John 5 thread

[Arkhangelsk]

To the Music Appreciation Thread Makers, my contribution, a thread on the guitar virtuoso John 5.

For those who don't know (and I'm guessing most of you don't), John 5 (aka John Lowery) is a bluegrass country and metal guitarist born in Michigan 1971. He has played with many big name artists including Rob Halford, David Lee Roth, Kiss, Marilyn Manson, K.D Lang, and is currently the guitarist for Rob Zombie. He has released 5 solo albums along with collaborating with aforementioned artists and many.

The 5 in his name is from when he was the member of Marilyn Manson, after the last guitarist left and he joined, he was the fifth member, thus he was called John 5, which is also a biblical term. He kept the name after leaving Manson, and is more known as that today.

He is also an avid collector of guitars, having many rare Telecasters, including a Fender Broadcaster (today worth 135,000$). But enough of the meaningless trivia.

I will introduce you to him through one or two videos here;

Spoiler: The Washing Away of Wrong (metal)

Spoiler: Sugar Foot Rag (country)

Those are only two of his great songs. Any questions regarding him, go to his site, or ask me, I know very much about him (on the border that it's worrying)

This is what he looks like nowadays:

Spoiler: Although he usually smiles more

To me, he is one of the greatest guitarists I know (along with Steve Vai and Joe Satriani), and my idol.

 

[wrecker77]

Are they big and I'm oblivious to them or are they not sighned with a big label. Good start to our group.

 

[Arkhangelsk]

Are they big and I'm oblivious to them or are they not sighned with a big label. Good start to our group.

He's not famous in the same sense that Steve Vai or Marilyn Manson. He's a lesser known guitarist, which is a shame, cause he's played with so many great artists, and still comes off as only a little musician in the back for some. But it's not like he's unknown, he's pretty known in the industry by other artists, he's received various offers, he received an offer from Prince, and he was suggested by many to Ozzy Osbourne (although he never played with either of them)

Also, as it may have showed already, it's not "them", he's a solo artist.

 

[PedroSteckecilo]

I'm a fan of his work because of an excellent Movie Music Video made to his song "feisty cadavers" featuring the fight scenes from the movie Six String Samurai.

 

[Arkhangelsk]

I'm a fan of his work because of an excellent Movie Music Video made to his song "feisty cadavers" featuring the fight scenes from the movie Six String Samurai.

Never seen that movie, but the name makes it sound cool.

 

[Johnnyallstar]

He's one of those guys that you either have to be in the biz to know, or a close enough follower of certain guys to know their background players. Within the industry, he's fairly well known.

I myself love metal, but I really don't like the death metal look.

 

[Arkhangelsk]

He's one of those guys that you either have to be in the biz to know, or a close enough follower of certain guys to know their background players. Within the industry, he's fairly well known.

I myself love metal, but I really don't like the death metal look.

Isn't really a death metal look, more of a shock rock look, it's derived from artists such as Alice Cooper and Marilyn Manson, which is understandable, since he played with the latter. Go into his website and look at the photos of him off stage and non-studio, and you'll see what he looks like without the make-up. Also, his soul-patch is awesome, while we're on the subject.