is working on, fulfilling a lifelong dream by joining M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce and so much more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also listen to the audio only version of the interview here: <a href=\"https:\/\/wrif.com\/episodes\/detroits-john-5-talks-joining-motley-crue-and-taking-chances\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrif.com\/john-5-talks-joining-motley-crue<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John 5 joins Meltdown on WRIF to talk about &#8220;joining M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce, writing music with them, talking chances and tons more&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":855680,"comment_status":"closed","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":[620,13,559,853,14],"class_list":["post-855679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interview","tag-interview","tag-john-5","tag-john-5-and-the-creatures","tag-motley-crue","tag-rob-zombie","tw-post-no-content"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/John_5_Talkin_Rock_Sep23.jpg?fit=1980%2C1485&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1qFj4-3ABh","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":854794,"url":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2023\/09\/07\/interview-john-5-speaks-to-guitar-world-about-his-motley-crue-story-so-far\/","url_meta":{"origin":855679,"position":0},"title":"[INTERVIEW] John 5 speaks to Guitar World about his M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce story so far.","author":"Dillon - Team John 5","date":"September 7, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"John 5 recently shared the cover of Guitar World magazine with fellow Cr\u00fcemate Nikki Sixx. 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