Creature Comforts With JOHN 5

The name John 5 is akin to God in the world of guitars.
Over his career, John has played not only as part of bands, but
also as a guest musician and gun for hire, to the extent that it
would probably be easier to list the musicians he HASN'T played
with before rather than the ones he has. But try this on for size.
Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson, Rob Halford, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani,
David Lee Roth, Alice Cooper and Jim Root…
Need I go on?
But it is John 5's most recent role as guitarist for Motley Crue
that saw him in Australia only a short time ago, but from next week
Aussie fans get a chance to see John 5 in a different light
altogether. Playing with and for his own band, John 5 And The
Creatures.
John will be special guest for Steel Panther on their upcoming On
The Prowl Australian Tour, performing a set of instrumental tunes
from The Creatures, as well as a Motley Crue medley and more.
It will be a chance to see one of the world's leading guitarists
perform in a project of his own creation, rather than playing
someone else's music. Understandably, John is a difficult man to
track down, but HEAVY lucked out earlier in the week and managed to
get 15 minutes with the legendary axeman to chat about the upcoming
tour.
With the tour less than two weeks from kicking off, we ask John if
he is packed and ready to go yet?
"I'm not packed, but I am ready to go," he smiled. "I love
Australia so much. I was just there with the guys and I got this
wonderful opportunity to come over with Steel Panther, and I'm
super psyched about it."
We double check that he will be playing as John 5 And The
Creatures.
"Yes," he confirmed, "and we're gonna be doing a lot of crazy
music, so it's gonna be something else. I've never been there solo
with the instrumental. I know a lot of people are really excited
for it, and I am too. We're gonna do a bunch of cool songs, and
we're gonna actually record the shows for a live record."
We push John to define what he means by 'crazy' music.
"We're gonna do…" he laughed. "I'm actually gonna play a song that
is not released, and we're gonna film a video for the live record
too. So that will be very special. We're gonna film it in each city
in Australia."
In the full interview, we talked more about how much John loves
Australia and how much he is looking forward to getting back to
Perth especially. He expressed the importance of staying healthy on
tours, getting enough sleep, eating well, and having a great time.
He also mentioned that Australia felt very comfortable to him,
likely due to his familiarity with the place and the presence of
friends. He told us what to expect from his live shows and the
honour of being asked to support Steel Panther.
We spoke about the length of his set as a support band and if it
was more difficult for him to adjust to shorter stage times after
being used to playing full headline sets. We delved into his
career, starting when he drove to LA as an 18-year-old determined
to become a session guitarist. He ran us through his expectations
versus reality back then and how his career has panned out since
then, including at what point he knew his dream had become
reality.
John talked about the new Motley Crue EP Cancelled and how he
enjoyed the recording process, as well as future plans for more new
music from Motley Crue and more.
https://teglive.com.au/live_tour/steelpanther/


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