John 5
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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- 2023 · Mötley Crüe | Hellfest 2023 as Self
- 2022 · Songbirds as Self
- 2021 · The History of Metal and Horror as Self
- 2021 · Triumph: Rock & Roll Machine as Self
- 2017 · Mind Over Matter as Self
- 2017 · Hired Gun as Self
- 2014 · Rob Zombie: The Zombie Horror Picture Show as Guitars
- 2013 · Rob Zombie: Rock In Rio 2013 as Guitars
- 2013 · The Lords of Salem as Halvard the Guardian
- 2004 · Marilyn Manson: Lest We Forget as
- 2003 · Doppelherz as
- 2002 · Marilyn Manson - Guns, God and Government World Tour as Guitars
- 2002 · Marilyn Manson - The Death Parade as Himself
- 1999 · Marilyn Manson: God Is In the TV as Himself
- Future · Enter the Fox as Self