John 5
Actor
- Born
- July 31, 1971 (age 55) · 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.
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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.
Known for
The Lords of Salem
April 18, 2013
Hired Gun
June 29, 2017
Rob Zombie: The Zombie Horror Picture Show
May 16, 2014
Marilyn Manson - Guns, God and Government World Tour
October 29, 2002
Doppelherz
May 13, 2003
Marilyn Manson: Lest We Forget
September 27, 2004
Marilyn Manson: God Is In the TV
November 9, 1999
Norman's Rare Guitars Documentary
December 31, 2024
The History of Metal and Horror
September 17, 2021
Mötley Crüe | Hellfest 2023
June 16, 2023
Triumph: Rock & Roll Machine
September 10, 2021
The Death Parade
October 29, 2002
Acting18
- 2025From Tokyo to You as Self
- 2024Norman's Rare Guitars Documentary as Self
- 2023Mötley Crüe | Hellfest 2023 as Self
- 2022Songbirds as Self
- 2021The History of Metal and Horror as Self
- 2021Triumph: Rock & Roll Machine as Self
- 2017Mind Over Matter as Self
- 2017Hired Gun as Self
- 2014Rob Zombie: The Zombie Horror Picture Show as Guitars
- 2013Rob Zombie: Rock In Rio 2013