John 5 studied Motley Crue before joining the group | Entertainment

The musician – whose real name is John Lowery – told Australian Guitar magazine: “I would go through the set every day. I prepare myself for everything because I never want to feel nervous. I don’t like that feeling.”

John paid particularly close attention to the finer details of the band’s shows.

He explained: “I would study their stadium concert tours – what Vince [Neil] is going to say, where I should go during this, where I should go during that – and I mean really study.

“In rehearsal, Nikki would say, ‘At the end of the song, we’re going to do ten hits here.’ I knew all of these endings.”

The former Rob Zombie guitarist shocked his bandmates with his intimate knowledge of their shows and their on-stage routines.

However, he doesn’t have any regrets about his preparation.

He said: “They looked at me like I had the memory of a crazy elephant. I knew their show so well because I didn’t want to be nervous.”

John was a fan of the ‘Home Sweet Home’ rockers before he joined the band and thinks that their fans will appreciate his efforts.

He said: “I did it every day for months. I wanted to play those solos exactly as they were written.

“Those solos are so important to me as a fan, and they’re so important to the audience.”