THE BEAST

During an appearance on Monday's (April 11) episode of   SiriusXM 's   "Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk" ,   John 5   reflected on the infamous 2003 video (see below) of the former   MARILYN MANSON   guitarist throwing down his guitar on stage and pushing the shock rocker after he kicks   John 5   in the chest during a live performance of   "The Beautiful People"   at the   Rock Am Ring   festival in Germany.

"What happened was my sister passed away, my sister died unexpectedly,"   John 5   explained (as transcribed by   BLABBERMOUTH.NET ). "And I was shocked. I was in Europe and I was coming down the stairs, off a stage after a concert, and they told me my sister died. And I was in a state of shock; you just go into a state of shock. And here's the strange thing that happened to me: I didn't sleep for days and days and days. It was the strangest thing. I just wasn't tired. And I remember going to the bandmembers' rooms, going, 'I can't sleep. I just can't sleep. I haven't slept in now two days' or blah blah blah.

"So anyways, fast forward to the [ Rock Am Ring ] show. Now, what   Manson   did, that happened all the time,"   John 5   continued. "He didn't do anything wrong. I just snapped. It was weird. I went nuts. I didn't even remember. I just snapped. And I feel terrible watching it now because it really was my fault. You can't really hear what he's saying, obviously, but he's saying, 'Pick up your guitar.' 'Cause it looks like he's going, 'Come on. Come on.' But he's saying, 'Pick up your guitar. Pick up your guitar,' because he knew what was going on. And I feel horrible about it. But it was just a bad situation at that time… It was terrible because he was so nice during that time and all that stuff. I was in such a weird place, and it was just a bad time. I don't even remember it happening. It was just terrible."

After   John 5   left   Manson 's band in 2004, he dismissed the idea that his departure was fraught with friction. "What actually happened was, at the end of the tour, we were just on different roads," he explained to   ElectricBasement.com   at the time. "It was completely amicable. He just wanted to write with other members of the band, and I wanted to do other things."

JOHN 5 AND THE CREATURES   will embark on the   "Sinner"   tour next week. The band consists of   John 5   on guitar,   Ian Ross   on bass and drummer   Alex Mercado . Opening 15 of the 27 stops are   THE HAXANS , the spooky rock duo featuring   NEW YEARS DAY   frontwoman   Ash Costello   and ROB ZOMBIE bassist   Piggy D.   JOHN 5 AND THE CREATURES   will support   FOZZY   on some dates.

John 5   shares: "I am so happy and excited to get out there on the road. It's one of my favorite things to do in life and I am excited to see all the familiar faces. I can't wait to play some new songs off the   'Sinner'   album and travel the country. It truly is going to be an amazing year."

JOHN 5 AND THE CREATURES   will be recording shows along the   "Sinner"   tour for a live album and video, with San Francisco and New York dates confirmed for the recordings so far.

John 5   will be featured in an upcoming documentary called   "Dreams Of Distortion"   about "following your dreams and never giving up." The documentary also features   Rob Zombie ,   Rob Halford   (JUDAS PRIEST),   Nikki Sixx   (MÖTLEY CRÜE),   Peter Criss   (KISS),   K.D. Lang ,   Michael Anthony   (VAN HALEN),   Gary Rossington   (LYNYRD SKYNYRD) and   Rudy Sarzo   (QUIET RIOT, OZZY OSBOURNE).

John 5   has worked with a varied range of artists, performing as guitarist for some of the biggest headlining rock bands in the world such as   ROB ZOMBIE   and   MARILYN MANSON , as well as playing session with   Paul Stanley ,   Rod Stewart ,   LYNYRD SKYNYRD   and more.   Slash   has called   John 5 , "one of the most mind-blowing guitarists around" and   Rob Zombie   has dubbed him "a fucking shredder".   John 5   has released seven solo albums to date, as well as a remix album, and has written music for the likes of   MÖTLEY CRÜE ,   Steve Perry ,   Ricky Martin   and others.

In 2015, following a series of web shows to celebrate the release of his solo album   "Careful With That Axe" ,   John 5   decided to take his solo set on tour and formed   THE CREATURES   band to support his live shows. Initially joined by long-term friend   Rodger Carter   on drums, the band continues touring to this day, and now work as a unit on   5 's solo albums, including   "Season Of The Witch" , the live album   "It's Alive" ,   "Invasion"   and 2021's   "Sinner" .

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