John 5 on David Lee Roth

[standin]

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[DlocRoth]

Nice find!

[Golden AWe]

His wish did come true. From that distance on the video he looks like Dave and his body language screams Valerie Bertinelli.

Btw, grate small impersonation about the Dave talking style.

[standin]

He does look a little like Dave, doesn't he.

[VAiN]

Very cool! Thanks for finding that...

[standin]

At your service! :salute:
I am surprised I did not see it sooner, but sometimes I get disobliging (for known reasons ) and don't watch my hobby chatter.

[ThrillsNSpills]

Yeah that was the album Van Halen should have made.

Didn't John do double duty on bass as "Bourbon Bob"?

That's strange since John himself was also credited on bass for the ones Kilgore co-wrote.

Solid album none the less.

[diamondsgirl]

what was the question??

[indeedido]

I wish he would have played on the entire album and toured with Dave. He would have been a great fuel for Dave's music.

[joe d'amato]

. . . great story. he seemed to actually turn into david lee roth, the body language even, when he got to dave's house in the story . . .

. . . why would dave even talk or entertain this guy out of the blue, dave must get tons of solicitations from guitarists who want to be the next steve vai. but john 5 really downplayed how big he is. halford and marilyn manson too. those credits'll get you in the door . . .

[jhale667]

That was during Halford and pre-Manson when he played with Dave, was it not? He also played for K.D. Lang at one point if I'm not mistaken...

John is a super-cool guy, too - and can play anything. Have known him peripherally since my music retail days. I remember him walking into the store one day and plugging into the shittiest solid-state amp in the store to demo a pedal, he started playing "Hang 'Em High" and it sounded like the fucking record...even through that shitty amp!

[Nitro Express]

That was during Halford and pre-Manson when he played with Dave, was it not? He also played for K.D. Lang at one point if I'm not mistaken...

John is a super-cool guy, too - and can play anything. Have known him peripherally since my music retail days. I remember him walking into the store one day and plugging into the shittiest solid-state amp in the store to demo a pedal, he started playing "Hang 'Em High" and it sounded like the fucking record...even through that shitty amp!

He's a great guitar player and good at marketing himself. I don't think the guy really is a freak but used that angle to get attention and then he used his guitar ability to stay. It's his act but it's better than a bucket of chicken and a halloween mask.

[VAiN]

That was during Halford and pre-Manson when he played with Dave, was it not? He also played for K.D. Lang at one point if I'm not mistaken...

John is a super-cool guy, too - and can play anything. Have known him peripherally since my music retail days. I remember him walking into the store one day and plugging into the shittiest solid-state amp in the store to demo a pedal, he started playing "Hang 'Em High" and it sounded like the fucking record...even through that shitty amp!

Cool story! He does seem like a down to earth guy...

[jhale667]

He's a great guitar player and good at marketing himself. I don't think the guy really is a freak but used that angle to get attention and then he used his guitar ability to stay. It's his act but it's better than a bucket of chicken and a halloween mask.

Yup. Total marketing. Trust me, I've seen the dude's old driver's license photo...he used to look like Stephen Adler...

He underwent a similar transformation over the years as Tim Skold from Shotgun Messiah and KMFDM (and who eventually replaced him in Manson's band, IIRC?): Metal pretty-boy to goth-horror freaky dude...

And yeah, beats a KFC helmet all to shit.

[GAR]

He treats borrowed equipment like an asshole!

Fuck that guy. Let him go back to KD fucking Lang.

[Panamark]

Thanks Standin.

I like the youtubes you click and actually dont
regret it afterwards. Glad J5 got his dream too,
and Dave got prioritah over Rob Halford !
(Priest fan here, relax !)
All round cool story.

[kwame k]

He treats borrowed equipment like an asshole!

Fuck that guy. Let him go back to KD fucking Lang.

...says the guy that used to blow up other band's equipment when he was a roadie

[GAR]

The equipment I didn't steal, correct.

[kwame k]

The equipment I didn't steal, correct.

Funny how your ignore function isn't working little fella

[jhale667]

The equipment I didn't steal, correct.

So we can add thief to your list of deficits...short, fat, bald, racist hack-magnet, troll bitch quitter.

Now if only you'd treat this place like guitar and give up on that too...:dafinger:

[GAR]

I come in peace. You may go to pieces.

[jhale667]

You say potato, the entire Internet says FUCK OFF.

[jhale667]

Speaking of "the washing away of wrong"...

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[GAR]

He should wash off all that wrong lipstick.

[jero]

great find. Never understand why he went to MM

[twonabomber]

great find. Never understand why he went to MM

$$$$$$

[Nitro Express]

He should wash off all that wrong lipstick.

Me think's GAR is jelouse. "If only I had a real guitar, practiced, and wore my sister's makeup....."

[78/84 guy]

He co-wrote some of the tunes on the new Skynyrd album God & Gun's with Rossington. Gary said the guy can play anything !!

[GAR]

From that distance on the video he looks like Dave and his body language screams Valerie Bertinelli.

Yes but his makeup kit screams Phyllis Diller.

[ELVIS]

I wish he would have played on the entire album and toured with Dave.

He did play on the entire album...

[VAiN]

He did play on the entire album...

I was under the impression that he played on the songs that he wrote, and not the Hartman or Kilgore tunes...

[ELVIS]

He played bass and/or rhythm guitar on those songs...

[FORD]

He co-wrote some of the tunes on the new Skynyrd album God & Gun's with Rossington. Gary said the guy can play anything !!

Rossington is still keeping that fraud going? Geezus, I thought after Billy Powell and Leon Wilkerson died within a couple years of each other, leaving Rossington as the sole actual member of Skynyrd still in the band, he would do the respectful thing and pull the goddamn plug already.

[tojoro]

I like John 5's work...he's more versatile than most of the shred community, I think. Marilyn, Twiggy and John turned in a pretty strong album with "Holy Wood". He works well with Zombie, too. Aside from 'Foxy Foxy', Educated Horses was pretty good.
Not too many axe slingers out there have Roth, kd Lang and Manson on their resumes. He's made a name for himself by having some serious chops...I'm sure it's been one hell of a ride, thus far...
I agree with Ford...Rossington really should have put Skynyrd to bed after losing Leon and Billy.
I know Artimus is still around, but I'm not sure about Ed King?

T.