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Interview: John 5 on "God Told Me To"

Joe Charupakorn

The metal-meets-chicken'-pickin' veteran discusses his new Spanish-influenced half-acoustic solo album and we try to get him to buy Eddie Van Halen's guitar.


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For a taste of John 5 in action on the big stage, check out the following clips.

Full-length concert footage of John 5 with Marilyn Manson from Rock am Ring 2003 in Germany.

A scorching cover of Michael Jackson’s “Beat It” is among the highlights of God Told Me To, John 5’s latest release. At a Rob Zombie concert from 2010, John 5 gives audiences a teaser by playing the intro riff and verse vocal melody of “Beat It” during his guitar solo.

This live rendition of Rob Zombie’s hit “Thunder Kiss ’65” features a blistering unaccompanied guitar solo by John 5 starting around 4:50 that concludes with a nod to The Munsters theme song and Eddie Van Halen’s “Eruption,” starting around 8:09.


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RJ
on 04/30/2012 		Shtew,hits a Grand Slam,YES !
Notta Fann
on 04/19/2012 		I respect this guy and his talent but his music does nothing for me, maybe something for others. I'd take Jeff Loomis over this guy any day. The whole "weird face" routine is stale.
mike
on 04/19/2012 		Rob, John is not a satanist, His album "GOD told me to" as he explains in another interview is that it was his calling to play guitar and GOD led him that way.
Rob
on 04/19/2012 		Great player... such a shame he's a satanist.
gtrmn
on 04/18/2012 		Roy, you are sooo right on! Daves guitar is legendary. It's guitar nirvana.
Shtew
on 04/18/2012 		Hmmmm...if "The Joker" was a guitar player... I'm assuming that John 5 is the successor to John 4...and hopefully there will be a John 6 at some point. Hmmmm...if "The Joker" was a guitar player...
Roy Lovejoy
on 04/18/2012 		When Rob Zombie and Megadeth play La Crosse WI on May 22 John would be wise to check out Dave's Guitar Shop (less than 5 minutes away from the venue) and check out Dave Roger's stock of vintage guitars as well as Dave's impressive guitar collection.



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