John 5 (guitarist)

John 5, John William Lowery bourgeois ( born July 31, 1971 in Grosse Point, Michigan ) is an American musician. Lowery has become known to a wide audience, especially through collaboration with Marilyn Manson, in whose band he played the lead guitar from 1998 to 2004.

Life

Lowery began at the age of seven years playing the guitar. His influences were bands like the Monkees first, but later also KISS or musicians like Jimi Hendrix.

At the age of 18 he moved to Los Angeles to become a session musician. Due to his reputation to work quickly and inexpensively, Lowery (including Baywatch ) was first widely used for commercials and television productions involved. His first major live performances he graduated with artists such as John Wetton (Asia), Wilson Phillips, Rick Springfield and the rap group Salt'N'Pepa. For a tour with KD Lang, John sat through an audition against 2000 other guitarists.

In 1996 he got the first chance for Marilyn Manson to play. As Lowery not timely appeared for the job interview, first received the guitarist Zim to (Timothy Michael Linton ) the body. 1998 Lowery went with ex- Van Halen singer David Lee Roth on tour. After the tour, Lowery got a second chance for Marilyn Manson to work and increased in 1998 as a guitarist in the band of the Rockers one. From Manson Lowery earned his stage name " John 5". The name is the film number 5 is alive! borrowed. Later, Warner claimed the number 5 stands for the fifth band member. The collaboration with Manson lasted until 2004 and included several tours and recordings on various albums. Since his departure from Manson Lowery has pursued both solo projects, as well as played back for various artists guitar (eg Rob Zombie on the Ozzfest tour in 2005 ). He also works with his band " Loser" on an album. This project, however, was dropped from the label due to Johns cancellations for the tour, because these dates were in conflict with the tour dates by Rob Zombie. John 5 plays now firmly in Rob Zombie as a guitarist. In 2012 he published with "God Told Me To" his sixth solo album, in which Rob Zombie created the cover and acted in Zombie's horror thriller The Lords of Salem as a composer.

Style

The guitar playing of Lowery is strongly influenced by musical styles, which are found mainly in Country musicians. This gameplay transported Lowery in Hard Rock and Heavy Metal by extremely increases the pace partly alienated and the sound of his guitar by strong distortion and other effects. Also unusual for a heavy metal guitarist are the Lowery preferred electric guitar type Fender Telecaster. In 2004, Lowery was therefore given by the Fender company three personal signature guitars. The Fender J5 Telecaster ( electric), J5 Telecaster Bigsby and the J5 Acoustic ( Acoustic ). Since 2007 there is also a subsidiary of the Fender " Squier " still a J5 Telecaster, which, even now one significantly cheaper than the Fender originals to mainly played guitar by John 5. Designed and implemented was the first prototype of the Squier J5 also from the Fender Custom Shop in the USA. The special feature of this guitar is the use of two humbuckers, but also can produce the familiar " Telecaster twang sound " by a special circuit.

His left hand is about 2.5 cm larger than his right hand, which is due to be extreme practice during his youth.

"My hands were so small but I wanted to do the chords so bad did I would just make myself reach the chords did I could not, and I made ​​my hand kind of stretch, It's really weird. "

My hands were so small but I wanted to be able to play these chords, so I forced myself to reach the chords that I could not reach my hand and it has somehow stretched, really mad. "

Discography

  • 2004: Vertigo
  • 2005: Songs For Sanity
  • 2007: The Devil Knows My Name
  • 2008: Requiem
  • 2009: Remixploitation (Remix Album)
  • 2010: The Art of Malice
  • 2012: God Told Me to
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