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John 5

American guitarist

Grosse Pointe, United States • b. 1971-07-31

John 5 is credited on 286 releases across 100 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1998–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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286

Pressings credited

100

Albums

Decades active

390

In collections

Biography

John William Lowery (born July 31, 1970), known by the stage name John 5, is an American guitarist. He first took the stage name in 1998 when he left David Lee Roth's solo band and joined Marilyn Manson. Lowery later became the guitarist for Rob Zombie, and in 2022, became the touring guitarist for Mötley Crüe, being promoted to a full member the following year. He is also a solo artist, and has recorded eleven 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), Sinner (2021), and Ghost (2025). 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 has worked with artists such as Avril Lavigne, Rob Halford, k.d. lang, Garbage, Meat Loaf, Scorpions, Ozzy Osbourne, Slash, FeFe Dobson, and Steve Perry. He has written and recorded with Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. His stage name was given to him by Manson, and refers to both the Bible chapter and him being the fifth member of Manson's band.

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