In episode 31 of One On One with Mitch Lafon, Mitch is joined by co-host Russ Dwarf (Killer Dwarfs) and Mark Strigl. This episode features an interview with John 5 of Rob Zombie’s band who discusses his new album Careful With That Axe, working with Rob Zombie, Paul Stanley, David Lee Roth and K.D. Lang, his criticism of the 2wo – Voyeurs album (featuring Judas Priest’s Rob Halford and himself) as well as the album he’s made (in the past year) with David Lee Roth (of Van Halen) that remains unreleased. The second half of this episode features an interview with rising Canadian star Jeremy Widerman of the band Monster Truck. Jeremy talks about the band’s new album Furiosity, making it in today’s marketplace, playing the Heavy Montreal Festival and more.

From the darkest corners of the twisted mind and imagination of guitarist John 5, comes his new masterpiece Careful With That Axe, the follow-up to 2012’s God Told Me To. Released digitally on August 12th through 60 Cycle Hum, Careful With That Axe is John 5’s eighth solo album and features Rodger Carter on drums and Matt Bissonette on bass.

 

 

 

The clip below, showcasing the single "This Is My Rifle", was shot at Doghouse Studio in Los Angeles and features John 5 backed by Carter and bassist Dylan Wilson.

As main axe wielder for Rob Zombie, John 5 obsessively keeps himself busy both on and off the road, incessantly writing, recording, filming and creating. Recorded at The Doghouse Studios in Los Angeles in between tour legs, Careful With That Axe was produced by John 5, along with Rodger Carter, and illustrates his musical growth and talents as a guitar player and composer. Carter and Bissonette are in perfect sync, masterfully laying down the musical dreamscape with technical precision. Packed with rapid-fire, machine-gun riffs and musical crescendos, all intertwined with blistering fast six string assaults and an eerie sense of melody, John 5 leads you on a macabre journey through the twisted minds of a different brand of ax wielders. With compositions such as “Portrait of Sidney Sloan,” “The Dream Slayer” and “Flight Of The Vulcan Kelly,” John 5 draws you in with lightning fast leads, completely redefining the term “shredding.” Not to be pigeonholed into any one particular style, Careful With That Axe also showcases John 5’s talents and versatility as a guitar virtuoso and musician. From his flawless finger picking technique on the Latin flavored “El Cucuy” and his fast, intricate guitar-work on the classic Jerry Reed covers “Jerry’s Breakdown” and “Jiffy Jam,” banjo included, to anthemic “Six Hundred and Sixty Six Pickers In Hell,” John 5 gracefully weaves in and out of many different styles ranging from metal and rock, to bluegrass, country & western and flamenco, all harmoniously coming together for his magnum opus Careful With That Axe.

Careful With That Axe tracklisting:

"We Need To Have A Talk About John"
"This Is My Rifle"
"Flight Of The Vulcan Kelly"
"Jerry's Breakdown"
"Villisca"
"Portrait Of Sidney Sloan"
"Jiffy Jam"
"Six Hundred and Sixty Six Pickers In Hell"
"El Cucuy"
"The Dream Slayer"