Remember when Johnny Depp ranted against actors who pursue musical careers? You know, when he told reporters the very idea of it made him “sick”? Since that whole Mortdecai thing didn’t work out so well, Depp decided to form a rock supergroup called “The Hollywood Vampires” with actual-rockers Alice Cooper and Joe Perry. Cooper confirmed the group’s existence and first show on Instagram:
Depp and Cooper met on the set of Dark Shadows (another stellar film) and became fast friends. Since then, the pair has worked together on several projects musical and otherwise:
“We see each other a lot,” Cooper said. “He’s become a close friend and collaborator. We’ve done a lot of recording together recently. He is really a very talented and cool guy. Johnny is a guy who doesn’t have to do anything; he does things because he wants to do them. It’s not about his ego.” (Via Rolling Stone)
Considering Depp’s comments last month, it seems the anti-actor-turned-musician has had a change of heart. Then again, anyone with the chance to play in a band with Cooper and Perry should say yes.
The new band’s name has an interesting Hollywood-based musical history, for which Cooper is mostly responsible:
The Hollywood Vampires, which takes its name from the infamous booze crew that Cooper formed with John Lennon, Harry Nilsson, Keith Moon and Ringo Starr at Los Angeles’ Rainbow Bar and Grill in the Seventies, will perform this September at the Brazilian fest. So far, that’s the lone date on the new supergroup’s schedule. (Via Rolling Stone)
So the Hollywood rock music scene during the ’70s, several drug-addled musicians (including a few dead ones), and alcohol form the bedrock of The Hollywood Vampires. This all bodes well for their debut in September.
(Via Rolling Stone and Instagram)
