About JOHN 5
John William Lowery , who is known by the stage name John 5, is an American guitarist. Lowery first took the stage name in 1998 when he left David Lee Roth's solo band and joined Marilyn Manson. Lowery later became the guitarist for Rob Zombie, and in 2022, became the touring guitarist for Mötley Crüe, being promoted to a full member the following year.
He is also a solo artist having recorded ten guitar albums: Vertigo , Songs for Sanity , The Devil Knows My Name , Requiem , The Art of Malice , God Told Me To , Careful With That Axe , Season of the Witch , Invasion , and Sinner . He also has a remix album, Remixploitation , and live albums It's Alive and Live Invasion . As a staff writer for Chrysalis Records, he has worked with artists such as Avril Lavigne, Rob Halford, k.d. lang, Garbage, Meat Loaf, Scorpions, Ozzy Osbourne, Slash, FeFe Dobson, and Steve Perry, and has written and recorded with Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd.
His stage name was given to him by Manson and refers to both the Bible chapter and him being the fifth member of Manson's band.
Lowery is a native of Grosse Pointe, Michigan. He first started playing guitar at seven years of age after watching Buck Owens and Roy Clark's television show Hee Haw with his father. Specifically, Lowery recalls seeing a young Jimmy Henley playing banjo that drew his inspiration.
His parents supported his playing as long as it did not interfere with his education. He also took guitar lessons from Detroit guitarist Robert Gillespie who taught him classic blues and rock 'n' roll. They also accompanied him at the adult bars he would play during the evening.
His early musical influences came from the Monkees, Kiss, Eddie Van Halen, Randy Rhoads, Jimi Hendrix, Yngwie Malmsteen, and country music. He chipped a tooth trying to imitate Jimi Hendrix playing "The Star Spangled Banner" on the guitar.
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