John 5

John 5

Born: July 31, 1971
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.

Movies for John 5...

Mötley Crüe | Hellfest 2023
Title: Mötley Crüe | Hellfest 2023
Character: Self
Released: June 16, 2023
Type: Movie
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Songbirds
Title: Songbirds
Character: Self
Released: August 8, 2022
Type: Movie
The Songbirds guitar museum hosted the world's largest collection of vintage guitars. Covid-19's devastating blow to the music industry forced the museum to permanently close. This documentary film explores the final hours and cultural impact of this special collection.
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The History of Metal and Horror
Title: The History of Metal and Horror
Character: Self
Released: September 17, 2021
Type: Movie
A documentary that explores the history of heavy metal music, horror films, and how the two genres have merged together over time.
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Triumph: Rock & Roll Machine
Title: Triumph: Rock & Roll Machine
Character: Self
Released: September 10, 2021
Type: Movie
Canadian power-rock hitmakers Triumph revisit their ’80s heyday and prepare to meet devotees in this doc from Sam Dunn and Marc Ricciardelli
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Mind Over Matter
Title: Mind Over Matter
Character: Self
Released: July 15, 2017
Type: Movie
A young man born with Cerebral Palsy battles a paralyzed left hand, bullies and stereotypes about the disabled to defy the odds and make it as a rock and roll guitarist. Ultimately, sharing the stage with the very band that inspired him to start (or to achieve the impossible).
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Hired Gun
Title: Hired Gun
Character: Self
Released: June 29, 2017
Type: Movie
A documentary film about session and touring musicians that are hired by well-established and famous bands and artists. These people may not be household names, but are still top-notch performers!
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Rob Zombie: The Zombie Horror Picture Show
Title: Rob Zombie: The Zombie Horror Picture Show
Character: Guitars
Released: May 16, 2014
Type: Movie
Rob Zombie's first concert film, The Zombie Horror Picture Show is a feature-length concert film, recorded live over two sizzling nights in Texas. It captures Zombie's elaborate, multi-media production of mind-blowing SFX, animatronic robots, pyrotechnics, oversized LED screens and state-of-the-art light show combined with his powerhouse band featuring John 5, Piggy D and Ginger Fish. The Zombie Horror Picture Show puts the viewer at the center of the hot and nasty action for a blistering set of 16 Rob Zombie classics, including 'Dragula', 'Dead City Radio and the New Gods of Super Town', 'Living Dead Girl', 'More Human Than Human' and the crushing cover of Grand Funk Railroad's 'We're An American Band' from the seven-time Grammy® nominee's Top 10 2013 album, Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor.
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Rob Zombie: Rock In Rio 2013
Title: Rob Zombie: Rock In Rio 2013
Character: Guitars
Released: September 19, 2013
Type: Movie
Rob Zombie at Cidade do Rock, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on September 19, 2013. Setlist: 01. Meet the Creeper / 02. Superbeast / 03. Super-Charger Heaven / 04. Living Dead Girl / 05. Never Gonna Stop (The Red, Red Kroovy) / 06. More Human Than Human / 07. Scum of the Earth / 08. Mars Needs Women / 09. Demonoid Phenomenon / 10. Dead City Radio and the New Gods of Supertown / 11. Thunder Kiss ’65 / 12. Dragula
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The Lords of Salem
Title: The Lords of Salem
Character: Halvard the Guardian
Released: April 18, 2013
Type: Movie
Heidi, a radio DJ, is sent a box containing a record - a "gift from the Lords". The sounds within the grooves trigger flashbacks of her town's violent past. Is Heidi going mad, or are the Lords back to take revenge on Salem, Massachusetts?
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Marilyn Manson: Lest We Forget
Title: Marilyn Manson: Lest We Forget
Released: September 27, 2004
Type: Movie
A collection of Marilyn Manson's music videos.
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Doppelherz
Title: Doppelherz
Released: May 13, 2003
Type: Movie
Doppelherz is a short, surrealist film by American musician Marilyn Manson that was created during the making of "The Golden Age of Grotesque" album.
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Marilyn Manson - Guns, God and Government World Tour
Title: Marilyn Manson - Guns, God and Government World Tour
Character: Guitars
Released: October 29, 2002
Type: Movie
Guns, God and Government is a concert film chronicling the band Marilyn Manson during their Guns, God and Government tour. It was released on October 29, 2002 on the formats VHS, DVD and UMD. The DVD contains live tracks and performances that switch between visuals of various shows from United States, Japan, Russia, and Europe while maintaining a single consistent music track.
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Marilyn Manson - The Death Parade
Title: Marilyn Manson - The Death Parade
Character: Himself
Released: October 29, 2002
Type: Movie
The Death Parade is a thirty-minute short film directed by Marilyn Manson in 2002, using footage from onstage and backstage of the Guns, God and Government tour, and of Manson interacting with close friends, among much more additional footage. The title derives from a lyric the song "A Place in the Dirt", from the band's 2000 studio album Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death). The film comes as a bonus feature on Marilyn Manson's 2002 video album, Guns, God and Government World Tour, released on October 29, 2002. Otherwise, the film has yet to see standalone release.
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Marilyn Manson: God Is In the TV
Title: Marilyn Manson: God Is In the TV
Character: Himself
Released: November 2, 1999
Type: Movie
God Is in the T.V. is the second video album by Marilyn Manson. It features all 13 music videos Marilyn Manson spawned between July 1994 and November 1999, as well as uncensored bonus footage from the production of "The Dope Show" music video and nearly an hour of live and backstage footage from the Rock Is Dead tour.
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Enter the Fox
Title: Enter the Fox
Character: Self
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Documentary about the legendary KISS Drummer Eric Carr.