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John 5
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 s…
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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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2025
From Tokyo to You
Movie Self
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2024
Norman's Rare Guitars Documentary
Movie Self
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2023
Mötley Crüe | Hellfest 2023
Movie Self
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2022
Songbirds
Movie Self
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2021
The History of Metal and Horror
Movie Self
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2021
Triumph: Rock & Roll Machine
Movie Self
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2018
American Idol
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2017
Mind Over Matter
Movie Self
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2017
Hired Gun
Movie Self
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2016
31
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2014
Rob Zombie: The Zombie Horror Picture Show
Movie Guitars
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2013
Rob Zombie: Rock In Rio 2013
Movie Guitars
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2013
The Lords of Salem
Movie Halvard the Guardian
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2009
Guns, God and Government – Live in L.A.
Movie Self
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2003
Doppelherz
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2002
Marilyn Manson - Guns, God and Government World Tour
Movie Guitars
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2002
The Death Parade
Movie Self
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2000
Autopsy
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1999
Marilyn Manson: God Is In the TV
Movie Himself
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Enter the Fox
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