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 Roths 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 Its Alive 2018 and Live Invasion 2020 As a staff writer for Chrysalis Records he works with artists such as Avril Lavigne Rob Halford kd lang Garbage Meat Loaf Scorpions Ozzy Osbourne Slash FeFe Dobson and Steve Perry and has written and recorded with Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd