With the exception of John 5’s first two solo albums, Vertigo, which was issued in 2004 on Shrapnel Records, and Songs For Sanity, which was issued in 2005 on Mascot Records, the rest of his releases have come out on his own label, 60 Cycle Hum. The very last letter you see is a V, which is the Roman numeral for five. And the little symbols you see around my head, is the Witches hidden alphabet, and it says John 5. Sure enough, he ended up doing the cover. I was so shocked! Him showing me this primitive version of the cover you see today. Would you mind doing something? Maybe I could have it as the centerfold?’ He whipped something up, and it was the beginnings of the cover. I said, ‘Hugo (which is my friend I was talking to), get me on the phone with him.’ So, I said to Jeff, ‘I really like your work. So, I checked it out, and I was like, whoa, this guy is incredible! I was blown away by this guy. You should check out his work.’ When you’re at the DMV, you have a lot of time to waste. How it came about was, I was at the DMV (Department of Motor Vehicles) with my son, and my friend Hugo called me and said, ‘I’m with my friend Jeff Wood, he’s a great artist and he’s a big fan of yours. The cover art for Sinner is a vibrant piece, created by Jeff Wood, best known for his tremendous concert posters. I just try to write the best music I can.” I enjoy playing and picking and doing all that stuff I don’t even keep track.
When people ask me, ‘What number is this?’ I don’t even know. Sinner is John 5’s tenth solo studio album a remarkable milestone. Being out of school, when everybody else was in school, I just loved it! I had such an amazing feeling of that. I loved to be out of school! It was the most comforting, invigorating feeling that I had. But of course, just like anyone, I liked to skip school. I never drank, never did drugs, never smoked, or anything like that. “My ultimate sin… let’s see, I was actually a really good kid growing up. In 1986, Ozzy Osbourne released The Ultimate Sin, and now in 2021 John 5 shares his ultimate sin. Some people have it more extreme than others. “Being home, your mind starts to think, and there’s a little sinner in everyone – even kids! And that’s ok. It’s pretty much what I play when I’m sitting on the couch, so it should have been called Songs From The Couch,” jokes guitarist John 5 (Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson, David Lee Roth) as he talks about his newly released solo album Sinner, available now on Big Machine Records.īut Sinner is a much more intriguing title. “I had a lot of time to work on it, as a lot of people had in lockdown.
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