SINCE BREAKING INTO music in the 90s, John 5 – John William Lowery to his mum – has refused to box himself in. A country-influenced, Tele-slinging, metal-playing virtuoso, he’s played with everyone from Lita Ford to David Lee Roth, Rob Zombie and, most recently, Mötley Crüe. What’s more, he refuses to even consider a break.
Between working on his latest solo album, Ghost, and a demanding Las Vegas residency with Crüe, John 5 dialled in with Metal Hammer to look back on what he’s learned along the way.
YOU CAN ALWAYS GET BETTER
“I always try to improve on what I’m doing. That’s the truth. Literally, I am learning things every day, like, all the time. And also, just trying to be an outsider looking in… don’t look at the…
