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John 5

1971-07-31 (53 years old) in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, USA

John William Lowery (born July 31, 1970), best known by the stage name John 5, is an American guitarist. His stage name was bestowed on him in 1998 when he left David Lee Roth's solo band and joined the rock group Marilyn Manson as their guitarist, taking over for Zim Zum. Still going by the name John 5, Lowery became the guitarist for Rob Zombie in addition to his continued collaborations with musical artists across many genres. In 2022, John 5 left Rob Zombie and became the touring lead guitarist for Mötley Crüe. He is also a solo artist having recorded ten guitar albums: Vertigo (2004), Songs for Sanity (2005), The Devil Knows My Name (2007), Requiem (2008), The Art of Malice (2010), God Told Me To (2012), Careful With That Axe (2014), Season of the Witch (2017), Invasion (2019), and Sinner (2021). He also has a remix album, Remixploitation (2009), and live albums It's Alive (2018) and Live Invasion (2020). As a staff writer for Chrysalis Records, he works 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.

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Mötley Crüe | Hellfest 2023
80 %|Jun 16, 2023
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Songbirds
0 %|Aug 8, 2022
Documentary, Music
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The History of Metal and Horror
50 %|Sep 17, 2021
Documentary, Music
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Triumph: Rock & Roll Machine
0 %|Sep 10, 2021
Documentary, Music
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Mind Over Matter
0 %|Jul 15, 2017
Documentary, Music
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Hired Gun
69 %|Jun 29, 2017
Music, Documentary
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Rob Zombie: The Zombie Horror Picture Show
83 %|May 16, 2014
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Rob Zombie: Rock In Rio 2013
50 %|Sep 19, 2013
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The Lords of Salem
54.64 %|Apr 18, 2013
Horror, Thriller
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Marilyn Manson: Lest We Forget
87 %|Sep 27, 2004
Music
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Doppelherz
58 %|May 13, 2003
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Marilyn Manson: God Is In the TV
88 %|Nov 2, 1999
Music, Documentary
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Enter the Fox
0 %|Invalid Date
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Marilyn Manson - The Death Parade
80 %|Oct 29, 2002
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