John 5 Playing a Jackson

[Larz]

Nothing earth shattering, but saw John 5 playing what looks like a Jackson Demmelition V in parts of this Zombie video...Mars Needs Women.

Course, he has his tele styles going too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3JdF2LJcWA

He's such a cool player.

[BayRocker]

He played the Jackson on the Kimmel Show when Zombie played this song.

[Hellbat]

He played the Jackson on the Kimmel Show when Zombie played this song.

[markD]

gee, what a BORING song.....ughhhh

[m2pmd70]

Unfortunately there aren't any better ones on that cd. bleh

[MakeAJazzNoiseHere]

Wow that guitar solo was great. Holding the toy gun up to the guitar... Hardly his best playing.

[6string40]

I don't get why John5 plays in bands like this...he's gotta be bored out of his mind playing this shit. :dunno: He has so much talent...I guess it pays the bills for all those vintage teles he keeps buying!

[Hellbat]

Well, you have to remember he was used to playing with MM and that wasn't challenging music really either. So what band like that give him is a chance to do the gonzo theater stage shows that very few acts can afford to put on. If he wants to stretch musically he can bang out another solo album. It's not like he's touring with Rhianna or anything...

[MakeAJazzNoiseHere]

I dunno, sloggy power chords and toy gun guitar solos vs. funk rhythm... I'd probably have to go with Rhianna. :dunno:

[toejam]

John's awesome! He used to be a session/studio player and will play with anybody. I also saw him play a Rhoads besides the Demmelition.

[Larz]

The Zombie song structure doesn't showcase his talents by any means, but the spotlight solo he did on the Zombie tour I saw 1-2 years ago was phenomenal. Blew away Zakk's solo when Ozzy played afterwards.

John was a huge KISS fan so I'm sure he loves the Zombie gig with all the shit Rob is into on stage.

Cool to see him showing off some Jacksons though given how many friggin' guitars the guy has.

[toejam]

John's solo was amazing a couple weeks ago when I went to the Mayhem Festival. Rob even got him to smash one of his guitars after a lot of encouragement!

[Robert Burns]

And a nicer guy there never was! He talked with me at NAMM last year for about 8 minutes... didnt know me from squat,
but still was genuinely happy to answer my questions! Cool dude. Check out his version of "Welcome to the Jungle"..where
he does Axles voice notes over the chord progressions! Too cool!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zprnSk6iIY