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His real name is John Lowery.
Birthdate is: July 31st Began playing guitar at age 6
The exact number is unknown, but a guess is he has over 80 guitars.
Influences in John's music; Jimmy Hendrix, The Beatles, Eddie Van Halen and on and on, but there is no single influence that he plays. As you can see, his style is his and his alone!
He originally wanted to audition for Antichrist Superstar, but had missed the deadline and had been in touch with Manson's manager. Manson quotes "It was fourtunate that things worked out in the end, because i guess he was kind of always meant to be."
His stage name is John5. Simply because he's the fifth person that Manson's hired. The multitalented and multitatooed guitarist made a living as a studio musician from 1989 until recent. He's played with Two, Ozzy Osbourne, kd lang, Lita Ford, Salt and Pepa, Leah Andreone, and David Lee Roth, to name a few, and he's done TV background music and commercials.
Red Square Black was a band John started as a result of his association with Randy Castillo, who was the drummer for Ozzy Osborne for many years. The band was signed by Zoo Records and distributed by BMG. Bob Marlette produced the album and contributed a very small part on three songs. The album really took off, and Zoo booked a US tour, which included a show in Detroit. Unfortunately for the band, John was selected out of over 2,000 guitarists to do the 1996 KD Lang World Tour, and, as they had no additional tour dates scheduled, opted to go on tour with her. Randy than decided to go back on tour with Ozzy, so Red Square Black was dissolved at that time.
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