“I chipped my teeth – my mom used to be so inflamed at me!” John 5 says playing a Jimi Hendrix-impressed version of Giant title Spangled Banner alongside with his enamel as rather one ended in a dental mishap – and reveals he can aloof nail the teeth-picked tune

Mötley Crüe man and guitar virtuoso John 5 has published that he once chipped a teeth while practicing a Jimi Hendrix-model seize on The Giant title Spangled Banner as rather one.

John 5 is made up our minds to look as a guitar-wielding customer host in Howard Stern’s upcoming Howard 101 special – picking the tunes in additional ways than one – as he shares both the tracks and demonstrates the guitar playing within the support of them.

In a trailer for the special (under), 5 can even be seen demonstrating Queen, Crawl, AC/DC and Ozzy Osbourne licks and discussing the magpie ear for guitar lines that powered his pattern as a guitarist.

“Every thing I heard, I realized,” enthuses 5, performing alongside with his Fender Ghost Telecaster signature guitar in-hand. “I factual realized every AC/DC riff, anything else I heard on the radio.” 

Among the tunes that fed into the younger 5’s head used to be the nationwide anthem, as carried out by Hendrix. Later, following an inspirational uncover with photos of the guitar icon’s teeth-picking methodology, he place two and two collectively.

“He used to be playing alongside with his enamel,” says 5. “And I used to be admire, ‘Correctly, I do know strategies to [perform the Star Spangled Banner]!’ And so I did this [plays] – and I chipped my teeth and my mom used to be so inflamed at me…”

As 5 demonstrates within the clip, the dental mishap didn’t place him off – and he’s aloof ready to floss out the first lick, albeit in one procedure that’s a ways more restrained by the studio environment, when in contrast to the aural/oral carnage unleashed in Hendrix’s performances.

Hendrix himself did no longer play the Giant title Spangled Banner alongside with his enamel – no decrease than, no longer as a ways as GW can confirm. Nonetheless, his teeth picking did play a frequent section in his stay repertoire – alongside a resolution of diverse attention-grabbing tricks, admire playing within the support of his head.

Obviously, on his maintain formula up, Hendrix, too, paid the cost for such showboating. Final one year, Graham Nash recalled the tumble-out after a gig wherein his band The Hollies supported an irate Puny Richard in New York.

“He came off screaming [at his guitarist],” remembered Nash. “‘Don’t you ever play your fucking guitar within the support of your head again, don’t you upstage me, I’m fucking Puny Richard!’’

The guitarist in inquire of, unnecessary to declare, grew to turn out to be out to be Hendrix – and his stint with Puny Richard used to be removed from the most traditional example of the icon getting upbraided for his onstage antics as a (rather frustrated) sideman. 

Such strikes are more at home onstage with Mötley Crüe, unnecessary to declare – that is the band that invented the drum riser rollercoaster. Either formula, we hope John 5’s mom now considers the dental bills a critical funding.

Help an take into legend out for the special over at SiriusXM. 

Meanwhile, for more from the guitarist, test out our 2023 interview, wherein John 5 talks us by procedure of his gorgeous Fender Ghost Telecaster signature mannequin.