{"id":872083,"date":"2025-04-29T17:45:03","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T16:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/?p=872083"},"modified":"2025-04-29T17:50:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T16:50:13","slug":"john-5-takes-v13-around-his-kiss-museum-ahead-of-public-tours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2025\/04\/29\/john-5-takes-v13-around-his-kiss-museum-ahead-of-public-tours\/","title":{"rendered":"John 5 takes V13 around his KISS Museum ahead of public tours"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Everyone has one band who turned them on to rock music. That one band that turned your head to the dark side of music and changed your life forever. In the 70s and 80s, the height of the glam and hair rock era, a quartet from New York City going by the name of\u00a0KISS<\/strong>\u00a0was that band for many millions of music lovers the world over.
Offering something new, exciting and slightly dangerous, the larger-than-life personalities, the equally as large outfits and the huge rock anthems, KISS were the entire package and like nothing rock music had seen before. Growing up in Detroit, KISS caught the eye of a young\u00a0John 5<\/strong>\u00a0who soon became obsessed with the rock monsters.
From the moment he clapped eyes on the band, the\u00a0Motley Crue<\/strong>\u00a0guitarist was hooked and soon found himself fully immersing himself in their world. Decades later the guitarist has amassed a personal collection of over 2,500 KISS items from outfits to jewellery to backstage passes. In just over a week, John 5 is opening up that collection to the public with his own personal KISS Museum which promises an up-close look around the collection with the tour personally led by John 5 himself.
In our latest\u00a0Cover Story<\/strong>, V13 sat down with John 5 to talk about his collection, how this incredible journey with the glam rock titans started and some of his favourite KISS memories and memorabilia.

<\/p>\nV13 Magazine: John 5: \u201cWhen I heard KISS, it was like monsters with guitars and I was blown away.\u201d<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

To read the article & listen to John 5’s interview with V13<\/strong> click the button below. Photo by Eli Ritter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cover Story: JOhn 5 Takes Us Into His Personal Kiss Museum – V13.net<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Guided tours will be open to the public for one month only (with a possible expansion). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Current dates: May 5-9<\/em>, May 12-16<\/em>, May 19-23<\/em> and May 27-30<\/em>. Each led by John 5 himself who will provide tons of rich detail and answer any questions in an expansive 2 hour session. Max of 6 guests per session. Secure your place here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

John 5 is set to open his personal KISS Museum to fans in a couple of weeks. Listen to his new interview with V13.net when he gives them a personal tour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":872084,"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":[620,13,287,1025],"class_list":["post-872083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interview","tag-interview","tag-john-5","tag-kiss","tag-knights-in-satans-service","tw-post-no-content"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/John_5_V13_Interview_April2025.jpg?fit=1980%2C1485&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1qFj4-3ERR","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":871632,"url":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2025\/04\/11\/watch-john-5-chats-to-lipps-service-and-plays-some-tunes-in-brand-new-interview\/","url_meta":{"origin":872083,"position":0},"title":"[WATCH] John 5 chats to Lipps Service and plays some tunes in brand new interview.","author":"Dillon - Team John 5","date":"April 11, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"On this episode of Lipps Service, Scott sits down with one of rock\u2019s most in-demand players and current guitarist for the legendary M\u00f6tley Cr\u00fce \u2013 John 5!","rel":"","context":"In "Interview"","block_context":{"text":"Interview","link":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/category\/interview\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"John 5 interview Lipps Service Spin","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/John_5_Lipps_Service_Spin_Mag.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/John_5_Lipps_Service_Spin_Mag.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/John_5_Lipps_Service_Spin_Mag.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/John_5_Lipps_Service_Spin_Mag.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/John_5_Lipps_Service_Spin_Mag.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":837700,"url":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2021\/07\/31\/john-5-joins-kiss-my-kollectibles-to-talk-kiss-songbooks-sheet-music\/","url_meta":{"origin":872083,"position":1},"title":"John 5 joins KISS My Kollectibles to talk Kiss songbooks & sheet music","author":"Dillon - Team John 5","date":"July 31, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"John 5 is back as a guest on the Kiss My Kollectibles podcast to chat about Kiss songbooks and sheet music.","rel":"","context":"In "Interview"","block_context":{"text":"Interview","link":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/category\/interview\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Kiss My Kollectibles John 5 Kiss songbooks","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/kissmykollectibles_john_5_songbooks.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/kissmykollectibles_john_5_songbooks.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/kissmykollectibles_john_5_songbooks.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/kissmykollectibles_john_5_songbooks.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/kissmykollectibles_john_5_songbooks.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":870722,"url":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2025\/03\/10\/john-5-announces-opening-of-exclusive-knights-in-satans-service-museum-of-kiss-memorabilia\/","url_meta":{"origin":872083,"position":2},"title":"JOHN 5\u00a0Announces Opening Of Exclusive\u00a0KNIGHTS IN SATAN\u2019S SERVICE MUSEUM of KISS Memorabilia\u00a0","author":"Dillon - Team John 5","date":"March 10, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"The Iconic Guitarist And Lifelong KISS Fan\u00a0Offers A Look At His Personal Collection For The First Time\u00a0With 2,500+ Artifacts & One-Of-A-Kind Memorabilia\u00a0From The Band\u2019s 1973-1983 Era. 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