{"id":866204,"date":"2024-09-05T15:18:18","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T14:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/?p=866204"},"modified":"2025-04-10T14:19:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T13:19:10","slug":"john-5-tells-his-hollywood-story-to-the-aquarian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2024\/09\/05\/john-5-tells-his-hollywood-story-to-the-aquarian\/","title":{"rendered":"John 5 tells his &#8220;Hollywood Story&#8221; to The Aquarian"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide has-primary-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color tw-cols-card tw-cols-card-gray wp-elements-4254154283c6253e6c44388e003b3112 is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-d0b3c9c8 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"background:radial-gradient(rgb(0,0,0) 0%,rgba(155,81,224,0) 100%)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Ahead of John 5&#8217;s Fall Strung Out Tour (2024) he spoke to The Aquarian about a number of topics, including playing with M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce, &#8220;his long-time friendships with the band, the experience of playing his solo shows, teasing his documentary&#8221;his solo jaunts, the new music, KISS&#8221; and much much more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-center is-style-tw-icon is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;You know, I see a lot more M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce shirts and things like that at the solo shows, but what\u2019s funny is that I love playing these places. I absolutely love it. To go into a venue\u2026 I love these small venues, because I can see everybody and I can interact with the people. They can record the show if they want. They can do whatever they want. I just love playing guitar and playing these kinds of shows. I don\u2019t know what it is, if it\u2019s from when I was a kid playing these kind of venues. I just really,&nbsp;<em>really<\/em> enjoy it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/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\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-primary-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theaquarian.com\/2024\/09\/04\/john-5s-hollywood-story\/?ref=John5Website\" style=\"background-color:#ff0000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ THE INTERVIEW IN FULL<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Read John 5&#8217;s interview with The Aquarian, conducted ahead of his latest solo tour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":866205,"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":[1023,620,13,559,287,853,108,14,1022,1021],"class_list":["post-866204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interview","tag-a-hollywood-story","tag-interview","tag-john-5","tag-john-5-and-the-creatures","tag-kiss","tag-motley-crue","tag-nikki-sixx","tag-rob-zombie","tag-tommy-lee","tag-vince-neil","tw-post-no-content"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/John_5_Matt_Wilson_Smokey.jpg?fit=1980%2C1485&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1qFj4-3Dl2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":858859,"url":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2024\/01\/03\/john-5-is-immersed-in-music-brand-new-interview-with-the-illinois-entertainer\/","url_meta":{"origin":866204,"position":0},"title":"John 5 is &#8220;immersed in music&#8221;. 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