Watch John 5 Shred Through His New Song, “Zoinks!”
The guitarist stopped by the Guitar World studios for this exclusive playthrough video.
John 5 recently stopped by the Guitar World studio to play through his new song "Zoinks!" from the album Invasion. As John explains, “There’s a lot of slappin’, a lot of tappin’, a lot of pickin’. I hope you like it.”
You can check out the clip above.
If “Zoinks!” proves to be too easy, try your hand at John 5’s “Betcha Can’t Play This” video, which he filmed during the same visit.
John 5 and the Creatures recently wrapped up a North American tour in support of the upcoming Invasion.
For more information, head over to John-5.com.
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Rich is the co-author of the best-selling Nöthin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the '80s Hard Rock Explosion. He is also a recording and performing musician, and a former editor of Guitar World magazine and executive editor of Guitar Aficionado magazine. He has authored several additional books, among them Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, the companion to the documentary of the same name.

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