John 5: Ghost, Guitar, and Going 50 for 50

Talk Is Jericho

Chris Jericho

Tv & Film, Sports, Wrestling

4.8 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2025

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Guitar virtuoso John 5 returns to talk all about his brand-new instrumental album, Ghost! He shares the inspiration behind the record, how he wrote and recorded every track live in one take, and why he wanted it to feel like an old-school performance from the 1930s and ’40s. He details the incredible lineup of musicians who played on the album including Gregg and Matt Bissonette, former Jane’s Addiction drummer Stephen Perkins, and Marco Minnemann, and explains why he took a Steely Dan approach to matching each player to the perfect song. John also talks about his upcoming co-headlining tour with Richie Kotzen, and his insane plan to play 50 shows in 50 states in 50 days! Plus, he’s got Mötley Crüe stories, and the reason why he plays Mick Mars’ iconic solos note-for-note! Purchase Ghost: https://john-5.com/main/ See John 5 & Richie Kotzen Live! https://john-5.com/main/tour/ 📸 Instagram - @john5official Talk Is Jericho is available on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/ChrisJerichoFozzy 👍 Don’t forget to Like, Subscribe, and hit the 🔔 to stay updated on new episodes! More from Talk Is Jericho: 📸 Instagram: @chrisjerichofozzy | @talkisjericho 🐦 Twitter/X: @IAmJericho | @TalkIsJericho 🌐 Website: https://www.webisjericho.com/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Talk is Jericho, baby.
0:05.0	Talk is Jericho.
0:08.0	Talk is Jericho, Mama, talk is me.
0:13.0	We just did an amazing dive at John Five's incredible Kiss Museum,
0:18.0	and we sat there for over an hour, had a great chat. And we didn't mention
0:22.6	something very important, which is your new solo album, Ghost, and your tour coming up with
0:28.1	Richie Cotson. So we're doing this as a bonus John 5 episode to talk about all these other
0:35.1	exciting things you have going on besides the 7,000 pieces of Kiss merch plus that you have in your museum.
0:41.6	Yes, we got a lot of things going on.
0:45.1	The new album comes out October 10th.
0:48.0	It's called Ghost.
0:49.5	Then, yeah, I'm hitting the road with Richie Cotson right after the Motley Crew residency.
0:54.8	Yeah, I just am so happy to be busy and working because I love it so much.
1:02.9	You know, I just, just like you, you know, we love it so much and there's nothing else we'd
1:07.5	want to do.
1:08.7	So I'm very fortunate, very happy to be doing this.
1:13.9	I just did a podcast with the guys in Fossey and called it anatomy of a working musician,
1:19.6	basing it on how guys stay in the business for decades as a working musician.
1:24.9	And you're obviously a great example of that at a higher level but i don't
1:28.6	think people realize when you know you worked with zombie and you work with manson and you work with
1:33.2	davy roth and now you're in motley crew but when when that tour is done it's not like you're sitting
1:37.9	at home collecting you know the millions and royalties that you would get if you had written
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