Photo: John 5 | By Matt Owen, Guitar World | Last year saw a sizable – and rather high-profile – shake-up in Mötley Crüe’s electric guitar department: after Mick Mars retired from touring, citing health reasons, his boots were filled by John 5.
Though what seemed like a straightforward switch soon turned into a drawn-out and bitter legal battle between Mars and Mötley Crüe, John 5 himself has been focused on one thing: nailing his new gig.
Before his recruitment, the former Rob Zombie guitarist was well-placed for the role. A close friend of bassist Nikki Sixx and a fan of Mötley Crüe’s work, John 5 had been including Crüe covers in his solo setlist for some time prior to Mars’ official departure from the band.
Plus, following his appointment, the guitarist began posting solo performances of Crüe tracks on social media as he warmed up for the band’s first rehearsals ahead of their ongoing world tour.
The feedback at the time was glowing: Chad Kroeger said he heard John 5 play “every single Mötley Crüe riff” flawlessly, and Sixx reported the first rehearsals were “fucking epic”.
But John 5 had to start somewhere, and as he explains in the new issue of Guitar World, he spent “every day for months” going through Mötley Crüe’s back catalog in order to learn every solo and every refrain note for note.
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John 5 Shares His Approach to Learning Mötley Crüe’s Back Catalog
