John 5 | The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan

The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan

Billy Corgan

Music, Arts, Performing Arts

4.6 • 731 Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2025

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Billy Corgan sits down with guitar virtuoso John 5 for a charged conversation about music, mastery, and survival. John opens up about his private KISS museum, the TV-music desert that shaped his Telecaster tone, and a grind honed through Rudy Sarzo, Bob Marlette, Rob Halford, and David Lee Roth. He gets raw about grief, discipline, and the ritual of running full Mötley Crüe sets at dawn—how stepping into that legendary band pushed him to new physical and creative extremes—while revisiting Eddie Van Halen’s genius and the chaos of the Marilyn Manson years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's all about the music.
0:02.0	It really is all about the music.
0:04.1	And you can't, I really don't think you can deny greatness.
0:09.3	This is my quote for you.
0:10.7	You are uniquely voiced for that circus.
0:14.4	It's great.
0:15.9	You've always struck me as some sort of like island in the middle of the ocean
0:20.3	that doesn't need to sort of be thrown around like the rest of us.
0:24.1	The other guys were so mean to me.
0:28.0	Like, and I just wanted nothing but for them to succeed.
0:33.0	Yeah.
0:33.6	Everything's just swimming along, motley crew.
0:37.0	Unbelievable. Unbelievable.
0:38.5	Unbelievable.
0:39.6	Right?
0:40.2	It's so weird to even say.
0:43.9	Well, thank you very much.
0:45.0	It's nice to see you again.
0:47.7	You know, you've done so many things musically, but let's talk about kiss.
0:51.9	Yeah.
0:52.3	Let's talk about what we really care about.
0:56.0	So, someone from your world sent me a clip of you on the news,
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