John 5 was born as John Lowery July 31, 19??. He grew up in a Rock lifestyle his father being Rob Halford of Judas Priest.
The five in his Manson family name is there because he is Marilyn Manson's fifth guitarist. " John is an exellent guitarist with alot of potential," stated Manson. I guess this means John 5
will remain as Manson's lead guitarist for quite sometime.