Check Out Jake Johnson’s Story

Today we’d like to introduce you to Jake Johnson.

Hi Jake, can you start by introducing yourself? We’d love to learn more about how you got to where you are today?
I was born in raised outside of Salt Lake City, Utah in a rodeo-focused family. At an early age, I got heavily into KISS, universal monsters, horror films, Alice Cooper, ACDC, and Black Sabbath. My parents got divorced and my mom met my stepfather, Hugh McDonald of Bon Jovi, and my life went on this amazing path of culture and meeting so many different types of people.

Throughout a gypsy way of living youth, I have been fortunate to experience walks of life of all categories. One day I’m branding cows with my dad and sister, the next I’m hanging out backstage at a venue in Salt Lake with Marilyn Manson.

I moved to Nashville when I was 19 destined to be a pop-rock star only to get my arrogant ass handed to me by Nashville’s finest… well deserved. Through five years of discovering who I was meant to be, I’ve become this person that is more scar than flesh, but at the same time has never been more at peace with himself.

I didn’t dare try to do metal or heavy singing, then through taking a chance and being beaten into the dirt by Nashville, I became what I was meant to be. I’m following the footsteps of my heroes such as Ghost, Rammstein, Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson, and Slipknot.

We all face challenges, but looking back would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
It has not been a smooth road. Everyone says making it in the business is hard, but they don’t tell you in what way. It’s not about physical hardships, it’s mental. It’s mental exhaustion.

As you know, we’re big fans of you and your work. For our readers who might not be as familiar what can you tell them about what you do?
Well… considering I live in Nashville, the country music capital of the world, and I’m the leader of a satanic industrial metal band… needless to say we stand out.

In terms of your work and the industry, what are some of the changes you are expecting to see over the next five to ten years?
It’s hard to say where I can see my career going because this business is unpredictable. All I can say is that I hope I’m able to do this and only this, and I make a living doing it.

Contact Info:

• Website: www.guillotineband.com
• Facebook: www.Facebook.com/Guillotine615
• Instagram: @guillotine615
• Twitter: @guillotine615
• Tik Tok: @guillotine615
• YouTube: www.YouTube.com/c/Guillotine615